Bofors 40mm Autocannon 1943, Part1
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- Опубліковано 15 жов 2020
- The Swedish Bofors 40mm, an anti-aircraft autocannon, gun was adopted by many countries. It fired a 40mm shell at a rate of 120 rounds per minute. This animation, part 1, shows the firing and loading mechanism. Part 2 should show the basic mounting and explain how the cocking, trigger and latches operate to regulate the operation of the gun. Note that Part 1 is still 'work-in-progress' and will require some changes, but the essential mechanisms shown are thought to be accurate. Animation created using Cinema 4D. Music credits are shown at the end of the movie.
I have a vase in my room that's made from a 40mm Bofors casing. My granddad found it when he was a kid during WWII here in The Netherlands. It's certainly a one-of-a-kind vase.
The skill and commitment it takes to make these animations is immense.
Teaching illegal gun makers to the fullest
I never knew what to expect inside of a Bofors, but it definitely wasn’t this sort of breech block. I also like how it just yeets the shell forward.
Finally, I hardly found any detailed mechanisms about autocannons on youtube but you finally made one! Thank you!
Amazing how the mechanism of the 40mm Bofors hasn't much changed since the 1930s. Definitely well deserved to be the longest operational artillery platforms in the world.
Those German scientists should chill rn
Having gotten to "crew" an unfortunately inerted example on a trailer ground mount...this is fascinatingly complex to see.
Did I Say 35mm?!-I Meant To Say 37mm!-Just 3mm Shy Of The 40mm Bofors, The 37mm WAS Light, Flexible, And Easy To Handle As A Tommy Gun, Almost!-But Without Doubt, The Damage It Caused To Enemy Transport Ships In The "TOKYO EXPRESS" WAS Significant In Helping To Roll Back The Tide Of The Pacific War!-That, Along With The Submarine, The Aircraft Carrier, The Advancing Amphibious Landing Techniques, -And The Atomic Bomb!-They ALL played A Part!-But The 37mm Could Grab Anyone's Interest!
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these animations and this channel is godly, no flashing colors or terrible music, no loud stuff, really good stuff
I really want to see a model of the 20mm Orliken and its Advanced Primer Ignition (API) system! I wanted to see a model of an API gun soo bad, that my brain refused to separate Bofors and that gun. Thankfully I did a quick search and confirmed that yes, the man who spends hours modeling machine guns knows more than me lol. Hopefully you can do an API gun in the future as well!
This is the only video that explains how a cannon works . I looked for this operation for a long time and I finally found it , and i thank you for making this video . Thank you . Keep it up , you explain veri well , more than any other video
I was a qualified gunner in the 62nd Regiment (Shawinigan Reserve Canadian Army - with an AC-AC mission - anti-aircraft) on the the Bofors 40 mm. I had always believed that it was of British origin, like the Bren (Czechoslovakian design) and the Sten gun ( In the end, a German imitation by rhe British). It was a weapon that could still be used nowaday in ground close fights (Ukrain). It is light, easily trailored and its 7-round loader could be upgraded as well as its effective explosive charge.
The best example of CGI I've ever seen, bar none. This man's skill is beyond amazing. At notice show restful the music is too.
The Bofors 40mm and the Browning are the definition of “old and reliable”. They are WW2 era guns that are still in fairly widespread use and have a reputation of being very reliable.
Thanks for video
These animations do a fantastic job of explaining the mechanical inner workings of these weapons.
Fascinating how reliant this design is on the cartridges sliding a long distance after being given an initial push and even having enough power to activate a trip at the other end of their slide, I would guess that this sort of system would not be at all reliable in tiny light weight cartridges like shoulder fired rifle cartridges where the cartridges are controlled pretty much all the time by heavy moving steel weights.
The sound effect is spot on!