Thx for this video.i was loader on this beautiful gun.and no video can describe the feeling around as it fires.still in love.respect to crew for good shooting
As a 20 year old I was a layer (aimer and shooter) on 40mm Bofors in Australia...electronic Tee shaped control stick...and I LOVED IT ! IN the TOP 5 thrills of MY life...........
Can you let me know how the Stripper Clip is ejected? Also, when does this happen and exactly where it is ejected? All I've seen is the spent cases ejected (with force) forward....
As long as the round is properly programmed and fired by a skilled crew it is actually more reliable than an SA-Missile, as SAMs can still be fooled by flares and such, but a 40mm won't be.
OMG.... Wat een geweldige nostaligische goede video! Present! Kaderlichting 1993-1, Ede-wageningen-stroe. Wachtmeester Flycatcher.. Samen met Scheffers en Stokkers 😀
yo wat super om dit te zien ,zat zelf als flycatcher bedienaar bij 105 (marc douma)van 1996 tot 2001 met akaluaman als commandant,echt een onvergetelijke tijd samen met marco van der donk en alle anderen,er was toen al sprake van dat 105 opgeheven zou worden . volgens mij zie ik op het filmpje wmr nagtzaam en zie ik papendorp ook lopen. te gekke tijd !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Mochten jullie eindelijk op het vliegtuig schieten i.p.v. de vlag ?? Ben er zelf als dienstplichtige ook vaak geweest met de 15e LUA uit Wezep. Het vliegtuig met sleepvlag (!) steeg toen op door snel rond de lanceerpaal te draaien. Niet met dit catapult systeem.
That sounds pretty interesting. I did some image processing for a self driving car. Would they point and have a computer estimate distance and velocity of the target to find the best direction to aim the gun? Are the crosshairs basically pointing at current target position as the gun aims for the target's future point of impact? Can the gun estimate distance to target or would the operator tell it to the computer? Is there a special sensor for automatically getting the distance?
Our shoots were off a cliff on the edge of the Pacific, firing at a drogue chute, being pulled a L O N G way behind a P-51 Mustang ! Five batteries, in a row, with a specified arc of fire....and as the chute exited one area, the next gun would take up the fusillade....followed by the next canon...then the next....The idea is to fire a pattern around the chute but if you actually hit it, well, kudos to the layer.........and on one shoot, two of us did and I was one.....what a "fat head" I had that day...:):):)...........the proof was that each gun's ammo. was colored marked and would leave traces of that color on the chute if it penetrated!.....................................................and now, at my age, I gotta say that shooting this "beast" was as good as sex !! :):)
mooi afscheidsfilmpje, roept goede herrinneringen op heb je nog meer bofors 40L70 shietfilmpjes gemaakt op het botgat? groeten, Rody (lichting 92-1, radio telefonist/telexist, telex shelter / voertuig nr 6)
Bofars L70 are radar guided by Flycatcher or Giraffe fire control systems.... And Anti aircraft units would have surface to air missiles also linked in to these control systems!!! Guns are harder to fool with counter measures.... And radar DOES work in the dark!!!! 🙄🙄
The successful Swedish Bofors 40 mm gun was introduced in 1932 and was later licensed to the American manufacturers Chrysler and Firestone - they made more than 60.000 during WWII.
@@MybeautifulandamazingPrincess The Americans used the Bofors 40 mm to defend their warships against Japanese kamikaze airplanes during WWII. Bofors guns is still going strong all over the world today...
Den Helder Hook of Holland was there in the early Seventies with 16 sqn RAF Reg,t also been to Manorbier South Wales as some one else as mentioned sat in the observers seat while one was firing I was sqn cook not a gunner fond memories of the Bofors.
+Bob Young Fired it at Manorbier myself in 1969. I used to love the night shoot so you got a great view of the tracer rounds. Finish the night off with a taxi ride into Tenby for the last pint at the Hope and Anchor, then back to Pennaly camp.
Does anyone know how the Stripper Clip is ejected and where & when??? (Every video shows the spent casings getting ejected forward (with extreme prejudice), but none shows what happens with the Stripper Clip that holds the live ammo....)
+D5quared91 it says 40 mm doesnt it ? standard m16 is 5.56 anything above 12.6 is usually explosive and vulcan is usually 20 mm shells this thing will make such a big hole in you they will be picking you up in a spoon on a radius of 50 meters
nuh man if there is no explosives than it would just make a hole the size of approximately 40 mm wide if you somehow manage to hit him directly of course
TheBarbahaba ...welp, given the energy of the projectile and it's size... look up some videos showing what happens to a melon hit by something like 12,7mm or so. You know, shockwave, human body consisting mostly of water, material expansion,... even without explosives, that would be really bad day for that piece of flesh...
Why don't they aim a few seconds ahead of the target? The crosshairs always seem to be right on target meaning the shots impact a trail seconds behind target.
nguyen danny These 40mm's have been phased out years ago and this army is indeed using stingers for short range air defense. I wouldn't say that the Dutch army has no "rocket technology" or the money to afford it. :p
chechnya Well in a well designed army the Stingers or other MANPADs would be issued to a lower level forward unit, rifle companies or battalions for example. While guns like these would be found defending brigade or division assets most likely including SAMs. That said however you don't want to be stuck with a Stinger if your target is a fast mover at 1-3km skimming trees, you have only one very expensive easily spoofed shot in that event. That is also assuming your stinger teams got warning and were actually readied and pointing in the right direction at the right moment, their lack of radar is a serious hampering.
Official Guild Represenative The Dutch Army has NASAMS for medium range engagements, as well as radar sets used for both NASAMS (track engagement) and Stinger (early warning).
What no one realise this gun with its 40 round ready mag could also devestate troops , as we where attacked by jagers and one 40 was amide along the road as precondition and as it whas manned all the time and se and behold the jager crossed the road so most of them are alredy dead ! Lukly for them it whas just an exec !
Bofors 4ever. they are the best AA system in the world. 79 years in service and 72 countries can't be wrong. even USA use them! We swedes rulz when it comes to make weapons that will last ^^. why armies still use it, well answer is that it can still do it's originally intended role so well, plus it cost way less than missiles. so to summarize it's a proven design, economically superior to missiles and simply won't die out since it still will have a job as long as theirs airpower.
Thx for this video.i was loader on this beautiful gun.and no video can describe the feeling around as it fires.still in love.respect to crew for good shooting
I fired Bofors like this some 25 years ago. Still love him. Bofors rules!
As a 20 year old I was a layer (aimer and shooter) on 40mm Bofors in Australia...electronic Tee shaped control stick...and I LOVED IT ! IN the TOP 5 thrills of MY life...........
+BIGGLES flys again
Grouse mate. Navy?
...nope....ARMY..."weekend warriors" : the reserves, known as The CMF...Citizens Military Forces...
Can you let me know how the Stripper Clip is ejected? Also, when does this happen and exactly where it is ejected? All I've seen is the spent cases ejected (with force) forward....
Music ruined it. Wanted to hear the guns. Try reposting without music.
The basics are: you point at the target and the computer calculates it path and where the cannons should fire in order to hit the target.
As long as the round is properly programmed and fired by a skilled crew it is actually more reliable than an SA-Missile, as SAMs can still be fooled by flares and such, but a 40mm won't be.
why have to cover the sound with music?
Dual mounted on the M-42 Duster they were antiaircraft and ground support. Excellent firepower known as dragon's breath.
Leuk voor ons zoontje om zijn papa te zien mooi filmpje 👍
OMG.... Wat een geweldige nostaligische goede video! Present! Kaderlichting 1993-1, Ede-wageningen-stroe. Wachtmeester Flycatcher.. Samen met Scheffers en Stokkers 😀
Dan Helder (1973) 16 & 37 Sqn - 33 Wg shoot before moving to RAF Bruggen for TacEval Excercises. Great fun, I was No 4 on the gun.😊
yo wat super om dit te zien ,zat zelf als flycatcher bedienaar bij 105 (marc douma)van 1996 tot 2001
met akaluaman als commandant,echt een onvergetelijke tijd samen met marco van der donk en alle anderen,er was toen al sprake van dat 105 opgeheven zou worden .
volgens mij zie ik op het filmpje wmr nagtzaam en zie ik papendorp ook lopen.
te gekke tijd !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I remember doing this in 1978 when we phased out the 40/70. It was a great gun. We replaced it with missiles.
15 LUA Wezep was still using Bofors in 1981
@@derschnitzeljager6353 it's still a good piece of kit in certain roles.
They would have been a nice surprise for certain low-flying Skyhawks in ‘82….
Flycatcher vliegtuig!!!
Heerlijk om dit terug te zien. Geweldige tijd gehad altijd in Den Helder met de schietseries.
121sqn SHORAD Gilze/Rijen
Ja, was leuk op het Botgat met de 40L70 !
Music is cool. Love it.
Glorious sound!
Old gun...but like the .50 Browning, if it 'aint broke, don't fix it....didn't need the damn music, wanted to hear the gun,,,,shame.
50 cal? This thing would smoke a m2.
Our marines still use this as a ground support weapon
You know it´s a big gun when the ejecting brass is enough to knock you down.....
Ha dit is in DenHelder,
1988/89 geweldige tijd bij het 119 sqdr op vlbs Leeuwarden Shorad.
Groeten aan een ieder van toen !
Pieter W
Love "light artillery !" 😵😁🔥💪💥👏
40mm is considered Medium AAA.
40 mm Bofors? Awesome gun.
Alvo abatido com sucesso. Automatico e lindo de ver a sequencia.
Mochten jullie eindelijk op het vliegtuig schieten i.p.v. de vlag ?? Ben er zelf als dienstplichtige ook vaak geweest met de 15e LUA uit Wezep.
Het vliegtuig met sleepvlag (!) steeg toen op door snel rond de lanceerpaal te draaien. Niet met dit catapult systeem.
AA guns are even better against in the anti-personnel role and anti-ground armor role.
Yeah!
I don't know shit about guns, but its pretty cool watching those big ass casings fly out.
i love these guns. i always play it in bf 1942
In 1966/67 werden we nog niet voorzien van muziek in het Botgat.
There is ammo for taking on mbt with the cv90 so it can basically in a modern version take on whats coming no matter what
I am making a Geuss!!! But was this filmed at DEN HELDER in Holland ??? I fired The Bofor Gun there In 1973
Good memories year 90/91 119sqn Leeuwarden .This movie was made at Botgat near Den Helder
That sounds pretty interesting. I did some image processing for a self driving car. Would they point and have a computer estimate distance and velocity of the target to find the best direction to aim the gun? Are the crosshairs basically pointing at current target position as the gun aims for the target's future point of impact? Can the gun estimate distance to target or would the operator tell it to the computer? Is there a special sensor for automatically getting the distance?
laser rangefinder
Ahhh, ye have way more fun with the Bofor than us!
Our shoots were off a cliff on the edge of the Pacific, firing at a drogue chute, being pulled a L O N G way behind a P-51 Mustang ! Five batteries, in a row, with a specified arc of fire....and as the chute exited one area, the next gun would take up the fusillade....followed by the next canon...then the next....The idea is to fire a pattern around the chute but if you actually hit it, well, kudos to the layer.........and on one shoot, two of us did and I was one.....what a "fat head" I had that day...:):):)...........the proof was that each gun's ammo. was colored marked and would leave traces of that color on the chute if it penetrated!.....................................................and now, at my age, I gotta say that shooting this "beast" was as good as sex !! :):)
well, you set the range on fire, must've done something right
Is that 3P ammo they are using or was there some other proximity ammo around before 3P came out?
*When a drone is flying in your backyard*
Dang! I could swear around 2:09 I saw a V-1 unguided buzz-bomb;)
Good shooting guys!
Probably because they're using lead-computing fire control. You're supposed lay the crosshairs on the target.
mooi afscheidsfilmpje, roept goede herrinneringen op
heb je nog meer bofors 40L70 shietfilmpjes gemaakt op het botgat?
groeten, Rody (lichting 92-1, radio telefonist/telexist, telex shelter / voertuig nr 6)
i liked the music going with it i could also still hear the guns
Fantastic
Perfeita a Defesa Anteiaérea!
Perfeita pra 1940
This movie is from 2003.
@biggles, I know the feeling!
In Modestia Fortitudo :-)
"you see that air? fuck it and everything next to it"
were those vt fused rounds
The most sold autocannon in the world !!
Awesome job! Love to get involved
what is the name of that song? was ist der Name des Songs?
40mm can quite easily bring down a fighter if aimed correctly (that is the hard part)
2022 clip foda
For drones excellent
Looks like fun but let's see it hit something in the dark with countermeasures?
Bofars L70 are radar guided by Flycatcher or Giraffe fire control systems.... And Anti aircraft units would have surface to air missiles also linked in to these control systems!!! Guns are harder to fool with counter measures.... And radar DOES work in the dark!!!! 🙄🙄
Geen dank casper!
watching it spit out used casings is funny.
As melhores armas ainda são as alemães. Fato!
These guns are radar guided, they'll take down most things flying below mach1.
The successful Swedish Bofors 40 mm gun was introduced in 1932 and was later licensed to the American manufacturers Chrysler and Firestone - they made more than 60.000 during WWII.
And they used it to kill fellow white people? I don't think America fighting against European countries is a good thing
@@MybeautifulandamazingPrincess
The Americans used the Bofors 40 mm to defend their warships against Japanese kamikaze airplanes during WWII.
Bofors guns is still going strong all over the world today...
@@MybeautifulandamazingPrincess Research your subject Hitler was not a good boy and had to be eliminated
If God needed to carry a gun it would be a 40mm Bofors.
Den Helder Hook of Holland was there in the early Seventies with 16 sqn RAF Reg,t also been to Manorbier South Wales as some one else as mentioned sat in the observers seat while one was firing I was sqn cook not a gunner fond memories of the Bofors.
+Bob Young Fired it at Manorbier myself in 1969. I used to love the night shoot so you got a great view of the tracer rounds. Finish the night off with a taxi ride into Tenby for the last pint at the Hope and Anchor, then back to Pennaly camp.
105 LUABT RULES!!!!
stukcommandant 111 !!!
Does anyone know how the Stripper Clip is ejected and where & when??? (Every video shows the spent casings getting ejected forward (with extreme prejudice), but none shows what happens with the Stripper Clip that holds the live ammo....)
Im told that it is ejected out of the bottom or side of the gun, depending on the sub type of gun.
would this gun kill a person if u shot them with it?
D5quared91 It would explode him or cut him in two halfs...
+D5quared91 it says 40 mm doesnt it ?
standard m16 is 5.56
anything above 12.6 is usually explosive
and vulcan is usually 20 mm shells
this thing will make such a big hole in you they will be picking you up in a spoon on a radius of 50 meters
+TheBarbahaba This thing would shred him into pieces even with normal lead shell.
nuh man if there is no explosives than it would just make a hole the size of approximately 40 mm wide
if you somehow manage to hit him directly of course
TheBarbahaba ...welp, given the energy of the projectile and it's size... look up some videos showing what happens to a melon hit by something like 12,7mm or so. You know, shockwave, human body consisting mostly of water, material expansion,... even without explosives, that would be really bad day for that piece of flesh...
64 - 2 onderhoudsmonteur op de 40 lang 70 leuk die weer eens te zien
What country is this?
Netherlands..
What date is this film?
+Mark Brewer I'd say still in the 90 - 03 era.
June 5th 2003
Fucking music
Why don't they aim a few seconds ahead of the target? The crosshairs always seem to be right on target meaning the shots impact a trail seconds behind target.
Thats for safety trainer to to use for identification Range rate and direction is computer predicted
Which army was that? West Germany?
There's only 1 GERMANY
Skeet with AA guns
Cpl. Gadway USMC pretty much lol
what army is this???????
Imagine if the flaming plane lands right on a crew lol
Music name?
You mean like when we stomped Baghdad and lost.....uhh.... how many?
This is...interesting. Because, apparently, this is what "The Chieftain Teaches"...and yet, I don't see or hear the Chieftain, nor anything teachable.
Bofors 40/48? Love it! :-)
The best Ever
nice vid bro.somebody tell me what is this song name?
which army?
Dutch.
Boem boem boem
sending lead down range including the shell casing
I'll take two please...
ook weg bezuinigd? of te oud? stonden een paar bij ons op Nieuw Milligen
why are they running around like skippy
yes they are... in the AC130 Spectre gunship haha
Wouldn't it make more sense just to use a Stinger or other surface to air missile?
No, of course not. If you want to train a 40mm-crew, you let them shoot their system,
nguyen danny
These 40mm's have been phased out years ago and this army is indeed using stingers for short range air defense.
I wouldn't say that the Dutch army has no "rocket technology" or the money to afford it. :p
chechnya Well in a well designed army the Stingers or other MANPADs would be issued to a lower level forward unit, rifle companies or battalions for example. While guns like these would be found defending brigade or division assets most likely including SAMs.
That said however you don't want to be stuck with a Stinger if your target is a fast mover at 1-3km skimming trees, you have only one very expensive easily spoofed shot in that event. That is also assuming your stinger teams got warning and were actually readied and pointing in the right direction at the right moment, their lack of radar is a serious hampering.
Official Guild Represenative The Dutch Army has NASAMS for medium range engagements, as well as radar sets used for both NASAMS (track engagement) and Stinger (early warning).
+chechnya whats the fun in that?
That's one incompetent B2 bomber crew... Aren't those things supposed to fly above the stratosphere? It's a strategic bomber, after all...
Leuk filmpje, allen jammer dat er zo nodig een muziekje erbij moest :P
fucking love Bofors 40 mm.
Turn the dam music off we all came here to hear those thundering guns
What no one realise this gun with its 40 round ready mag could also devestate troops , as we where attacked by jagers and one 40 was amide along the road as precondition and as it whas manned all the time and se and behold the jager crossed the road so most of them are alredy dead ! Lukly for them it whas just an exec !
Bofors 4ever.
they are the best AA system in the world.
79 years in service and 72 countries can't be wrong.
even USA use them!
We swedes rulz when it comes to make weapons that will last ^^.
why armies still use it, well answer is that it can still do it's originally intended role so well, plus it cost way less than missiles.
so to summarize it's a proven design, economically superior to missiles and simply won't die out since it still will have a job as long as theirs airpower.
queria um desse p matar passarinho, minha estilingue arrebentou
Please speak English.
Why people always insisting to put music on any video
NOBODY wants to hear music over these guns
Amerikanisches Tontaubenschiessen
@isahousefan
5 juni 2003
Já reciclaram? Kkkkkkk
I didn't know that the French army trained.
Netherlands (aka Holland)
@@timengineman2nd714 Thank you Sir.