Bo·fors gun (b  fôrz , b -)n. An automatic antiaircraft gun based on a Swedish design and having a caliber of 37 or 44 millimeters. [After Bofors, a city of south-central Sweden.] |
Bofors gun [ˈbəʊfəz]
n
(Military / Firearms, Gunnery, Ordnance & Artillery) an automatic single- or double-barrelled anti-aircraft gun with 40 millimetre bore
[named after Bofors, Sweden, where it was first made]
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| Noun | 1. | Bofors gun - an automatic double-barreled antiaircraft gun ack-ack, ack-ack gun, antiaircraft, antiaircraft gun, pom-pom, flack, flak - artillery designed to shoot upward at airplanes |
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