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Bofors gun

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Bo·fors gun  (bfôrz, 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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Noun1.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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