Bofors gun

Bofors gun
/boh"fawrz, -fawrs/
1. a 40-millimeter automatic gun used chiefly as an antiaircraft weapon.
2. two such guns mounted and fired together as one unit.
[1935-40; named after Bofors, Sweden, where first made]

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