Bofors 120 mm Naval Automatic Gun L/50
Bofors 120 mm Naval Automatic Gun L/50, also known as Bofors 120 mm gun model 1950 and the like, was a Swedish twin-barreled 120 mm (4.7 in) caliber fully automatic dual purpose naval gun turret system designed by Bofors from the end of the 1940s to the early 1950s to meet a request from the Dutch Navy. Besides the Dutch Navy, the weapon was also adopted by the Swedish and the Colombian Navy.
Swedish 12 cm akan m/50 turret on Destroyer HMS Småland, 2008.
Bofors 120 mm Naval Automatic Gun L/50 from the back onboard the stern of the Holland-class destroyer HNLMS Holland (D808).
Bofors 120 mm Naval Automatic Gun L/50 from the back left onboard the stern of the Holland-class destroyer HNLMS Noord-Brabant (D810).
Bofors 120 mm Naval Automatic Gun L/50 from the front left onboard the stern of the Holland-class destroyer HNLMS Gelderland (D811).
A dual-purpose gun is a naval artillery mounting designed to engage both surface and air targets.
The Mark 37 Modification 6 5-inch dual-purpose gun on display at the National Museum of the Pacific War. The gun had a range of over 6 miles and could fire 22 rounds a minute.