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Specifications
(1934-Present)
Type: Antiaircraft gun
Calibre: 40x311mmR (L/60), 40x364mmR (L/70)
Bore length: L60: Japanese versions 94.5 in (240 cm) (60 calibers), all other WW2 production 88.6 in (225 cm) (56.25 calibers)
Capacity: 7-round integral magazine loaded with 4-round cartridge clips; some versions use alternate feed mechanisms
Fire modes: Safe/Semi/Auto, cyclic rate 120 RPM (L/60), up to 330 RPM (L/70)
L/60
Film
Title | Actor | Character | Notation | Date |
---|---|---|---|---|
Breakthrough | U.S. soldiers | 1950 | ||
The One That Got Away | British soldiers | single mount on wheeled trailer in AA version | 1957 | |
Dunkirk | British soldiers | single mount on wheeled trailer in AA version | 1958 | |
Reptilicus | Danish soldiers | Single AA mounts, twin mount of Danish Navy Flora | 1961 | |
Gorgo | Mounted on Royal Navy and US Navy ships in single, twin and quad mountings | 1961 | ||
The Longest Day | German soldiers | single mount on wheeled trailer in AA version | 1962 | |
The Eye of the Monocle (L'oeil du monocle) | Mounted on French Navy L'Opiniatre | 1962 | ||
Operation Crossbow | Single ground mount | 1965 | ||
Is Paris Burning? | Free French Forces soldiers | 1966 | ||
The Dirty Dozen | Single ground mount under tow, playing a German AA gun | 1967 | ||
The Bridge (Most) | Seen on partisans base | 1969 | ||
We Want the Colonels (Vogliamo i colonnelli) | Single ground mount under tow | 1973 | ||
The Tree of Guernica (L'arbre de Guernica) | Spanish Nationalists | Single mount on wheeled trailer | 1975 | |
The Eagle Has Landed | German soldiers | single mount on wheeled trailer in AA version | 1976 | |
Soldier of Orange | German soldiers | single mount on wheeled trailer in AA version | 1977 | |
1941 | American soldiers | Single ground mount | 1979 | |
1941 | Ned Beatty | Ward Douglas | Single ground mount | 1979 |
Concorde Affaire '79 | Single mount on French patrol boat P659 Canopus | 1979 | ||
The Naked Gun 2 1/2: The Smell of Fear | O.J. Simpson | Detective Nordberg | Single ground mount dressed up to resemble a giant Browning M1919 | 1991 |
Bullet Ballet | archive footage | 1998 | ||
The Thin Red Line | Naval twin mount | 1998 | ||
Stealth | American soldiers | Single ground mount | 2005 | |
Flags of Our Fathers | Marines | Naval Mk 12 quad mount | 2006 | |
Transformers | Mounted on AC-130U "Spooky" gunship | 2007 | ||
Lone Survivor | Mounted on AC-130U "Spooky" gunship | 2013 | ||
Tom of Finland | Finnish soldiers | single mount on wheeled trailer in AA version | 2017 | |
Dunkirk | British soldiers | single mount on wheeled trailer in AA version | 2017 | |
The Unknown Soldier | Finnish soldiers | single mount on wheeled trailer in AA version | 2017 |
Television
Title | Actor | Character | Notation | Date |
---|---|---|---|---|
Band of Brothers | British soldiers | "Currahee" (Ep.1) | 2001 | |
Ultimate Force | UN forces | Trailer mounted | 2002 | |
Foyle's War - Season 2 | British soldiers | "Fifty Ships" (S2E1) and "Among the Few" (S2E2) | 2003 | |
Foyle's War - Season 3 | "A War of Nerves" (S3E4); Mounted on Royal Navy destroyer | 2004 | ||
Dunkirk | British soldiers | single mount on wheeled trailer in AA version | 2004 | |
Sea Patrol | Single naval mount on Australian Fremantle-class patrol boat | 2007 | ||
Atonement | British soldiers | 2007 | ||
Ultimate Weapons | on AC-130 Spooky | 2010 | ||
Loki - Season 1 | USS Eldridge sailors | Mounted on USS Eldridge; "Journey Into Mystery" (S1E05) | 2021 |
Video Games
Game Title | As | Notes | Release Date |
---|---|---|---|
Battlefield: 1942 | 2002 | ||
Medal of Honor: Pacific Assault | Single ground mount | 2004 | |
Civilization IV | "Road to War" scenario | 2005 | |
Company of Heroes | "Bofors 40mm Cannon" | 2006 | |
Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare | 40mm | mounted on AC-130H Spectre | 2007 |
Dark Sector | Single naval mount on a submarine | 2008 | |
Mare Nostrum | unusable | 2008 | |
Call of Duty: World at War | L/60 quad mounting | 2008 | |
Battlefield: 1943 | Single ground mount | 2009 | |
Battlefield: Bad Company 2 | Single ground mount | 2010 | |
Medal of Honor | L/60 Bofers cannon | mounted on AC-130 Spooky II | 2010 |
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 | 40mm | mounted on AC-130 Spooky II | 2011 |
Company of Heroes 2 | Single ground mount; The Western Front Armies 2014 | 2010 | |
Battlefield 4 | mounted in AC130 | 2014 | |
Battlefield Hardline | mounted to a grounded AC130 | 2015 | |
Call of Duty: WWII | Single ground mount | 2017 | |
Land of War: The Beginning | Single ground mount. Armata przeciwlotnicza 40 mm Bofors wz. 36. Polish variant. | 2021 | |
Enlisted | Single mount | 2021 | |
Twin mount |
Anime
Title | Character | Note | Date |
---|---|---|---|
Strike Witches 2 | Single mounts on Fletcher-class destroyers | 2010 | |
Strike Witches: The Movie | Twin mounts at Saint-Trond airbase | 2012 | |
Strike Witches: Operation Victory Arrow | Twin mounts at Saint-Trond airbase | 2014-2015 | |
Brave Witches | Twin mounts at Murman airbase | 2016-2017 | |
Strike Witches: Road to Berlin | Twin mounts at Saint-Trond airbase | 2020 | |
Luminous Witches | Twin mounts on Sangamon-class carrier | 2022 |
L/70
Film
Title | Actor | Character | Notation | Date |
---|---|---|---|---|
The Seventh Company Outdoors (La 7ème compagnie au clair de lune) | Mounted on German patrol boat | 1977 | ||
April Captains (Capitães de Abril) | Mounted on Portuguese corvette | 2000 |