Talk:Bofors 57 mm Naval Automatic Gun L/70

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57mm bofors guns on HMS Halland class destroyer from the 1950's
Shouldn't the army's 57mm gun contemporary with the 40mm L/70 be mentioned as well as the 57mm dual turrets on HMS Småland and HMS Halland destroyers of the 1950's be mentioned? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 85.228.58.184 (talk) 18:37, 11 April 2012 (UTC)

Duplication of contents

 * To all concerned, I'm putting forward the notion of merging the 57 Mk3 and Mk 110 57 mm gun pages into this article page as it is a clear-cut duplication of content/data. Thoughts anyone? -- Dave ♠♣♥♦™№1185©♪♫® 14:33, 21 March 2011 (UTC)
 * I concure, the article will be more complete with the other ones merged into it. --MoRsE (talk) 18:40, 21 March 2011 (UTC)


 * Support merge, with no prejudice against splitting sections again into separate articles later as the article (hopefully) matures. MKFI (talk) 08:19, 26 April 2011 (UTC)

It makes a lot of sense as they are essentially the same weapon.Gunnerboss (talk) 16:55, 11 June 2011 (UTC)


 * Alrighty, I'm officially closing this thread as consensus reached after being opened for over 6 months. Thanks all~! -- Dave ♠♣♥♦™№1185©♪♫® 11:10, 22 September 2011 (UTC)

Merger completed, article revamped

 * ✅~! Please feel free to comment or feedback to me about this recent major overhaul, thank you. -- Dave ♠♣♥♦™№1185©♪♫® 20:40, 22 September 2011 (UTC)

Why is information GONE?
Where have any mention of the Bofors 57 model 1948 gone? I know i have previously read that information on wikipedia, and now it seems to no longer exist... DW75 (talk) 16:05, 7 August 2013 (UTC)

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Rename article
Bofors made several 57 mm guns and its incorrect to call this article just Bofors 57 mm gun. The more correct international name for the article would be Bofors 57 mm l/70, or if u want the original service name then its Bofors 57 mm APJ 7101. To show what i mean here are some other notable Bofors guns in 57 mm calibre. 57 mm pvkan m/43 (57 mm anti tank gun) 57 mm akan m/47 (57 mm airplane mounted auto cannon) 57 mm lvakan m/50 (57 mm anti air auto cannon, also known as the Bofors 57 mm l/60) --Blockhaj (talk) 22:27, 29 June 2018 (UTC)


 * So i moved the page.--Blockhaj (talk) 23:32, 3 July 2018 (UTC)

Further refinement to the naming of the article
So i have since making the above change to the name of the article gotten a lot more familiar with the classic naming scheme of Bofors. Bofors classic and most formal naming of firearms since at least the 1930s has been the following: caliber (57 mm), followed by weapon type (naval automatic gun, from SAK "sjöautomatkanon"), followed by the barrel length, including the length of the breach (L/70). I think the article should be renamed to Bofors 57 mm naval automatic gun L/70.--Blockhaj (talk) 16:12, 8 December 2021 (UTC)

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 * HMS Helsingborg (K32) firing her Bofors 57 mm Mk3 gun.jpg