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BOFORS 40mm PRACTICE ROUND, 1951

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BOFORS 40mm PRACTICE ROUND, 1951

Practice round for a 40mm Bofors Gun 1951.

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  • Used in Vietnam M42 track vehicle (Duster) twin mounted 40mm cannons, rate of fire 240 per min. Over 1 million rounds fired in 1968. Made in USA; most ammo stored in Oklahoma ammo bunker.

    B Battery 1st Battalion 44 Arty (AWSP) 108 GROUP.Dong Ha Vietnam 67-68
    .......... Larry Williams, Weatherford, Oklahoma, 19th of March 2013

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