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Bofors 152 mm gun

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Type
  
Naval gun

In service
  
1947 - today

Designed
  
1942

Place of origin
  
Sweden

Designer
  
Bofors

Bofors 152 mm gun

Used by
  
Swedish Navy  Royal Netherlands Navy  Chilean Navy  Peruvian Navy

The Bofors 152 mm gun is a naval gun. It was initially used aboard light cruisers and cruisers including the Swedish Tre Kronor class and the Dutch De Zeven Provincien class, after World War II. It is still used on the Peruvian Navy cruiser BAP Almirante Grau and was the largest naval gun still in active service prior to the commissioning of USS Zumwalt in October 2016, which is armed with the 155 mm Advanced Gun System.

The 152 mm gun was first designed in 1939 by Bofors for the Koninklijke Marine cruiser Kijkduin, eventually named De Zeven ProvinciĆ«n. After the German invasion of the Netherlands in 1940 these artillery pieces were confiscated by the Swedish Government and placed on the Swedish cruiser HMS Tre Kronor.

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Bofors 152 mm gun Wikipedia