40mm BOFORS

The Bofors 40 mm gun was an anti-aircraft/multi-purpose autocannon designed in the 1930s by the Swedish arms manufacturer AB Bofors. It was one of the most popular medium-weight anti-aircraft systems during World War II, used by most of the western Allies as well as by the Axis powers.

The Bofors 40 mm gun is one of the most iconic and successful anti-aircraft autocannons in military history. Originally designed in the 1930s by the Swedish arms manufacturer AB Bofors, it became a legendary weapon widely utilized by both Allied and Axis forces during World War II. Its reputation for reliability, rapid fire, and lethal accuracy was so immense that the name "Bofors" became universally synonymous with anti-aircraft guns.

Universal Combat Adaptability
• Land-Based Air Defense: Operated on towed carriages, static fort emplacements, and integrated onto modern Infantry Fighting Vehicles (IFVs) like the Swedish CV9040.
• Naval Warfare: Mounted in single, twin, and quad configurations. It serves as a primary Close-In Weapon System (CIWS), such as Italy's radar-directed Breda DARDO system.
• Air-to-Ground Combat: Famously used by the United States Air Force as a heavy hard-hitting strike weapon onboard the AC-130 gunship fleet until its recent phase-out.

The model was created based on blueprints, photos and historical documentation. It was created with precision in detail and in real units of measurement to be a faithful digital reproduction of the original. The object has been modeled in Lightwave and finished and texturized in 3DCoat.
The model comes with a simple Lightwave 2018 setup scene to animate pitch and heading rotation. UV mapped and original LW material included.
OBJ and FBX - model with UV maps. You may need to reassign textures when open the Obj file with different software.
BLENDER - UV model with uv material assigned.
The object has one UV map with color, normal, roughness, metalness and specular textures