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40 mm Bofors AA gun| Stellan |
Posted: December 02, 2004 12:02 pm
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Polish sight
Here we have got one. A Polish PZO-sight and the Bofors m/35 FC target calculator on the gunmount. Attached Image  |
 
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| cipiamon |
Posted: December 06, 2004 07:12 pm
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I found this cigaret lighter, is verry big for a lighter (50 cmm across), is being sold for 650.000 lei in Sir. Is a preatty good replica of AA gun.
This post has been edited by cipiamon on December 06, 2004 07:12 pm Attached Image  |
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| Stellan |
Posted: December 07, 2004 12:16 pm
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Polish Bofors Factories
What happned to the Factories in Poland making Bofors-guns after the Germans ocupied Poland in 1939? Did they continue producing guns? Stellan |
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| woj |
Posted: December 08, 2004 08:44 am
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Production was continued in Starachowice and Rzeszow. I must check further details. |
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| Stellan |
Posted: December 08, 2004 09:14 am
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Production of 40 mm Bofors guns in Poland Thank you Woj! Did Starachowice and Rzeszow both have complete production facilities or were they cooperating together as one production line? The first Bofors-producing factory the Germans got hold of was Österreichische Staatsfabrik in Austria. This factory was however changed to make German 37 mm AA guns. The Germans bought license rights in 1943 for 500.000 SEK and started making Bofors-guns in Kongsberg, Norway. This factory was blown up on 16th September 1944 by SOE-agent Gunnar Sonstebye. Stellan |
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| woj |
Posted: December 11, 2004 01:54 pm
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Starachowice and Rzeszow had both complete production facilities. Of course, there were a lot of other manufacturers in co-operation network (if you are interested in the full list, I can continue my research, but travel to Starachowice archive would be needed in this case). I have found some additional data concerning Starachowice factory during war years, just an hour ago. According to these new information - there were no any guns production in Starachowice - only ammunition from 37 mm to 152 mm was produced. Construction Bureau didn't exist, because shortage of Polish engineers. Polish workers damaged most of machine tools in the first days of September 1939 - just before arrival of German troops. Production was re-establihed from 5 December 1939 by cpt. Teimann (OKW). In January 1943 in Starachowice factory (Hermann Goering Werke) worked: - 11 273 Polish workers, - 1900 Polish mechanics and officials, - 251 Germans, - 1533 Jews, as slave labourers (see mention: http://www.cjnews.com/pastIssues/99/oct21-99/front1.htm ) under director Fritz Hoffmann control. This post has been edited by woj on December 11, 2004 01:56 pm |
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| Stellan |
Posted: December 12, 2004 10:37 am
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Thank you Woj!
This was very interesting! My question about Starachoweice is answered. Stellan |
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