So did the Australians until recently (2007), on their fremantle class
patrol boats. And I think the US Coast Guard likewise on their patrol
boats. Until the Typhoon and other computer aimed autocannon became the
norm, the bofors was the weapon of choice for ships that needed more
firepower than
Saw this old thread, Canada used old bofors up into the 90s, on and off ship.
HMCS Protecteur, the supply ship deployed to the Gulf in August 1990, received
two such weapons, originally from the aircraft carrier HMCS Bonaventure which
had been decommissioned some 20 years earlier.
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