http://www.perthmilitarymodelling.com/newkitnews/images/afvclub/35186.jpg
Did AFV make a boo-boo on this one?

Here's a link to another forum that talks about Germanies use of the Bofors during World War II soo, AFV club got it right I think.
http://forum.axishistory.com/viewtopic.php?f=70&t=8304

Doesn't 'Flakvierling' mean the weapon has four barrels, or four guns? If you check the pic link it is a single Bofor.

So all those war movies that had Germans firing 40mm Bofors had it right after all

I think you guys are missing the point. I'm not disputing the fact that Germany used Bofors - I know they did. So did just about everybody else, and Mr. Bofors got rich! But AFV has named it 'Flakvierling' on the box. That is what I'm questioning.

Never even noticed the "FlakVierling" on the FLAK 28 box
Their website had some solemn pages showing the differences between the German & US versions. oops?

Almost as good as Italeri's 72 INCH 6 FOOT MTB

PMMS's link doesn't work.
http://www.hobbyfan.com.tw/images/propic/20130801004_2.jpg
Try this. Note: "4cm. Flakvierling 28".

Flakvierling does in fact mean Quadruple as the american .50 cal version, in other words 4 barrels.
I must admit I thought there is going to be some sort of fantastically new kit shown here, but obviously I was wrong.
Maybe a cool idea for a "what if" if you can afford 4 of those kits in one go

As to this:-
Italeri's 72 INCH 6 FOOT MTB
What the hell is that supposed to be????

Paul

Try e-mailing AFV and tell them they can't spell BOFORS!

All this drama....!

Cheers,

That was Italeri's original announcement! Years ago, lol!

Corrected for the release as Vosper 72’6” MTB 77

Hmmm a Quad 40mm Bofors, on a Naval mount? Yes Please!

Mr Bofors never got rich because he never existed. Bofors is a place, 'fors' means rapids (a place where a creek or river flows fast and turbulent over uneven bottom).
'Bo' in 'Bofors' comes from the farm named 'Bo', mentioned in the land registry book of 1584, "nationalized" in 1600 when the owner Ture Bielke had been executed in conjunction with the bloodbath of Linköping (20th of March 1600), returned to Tures widow in 1603

Ask Google about 'Bofors map' nowadays it is a part of the town Karlskoga (firstname Karl, some swedish king or other, + forest/woods) in the "county" of Örebro but part of the geographical area named Värmland in Sweden.

The company Bofors was named after the rapids near where they set up the first plant, the town Karlskoga sort of grew up outside "the fence" around the factories.
Founded as an iron foundry in 1646

http://www.worldandcitymaps.com/europe/sweden/orebro-county/bofors/

History (in Swedish sorry ...some pictures though)
http://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bofors

/ Robin

Which one? There were a bunch of quad-mounts with Bofors 40 mm guns on them ;-)

/ Robin

How about ANY of them, but pref. a WW2 version