Firing the M38 Bofors Anti-tank Cannon
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- Опубликовано: 4 сен 2018
- It's 37mm of tank killing power! How well can two Americans fire it approximately 80 years later?
Experiencing arms like this first-hand inspires life-long interests, earns instant respect, and generates more than its share of grins. Watch as we fire the M38 Borfors anti-tank cannon.
Sold for $16,100 in September 2018.
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You guys had the nerve to fire the Bofors by yourselves?! Be prepared to suffer the wrath of Ian.
Can you say "forgotten auctioneers "? Lol.
My guess is Ian had no opportunity to go there at the time. He's a very busy man these days.
Pretty sure he already took a look at this same gun 4 years ago:
ruclips.net/video/Lg0DEb93bgc/видео.html
The question here is, does it do a good job in a home invasion scenario? I am tired of those pesky Panzer II and T-26 breaking into my house ;)
Eh its ok personally I keep a challenger 2 has my edc
It's good enough, but I'll stick to the grg m/48. One generation of AT development later, more than three times the shell mass and more than five times the pen and post-pen effect from the 84mm HEAT shells. And the m/48 is concealed carry under a tarp or a blanket in the back seat, trunk or flatbed of any car bigger than a WV Smart!
I just want a flamenwerfer for those daring Harley Davidson that keep breaking my line.
Perfect for home defense. No problem with over penetration.
Just take a Panzerfaust
You sawed that boat in half!
Time for flex tape :)
@@daza3620 xD
@@daza3620 beat me to it
TAOFLEDERMAUS You should have bid on it and see what kinds of custom rounds people would come up with then have the OG and Danny shoot it,
@@Riceball01 *THAT'S A LOTTA DAMAGE!*
Not just used vs Panzer I and II; there are plenty of photos of Panzer III and IV in Poland k.o.'d by 37mm rounds. The thickest armour on these vehicles in 1939 was just over 30mm, about the same as on the uparmoured Panzer II Ausf C used in huge numbers in Poland.
Official Swedish numbers for 37 mm sk ptr m/34 slpprj m/38, the round they used are: 47mm@30deg@200m, 35mm@30deg@600m and 29mm@30deg@1000m, meaning it could punch through the front of a PzKpfw IV ausf A-C angled nicely at 900-ish meters. Not bad for a little pop-pop gun
Btw if you want to google for info, the guns official name is Pansarvärnskanon M/38 (shortened to PvKan M/38)
@@pan1fox I've gotta find it again since my comment is over a year old but I believe one of us got has a table for the wrong shell
@@pan1fox right I know where the table exists now. If you're in Sweden you can go to Krigsarkivet and ask for the 1944 Armor Committee report
These guns were used since the very beggining of world war 2. They have been used by polish army in 1939 against Germans (about 900 of them produced in Poland plus 300 bought in Sweden plus about 150 as gun on 7TP tanks) and were quite reliable and accurate weapon.....
More pictures here:
www.1939.pl/uzbrojenie/polskie/artyleria/a_ppanc_37mm/index.html
trybun.org.pl/2017/06/28/dzialko-37-mm-bofors/
Laughed pretty hard when I saw an Amazon box, I wish they shipped 37mm xD
Yeah amazon supplies us with Live rounds
Ian’s jealous you guys didn’t invite him to the range with you
Pretty sure he already took a look at this same gun 4 years ago:
ruclips.net/video/Lg0DEb93bgc/видео.html
Seeing the pure unadulterated joy you guys had from hitting the target that first time (after the safety round ) made my day and it's only 1am.
I stand corrected, RIA *can* get more american than driving a tank around for shits and giggles.
good luck with the Auction.
The cartridge itself is so big you can basically use it as a melee weapon on its own.
Polish Soldiers in 1939 used white (German ) crosses as you did...
The Battle of Mokra took place on September 1. It was one of the first battles of the Invasion of Poland, of the Second World War and one of the few Polish victories of that campaign. Two regiments (19th Volhynian Uhlan Regiment and 21st Vistula Uhlan Regiment vs XVI Panzer Corps (4th Panzer, 1st Panzer and 31st Infantry) Poles did it with those 37mm guns. Germans Lost 50 tanks
100-110 vehicles.
If my boss called me on a public holiday I hope this would be why.
You can buy Bofors ammo on Amazon?
Prime Membership perks.
@@RockIslandAuctionCompany trolololol 😅
My great uncle had 1. It was impressive backin the 80's when I saw it & still is Impressive. Ammo is the problem w/it as it is difficult to come by so the majority of the time he shot it using the adaptor that allowed you to fire .303 out of it,there was a 2nd clibre adaptor but I don't remember if it was 6.5 mm or another military caliber.The sub caliber inserts were for training as the ammo was expensive even back then. He got it way before '68. Then again he was a decorated WW2 vet & used all his "toys" responsibley. Shame you can't just get them easily, would make a nice lawn ornament next to the flagpole.
For some unknown reason I realy like this mini canon. It would look wery nice on my front yard of my house.A pretty nice addition to the look of the house.
I thought videos like this are why you let Ian McCollum hang around?
It's a fairly potent deer caliber.!!!!!!!
nicodabastard 😏 but it sure looks perfect for buffalo 👌🏻
I think I just found my new moose rifle..
Those gophers in my front yard don’t stand a chance now.
"now that's a lot of damage!"
Ian is posting a video on this one, right?
well he already did 4 years ago.
ruclips.net/video/Lg0DEb93bgc/видео.html
same gun diffrent army.
Would have liked to see recovered fired projos also, it's a good way to check rifling condition, I also collect projos & shells.
That boat is going to need some help from Phil and his Flex Tape!
"Now THAT'S a lot of damage!"
Nothing makes me happier then when a brown box with a blue ORD sticker shows up at my door.
Great fun, but was the rain gonna melt it? Why did the empties stop kicking out on shots 2 and 3? Brits also had some, used against Italian tanks in 40-41 to great effect.
Rain because it's 16k worth of someone else's property.
37mm Plinking. The second best job on Earth. (After Ian McCollom, or The Chieftan. They get to travel!)
You're not Ian! What is this heresy against Gun Jesus?!?!?!
meadball1 I think Ian and Karl was in Finland when this (and the canon) was shot?
@@Hiznogood Oh I'm just messing around with them hahaha
Ian was beating RIA to the punch by 4 years and change.
ruclips.net/video/Lg0DEb93bgc/видео.html
Lovely, I would like to see about getting a concealed carry permit for this one.
you can fix that boat with flex tape :D
Cool piece, but I sorta feel like if I'm a soldier I probably want something with a little more umph if I'm already hauling this thing around. I get it that the tanks at the time were fairly weakly armored, but you gotta figure that most of the time you aren't shooting at tanks and how effective can this guy be against reinforced concrete that is shooting back?
Ian will now proceed to call you "forgotten company" to show his displeasure.
I really would like to know where the cases are sourced from. Is there plenty of old stock, new manufacture?
Cases and primers were original. "Slugs" and powder were not.
my best friends dad was a chief of police in northern ohio, and he absolutely loved his compact 1911 rock island arms 45. i havent been able to find one in the last year, and he has since passed away, so the gun i bought him has gone into the wind. i would love to buy one, but nobody has been able to help me.
Ah imagine if someone started reproducing these and other anti tank gun. They would basically be the price of a nice new car or bike but damn it would be worth it. One can dream!
The shell is practically near identical to the one used in our aa guns so not to worry theres stockpiles of these for sale alot of it.
It could be used in Urban areas in the Middle East thanks to how many unarmored/lightly armored vehicles there are, though admittedly, this is overkill for a Techie that can be penetrated by .50BMG and not mobile or cost efficient.
It does make me wonder how it would fare against modern light armored trucks like MRAPs.
"Tiger 2 approaching our location, get the M38!" - "can't we just surrender?"
I don’t remember if they mentioned it or not but isn’t the gun supposed to have a bottom piece to the shield?
so is it normal in america to ship ammo with the mail ?
So does the auto ejection only work when firing by the lanyard?
"why you want this again?"
"home defense"
"..."
Who are you guys? Where's gun Jesus?
Where did you fire that?
Who remembers the days when ER 'Pony' Maples had one of these the attic of his garage? I've seen a WWII photo of a British lorry mounting one of these exact AT guns. Has your Goofer Pisser heard about this?
Wonderful....like this
Perfect for home defense
That would look good in my yard
Why did'n't the gun spit out the cartridge case on the second shot as compared to the first shot?
“Had a blast”, ha ha ha i get it.
My Duckboat! MY DUCKBOAT!! Noooooooooooo!
I'm sorry for your loss.
@@RockIslandAuctionCompany it was sacrificed to the norse gods for a good cause ;)
There was a great deal of disagreement among the top tank fighting generals of ww2 about the best way to kill a tank. Patton thought it was pressure and dogged determination, Rommel believed it was cunning and tactics, and Montgomery thought they would probably rust out eventually.
Watching how much that 37 mm
Moved . Even with 2 large men adding to the weight .
Only makes me wonder more
What an a10 vulcan moves like .
Has there been any hi speed
Of a test fire in controled conditions ?
Im seaching right now
k lo when I’ve seen them roll in and fire a burst they do slow in mid air a lot. Usually then the pilot dips a wing to roll out and pick up speed again.
why did the gun fail to eject the second round?
I need that 😍💪🏻
Where did you bought the ammo?
Makes you wonder if the UPS/FedEx guy knows what he's handling... the answer is no, they don't. Having worked a seasonal shift at UPS it's kinda scary seeing artillery rounds being shipped in the mail.
I wonder how to build that?
Now for the flex steel commercial.
They’re gonna need a new boat!😎
How did that package not explode when the courier threw it over your wall lol.
During the German invasion of Poland, German armored vehicles were painted with a white cross. Polish gunners very much appreciated the target. Any guesses why these white crosses were superimposed by a black cross after 1939?
Its the wehrmacht symbol
RIP to all the tankers KIA by that devastating weapon.
You should use this thing on a modern humvee
Wow, I never knew. On all the wartime footage it looked like a peashooter. I'm better informed now!
These guns were used since the very beggining of world war 2. They have been used by polish army in 1939 against Germans (about 900 of them produced in Poland plus 300 bought in Sweden plus about 150 as gun on 7TP tanks) and were quite reliable and accurate weapon.....
More pictures here:
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98 % Bratwurst und 2 % Sauerkraut
"panzer mark 1 or mark 2"
bruh im dead
No gun Jesus Ian? That's unfortunate. Also setup the gun mount so it doesn't collapse during firing?!
At first when I seen the thumbnail I thought ian was in this.
The one thing that struck me was the Amazone box. You can litterly get anything on Amazone XD
;-) back end stays better with phat boi ballast ..
What would something like this do to a modern MRAP?
Make most of passengers unhealthy if they are lucky, otherwise they would need new MRAP and new soldiers.
I wonder how they managed to hit a moving tank with this ...
The second box was wrapped in an Amazon sticker... laughed my ass off
thats actually not a horrible price considering the package deal
Why would someone give it a thumbs down?
Oh mama! Where can i order these bad boys?
What amazon ships 37mm shells
Funny to see that you can own a peace off Swedish history in the US, but here in Sweden there is no chans in hell you would see and own something like that :(
What did the M38 Bofors gun sell for?
$16,100
From the description
I want to own that
Cannons fire in the rain!
Not when they belong to a client they don't.
Were is the fogotten weapon dude
I just want a demilit round.
Should've brought an L4 cannon
i was born a few km from Bofors.
Poland use bofors 37 mm wz. 36.
Good. Now try ZiS-3 76.2mm
Half of the comments asking for Ian, lol
Nothing flex seal wont fix.
The second coming
how much for that gun...?
16k
wow! how much were they a piece? you guys are insane! LOLLOL
Awww... but the boat was in good shape before. :-(
Why not using wooden boxes?
You just get these in the mail??
Why not?
poor boat didn't stand a chance.
Would you just look at it?
Gotten a new hairdo Ian? ^_^
Come on guys you need to use the HE ammo
You're not wrong.
Every round would need to be registered as a destructive device and have the $200 tax paid.
Ian? Is that you?
1941 42 , the Germans called it the doorknocker
Ride the lightning?