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BAE Systems Bofors

BAE Systems Bofors is BAE Systems' Swedish weapons business in Karlskoga, building artillery, naval guns, ground-based air-defense systems, and munitions for land and maritime customers.

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BAE Systems Bofors is the Swedish BAE Systems business line that carries the Bofors name into modern artillery, naval-gun, air-defense, and ammunition work. Its catalog page groups the cataloged systems built in Sweden and keeps the historical Bofors lineage visible without turning the page into a corporate history essay.

BAE Systems' own heritage material traces Bofors back to 1646, while the company's annual-report history shows the Swedish Bofors and Hägglunds businesses being combined under BAE Systems AB in 2006. The result is a modern Swedish business unit with a very long industrial lineage.

Artillery systemsNaval gunsGround-based air defenseGuided and programmable munitionsSystems integration and support

Notable Systems

155 mm FH77B Bofors howitzer, 155 mm towed howitzer, Artillery

ARCHER

155 mm towed howitzer

BAE Systems' Sweden page identifies Archer as one of the main products manufactured by BAE Systems Bofors, and the product page describes it as the company's wheeled 155 mm howitzer family.

Sources: BAE Systems Sweden, ARCHER Mobile Howitzer
MK 110 57 mm Gun, 57 mm naval gun, Naval Systems

Bofors 57 Mk3

57 mm naval gun

Listed by BAE Systems as a main product manufactured in Karlskoga, representing the builder's naval-gun line.

Sources: BAE Systems Sweden
Bofors 40 mm L/70, 40 mm towed anti-aircraft autocannon, Air Defense

Bofors 40 Mk4

40 mm towed anti-aircraft autocannon

Listed by BAE Systems as a main product manufactured in Karlskoga and tied to the company's modern 40 mm gun family.

Sources: BAE Systems Sweden

40 mm ground-based air defense system

BAE Systems identifies a new 40 mm ground-based air defense system as one of the builder's main products.

Sources: BAE Systems Sweden
Bofors 155mm BONUS munition, 155 mm artillery-launched, fire-and-forget anti-armor munition, Munitions

BONUS

155 mm artillery-launched, fire-and-forget anti-armor munition

BAE Systems lists BONUS among the builder's main products, linking the Swedish unit to precision artillery ammunition.

Sources: BAE Systems Sweden

Manufacturer History

  1. Bofors heritage begins

    BAE Systems' heritage timeline places Bofors' origins in 1646, establishing the industrial lineage behind the modern builder name.

    Sources: BAE Systems heritage timeline

  2. Bofors Weapons Systems acquired by United Defense

    BAE Systems' heritage timeline says Bofors Weapons Systems was acquired by United Defense in 2000.

    Sources: BAE Systems heritage timeline

  3. BAE Systems acquires United Defense

    The same heritage timeline says BAE Systems acquired United Defense in 2005, bringing the Bofors business into the group.

    Sources: BAE Systems heritage timeline

  4. Swedish businesses combined under BAE Systems AB

    BAE Systems' 2006 annual report says the Swedish Hägglunds and Bofors businesses were combined under the newly created BAE Systems AB.

    Sources: BAE Systems Annual Report 2006

Website links
BAE Systems SwedenBAE Systems LocationsBofors Supplier Network

This profile uses BAE Systems' Swedish site and heritage material to separate the modern BAE Systems Bofors business unit from older Bofors legacy naming. Historical Bofors references are retained as lineage context and aliases, not as a claim that the current builder is a standalone pre-2006 company.

Manufacturer Sources

  • BAE Systems SwedenPublisher: BAE Systems | Note: Supports the current BAE Systems Bofors identity in Sweden, the company description, and the main products manufactured at Karlskoga. | Accessed: 2026-06-21
  • ARCHER Mobile HowitzerPublisher: BAE Systems | Note: Supports Archer product background and the wheeled 155 mm howitzer description associated with BAE Systems Bofors. | Accessed: 2026-06-21
  • Bofors Supplier NetworkPublisher: BAE Systems | Note: Supports the Bofors supplier-network page, manufacturing/logistics focus, and systems-integration emphasis for the builder profile. | Accessed: 2026-06-21
  • BAE Systems LocationsPublisher: BAE Systems | Note: Supports the BAE Systems Bofors office listing in Bofors industriområde, Karlskoga, including the current Sweden location address used for the headquarters field. | Accessed: 2026-06-21
  • BAE Systems heritage timelinePublisher: BAE Systems | Note: Supports the Bofors heritage timeline, including the 1646 origin point and the acquisition chain through United Defense and BAE Systems. | Accessed: 2026-06-21
  • BAE Systems Annual Report 2006Publisher: BAE Systems | Note: Supports the 2006 formation of BAE Systems AB from the Swedish Hägglunds and Bofors businesses. | Accessed: 2026-06-21
  • Bofors old logotypePublisher: Wikimedia Commons | Note: Supports image provenance and public-domain licensing for the historic Bofors logotype used as the builder profile image. | Accessed: 2026-06-21
  • Bofors industriområdePublisher: OpenStreetMap contributors | Note: Supports the headquartersLocation map center for Bofors industriområde in Karlskoga, used only to place the builder profile map on the listed industrial area. | Accessed: 2026-06-21

Produced weapons

Category

Air Defense

Systems that contest aircraft, missiles, helicopters, and drones.

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Bofors 40 mm L/70, 40 mm towed anti-aircraft autocannon, Air Defense2014 Russia-Ukraine War, 2025 India-Pakistan ConflictBofors 40 mm L/7040 mm towed anti-aircraft autocannonBuilt in: SwedenThe Bofors 40 mm L/70 is a Swedish postwar anti-aircraft autocannon developed by AB Bofors as a higher-velocity, faster-firing successor to the wartime 40 mm L/60 family. Its towed and naval variants remained in service through upgrades, with source-backed modern use including Lithuanian-supplied guns in Ukrainian air defense and Indian upgraded L/70 guns used as a short-range counter-drone layer during the 2025 India-Pakistan Conflict.
LLAD guns, Low-level air-defense gun layer, Air Defense2025 India-Pakistan ConflictLLAD gunsLow-level air-defense gun layerBuilt in: Multiple, including Sweden, the Soviet Union/Russia, and IndiaLLAD guns are India's low-level air-defense gun layer, built around modernized 40 mm L/70 batteries and 23 mm twin-barrel mounts for point defense against low-flying aircraft, drones, and loitering munitions. During the 2025 India-Pakistan Conflict, Indian official reporting placed them inside Operation Sindoor's layered air-defense network alongside MANPADS and longer-range surface-to-air missiles.

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Artillery

Tube artillery, rocket artillery, and long-range ground fires.

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155 mm FH77B Bofors howitzer, 155 mm towed howitzer, Artillery1999 Kargil War, 2019 India-Pakistan Border Skirmishes +1 more155 mm FH77B Bofors howitzer155 mm towed howitzerBuilt in: SwedenThe 155 mm FH77B Bofors howitzer is a Swedish towed artillery piece developed by Bofors from the FH77A family and widely known in India as the Bofors gun. The export B-model retained the FH77 family’s auxiliary power unit for short self-movement, but used a longer 39-caliber barrel, screw breech, bag charges, and NATO-standard 155 mm ammunition. India’s 410-gun procurement made the FH77B a long-lived part of Indian Army artillery, with direct source-backed use in the 1999 Kargil War and later Line of Control firing in 2019 and 2025.

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Munitions

Standalone missiles, bombs, rockets, torpedoes, and guided or unguided explosive payloads.

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Bofors 155mm BONUS munition, 155 mm artillery-launched, fire-and-forget anti-armor munition, Munitions2014 Russia-Ukraine War, 2014 War Against the Islamic StateBofors 155mm BONUS munition155 mm artillery-launched, fire-and-forget anti-armor munitionBuilt in: Sweden / FranceBONUS is a Swedish-French 155 mm artillery projectile that ejects two sensor-fuzed submunitions over an armor target area. BAE Systems describes it as a fire-and-forget round compatible with most existing 155 mm artillery guns, while conflict reporting documents French use against Islamic State vehicles and Ukrainian use against Russian armor.
BONUS 155 mm top-attack submunition projectile, 155 mm artillery-launched, fire-and-forget anti-armor munition, Munitions2014 Russia-Ukraine War, 2014 War Against the Islamic StateBONUS 155 mm top-attack submunition projectile155 mm artillery-launched, fire-and-forget anti-armor munitionBuilt in: Sweden / FranceBONUS is a Swedish-French 155 mm artillery projectile that ejects two sensor-fuzed submunitions over an armor target area. BAE Systems describes it as a fire-and-forget round compatible with most existing 155 mm artillery guns, while conflict reporting documents French use against Islamic State vehicles and Ukrainian use against Russian armor.
Bofors BILL anti-tank guided missile, Overfly top-attack anti-tank guided missile, Munitions2014 Russia-Ukraine WarBofors BILL anti-tank guided missileOverfly top-attack anti-tank guided missileBuilt in: SwedenBofors BILL is a Swedish wire-guided anti-tank guided missile family built around an overfly top-attack flight path, allowing the warhead to strike armor from above rather than through frontal armor. Bofors developed the original RBS 56 BILL after a 1979 order, Saab describes BILL 2 as the later dual-warhead upgrade, and open-source transfer tracking documents Swedish RBS-56 BILL missiles delivered or pledged to Ukraine before March 2023.

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Naval Systems

Warships, submarines, unmanned surface vessels, naval craft, and maritime combat systems.

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MK 110 57 mm Gun, 57 mm naval gun, Naval SystemsMK 110 57 mm Gun57 mm naval gunBuilt in: Sweden / United StatesThe MK 110 57 mm Gun is the U.S. designation for BAE Systems' Bofors 57 Mk3 naval gun, a fully automatic 57 mm / 70-caliber mount assembled in Louisville, Kentucky for U.S. service. U.S. Navy, Coast Guard, and BAE Systems sources place the gun on Navy Littoral Combat Ships, including both Freedom and Independence variants, and on Coast Guard National Security Cutters; BAE also describes immediate ammunition-type switching and six-mode programmable 57 mm Mk 295 Mod 0 / Bofors 3P ammunition for air, surface, and shore targets.
Bofors 375 mm rocket launcher, Shipboard anti-submarine rocket launcher, Naval SystemsBofors 375 mm rocket launcherShipboard anti-submarine rocket launcherBuilt in: Sweden / France / JapanThe Bofors 375 mm rocket launcher is a Swedish shipboard anti-submarine rocket-depth-charge system developed after World War II and fielded in two-, four-, and six-tube forms. The M/50 family tied sonar-directed fire control to an unmanned powered mount, below-deck ammunition handling, and 375 mm rockets, while license and derivative production by Creusot-Loire and Mitsubishi spread the system across French, Japanese, German, Dutch, Swedish, and export warship fits.
120mm TAK-120, Single 120 mm/46 dual-purpose naval automatic gun turret, Naval Systems120mm TAK-120Single 120 mm/46 dual-purpose naval automatic gun turretBuilt in: SwedenThe 120mm TAK-120 is a Swedish Bofors single-gun naval turret that adapted the linked FAK-120/Lvakan 4501 automatic field-gun line for fast attack craft and small corvettes. NavWeaps and WeaponSystems.net describe it as a water-cooled, automatically loaded dual-purpose gun with Finnish Turunmaa/Pohjanmaa and Indonesian Fatahillah-class service, but no source reviewed directly ties the turret to a cataloged armed conflict.

Category

Tanks

Heavy armor built around direct fire, protection, and battlefield shock.

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Strv 122, Main battle tank, Tanks2014 Russia-Ukraine WarStrv 122Main battle tankBuilt in: Germany / SwedenThe Strv 122, formally Stridsvagn 122, is Sweden's Leopard 2-based main battle tank, adapted for Swedish service with a four-person crew, a 120 mm smoothbore gun, 7.62 mm machine guns, smoke launchers, reinforced protection, and a digital command-support system. Sweden donated about ten tanks to Ukraine in 2023, trained Ukrainian crews in Sweden, and later contracted to modernize its remaining Strv 122 fleet into the Strv 123A standard while buying new Leopard 2A8-based Strv 123B tanks.