Naval Systems

120mm TAK-120

Also known as
  • 120 mm TAK-120
  • Bofors TAK 120
  • Bofors TAK-120
  • 120 mm/46 TAK120
  • 120 mm/46 TAK-120
  • Bofors 120 mm Automatic Gun L/46
  • Bofors 120 mm L/46
  • Torn Automatkanon 120 mm
  • Turret Automatic Gun 120mm

The 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.

120mm TAK-120, Single 120 mm/46 dual-purpose naval automatic gun turret, Naval Systems
Image source: KRI Nala TAK 120 firing image
Profile / Specs

Profile

Origin
Sweden
Type
Single 120 mm/46 dual-purpose naval automatic gun turret
Service note
Cold War naval gun developed in the 1960s and retained in limited service on Indonesian Fatahillah-class corvettes
Designer
Bofors
Designed
1963-1967
Produced
1970s
Number built
About 10 guns reported by WeaponSystems.net; NavWeaps identifies TAK120 installations on Finnish Turunmaa/Pohjanmaa vessels and Indonesian Fatahillah-class ships.
Developed from
Bofors 120 mm Automatic Field Gun L/46 / Luftvarnsautomatkanon 4501

Specifications

Caliber
120 mm/46 rifled gun
Mount type
Single enclosed naval automatic turret
Role
Dual-purpose naval gun for surface and anti-aircraft fire
Rate of fire
80 rounds per minute cyclic
Muzzle velocity
800 m/s with 21 kg HE projectile
Maximum surface range
18,500 m at 45 degrees elevation
Air-target range
About 8 km reported by WeaponSystems.net
Feed system
52 rounds in the feed system; ready-use magazines on each side of the breech plus dual feed trays
Elevation
-10 to +80 degrees at 32 degrees per second
Traverse
Unlimited 360-degree train at 40 degrees per second
Mount weight
About 28-28.8 t, depending on source and whether flare rails and ammunition are included
Crew
WeaponSystems.net gives 3-4 crew; NavWeaps describes an operator and two ammunition loaders in remote operation, with more crew for local control and magazines
Fire control
Normally radar-directed; WeaponSystems.net identifies Signaal WM 28 as an example fire-control radar
Ship Installations

TAK-120 is best documented through the small number of ships fitted with the turret. The reviewed sources identify Finnish and Indonesian installations, but no existing catalog weapon page currently covers those carrier ships as separate records.

Ship or classNavyDocumented turret relationship
Turunmaa classFinlandNavWeaps lists the Turunmaa class as a TAK120 user, and WeaponSystems.net says the two Finnish Turunmaa-class gunboats each carried a single 120 mm TAK-120 dual-purpose gun.
PohjanmaaFinlandNavWeaps lists Pohjanmaa as a TAK120 installation and notes that the gun was removed during the ship's 1996-1998 modernization.
Fatahillah classIndonesiaNavWeaps lists the Indonesian Fatahillah class as a TAK120 user; the Commons image of KRI Nala documents a Fatahillah-class gun firing in a 2019 exercise.

Sources: NavWeaps 120 mm TAK120; WeaponSystems.net 120mm TAK-120; KRI Nala TAK 120 firing image.

Variants

Open sources distinguish the naval TAK-120 turret from the related FAK 120 field anti-aircraft gun and the earlier twin-barrel Bofors M1950 naval turret.

VariantConfigurationDesignation notes
120mm FAK-120, Prototype 120 mm/46 automatic anti-aircraft field gun, Air Defense120mm FAK-120Field automatic anti-aircraft gun predecessor

NavWeaps describes TAK120 as a private-venture naval weapon developed from the Luftvarnsautomatkanon 4501 anti-aircraft field gun.

Sources: NavWeaps 120 mm TAK120

120 mm Bofors M1950, Twin 120 mm/50 automatic dual-purpose naval gun turret, Naval Systems120 mm Bofors M1950Earlier twin-barrel Bofors naval automatic turret

WeaponSystems.net frames TAK-120 as an attempt to provide the firepower of the earlier Bofors M1950 in a smaller and lighter single-gun mount.

Sources: WeaponSystems.net 120mm TAK-120

Turret And Feed Arrangement

The naval mount kept the large-caliber automatic-gun concept but packaged it for smaller warships. NavWeaps describes two ready-use magazines beside the breech, dual feed trays below the magazines, a rod hoist from the below-deck magazine, gyro-stabilization, and remote automatic operation with local-control backup.

Ready feed

52 rounds in the feed system, with ready-use magazines on both sides of the breech and six-round feed trays beneath them.

Reloading limit

Rounds already in the feed system could be fired at any elevation, but the feed system was reloaded with the gun at +80 degrees.

Local backup

NavWeaps lists an operator and two ammunition loaders for remote operation, with additional crew for local control and below-deck magazines.

Sources: NavWeaps 120 mm TAK120; WeaponSystems.net 120mm TAK-120.

Timeline

120mm TAK-120 Key Events

  1. Naval TAK120 design begins

    NavWeaps lists 1963 as the design date for the 120 mm/46 TAK120, and WeaponSystems.net gives the broader development period as 1963-1967.

    Sources: NavWeaps 120 mm TAK120, WeaponSystems.net 120mm TAK-120

  2. Prototype testing and first service date

    NavWeaps lists 1967 as the in-service date for the first prototype tested, while WeaponSystems.net places entry into service in the early 1970s.

    Sources: NavWeaps 120 mm TAK120, WeaponSystems.net 120mm TAK-120

  3. Pohjanmaa modernization removes TAK120

    NavWeaps notes that Finland's Pohjanmaa had the TAK120 removed during a 1996-1998 modernization and replaced by a Bofors 57 mm gun.

    Sources: NavWeaps 120 mm TAK120

  4. KRI Nala firing photograph

    A Commons file sourced to the Indonesian Navy's 2nd Fleet Command Information Service identifies KRI Nala firing its Bofors 120 mm/L46 TAK 120 during a Java Sea exercise.

    Sources: KRI Nala TAK 120 firing image

Media

120mm TAK-120 Images

120mm TAK-120, Single 120 mm/46 dual-purpose naval automatic gun turret, Naval Systems - view 1
Source: Bofors TAK 120 Commons image
120mm TAK-120, Single 120 mm/46 dual-purpose naval automatic gun turret, Naval Systems - view 2
Source: FNS Karjala main gun image
Related Weapon Systems
130 mm SM-2-1, 130 mm/58 twin dual-purpose naval gun mount, Naval SystemsNaval Systems130 mm SM-2-1130 mm/58 twin dual-purpose naval gun mountThe 130 mm SM-2-1 was a Soviet twin 130 mm/58 naval gun mount developed by TsKB-34 for postwar destroyers and treated in open references as a stabilized dual-purpose weapon for surface and air targets. Serial production centered on Bolshevik Plant No. 232, with additional Starokramatorsk-built mounts, and the system armed Project 41 Neustrashimy and Project 56 Kotlin destroyers before informing China's Type 76 twin 130 mm mount. Checked open sources support service, platform, and production context but not a direct combat-use claim for a specific conflict.

Sources

NavWeaps 120 mm TAK120Publisher: NavWeaps | Note: Supports TAK120 identity, Bofors private-venture development from the Luftvarnsautomatkanon 4501, ship installations, ammunition feed, range, elevation, traverse, mount, crew, and modernization context. | Accessed: 2026-07-13WeaponSystems.net 120mm TAK-120Publisher: WeaponSystems.net | Note: Supports origin, type, development period, Bofors developer/producer, limited-service status, production estimate, users, design summary, firepower, dimensions, and fire-control context. | Accessed: 2026-07-13KRI Nala TAK 120 firing imagePublisher: Wikimedia Commons | Note: Image provenance for the primary gallery image; the file page identifies an Indonesian Navy image of KRI Nala firing a Bofors 120 mm/L46 TAK 120 in the Java Sea and lists an Indonesian-government public-domain rationale. | Accessed: 2026-07-13Bofors TAK 120 Commons imagePublisher: Wikimedia Commons | Note: Image provenance for a TAK-120 turret image derived from a 2007 photograph by EsaL-74 and licensed CC BY-SA 3.0. | Accessed: 2026-07-13FNS Karjala main gun imagePublisher: Wikimedia Commons | Note: Image provenance for a Finnish Karjala TAK-120 main-gun photograph used as supporting gallery media. | Accessed: 2026-07-13