2nd Anti-Aircraft Artillery Battalion, 2nd Anti-Aircraft Artillery Regiment) Army Air Defense Command, Royal Thai Army has published images of training within the unit (Unit School) of the use of Bofors 40mm L/70 OES anti-aircraft artillery (TYPE A revised) during 18-20 October 2022 via social media Facebook on October 21, 2012.
The Royal Thai Army Ordnance Department has announced a project to hire and improve the Bofors 40mm L/70 anti-aircraft artillery, set the reference price on February 26, 2020.budget limit 446,500,000 baht ($13,996,873.07), unit price 23.5 million baht ($736,677.53) medium source price (reference price) Armysys Supply Company Limited which documents Thai innovation account Additional edition March 2020 has registered for security equipment, code 13020008, a set of equipment to improve the efficiency of 40mm type L/70 antiaircraft cannons of ARMISYS SUPPLY, Thai company.
The project was therefore a refurbishment and enhancement for the Swedish Bofors 40mm L/70 anti-aircraft artillery, which was the first gun system in service since the 1950s. BAE Systems Bofors Sweden is now a subsidiary of BAE Systems United Kingdom.
The Royal Thai Army has been supplied AA Bofors 40mm L/70, which is used with the Netherlands Flycatcher fire-control radar since the 1980s, enlisted in the Airborne Artillery Battalion, a direct unit of Air Force, including AA 2, Pol. 2, received the latest Bofors 40mm L/70 OES.
The overhaul of the Bofors 40mm L/70 OES, in addition to design development of long-lasting replacement parts and the original source off-line. It also improves the capability of the system to be modern and more efficient by the private sector of Thailand.
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