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|name=15,2 cm kanon M/42
|image=[[File:US Navy 040703-N-1464F-001 The Peruvian cruiser Almirante Grau CLM-81 fires one of its 15.2 cm caliber cannons.jpg|300px]]
|caption= The BAP Almirante Grau firing its guns in the 2004 UNITAS Exercise
|origin=[[Sweden]]
|type=Naval gun
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|service=1947 - today
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|designer=[[Bofors]]
|design_date=1942
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The '''Bofors 152 mm gun''' is a [[Naval artillery|naval gun]]. It was initially used aboard [[light cruiser]]s and [[cruiser]]s including the [[Sweden|Swedish]] [[Tre Kronor class cruiser|''Tre Kronor'' class]] and the [[Netherlands|Dutch]] [[De Zeven Provinciën class cruiser|''De Zeven Provincien'' class]], after [[World War II]]. It is still used on the [[Peruvian Navy]] [[cruiser]] [[BAP Almirante Grau (CLM-81)|BAP Almirante Grau]].

The 152 mm gun was first designed in 1939 by [[Bofors]] for the [[Royal Netherlands Navy|''Koninklijke Marine'']] [[cruiser]]  ''Kijkduin'', eventually named [[HNLMS De Zeven Provinciën (C802)|''De Zeven Provinciën'']]. After the [[Battle of the Netherlands|Nazi invasion of the Netherlands]] in 1940 these artillery  pieces were confiscated by the Swedish Government and placed on the Swedish cruiser [[HMS Tre Kronor|HMS ''Tre Kronor'']].

[[Category:Bofors]]
[[Category:Naval artillery]]
[[Category:World War II naval weapons]]
[[Category:Artillery of Sweden]]
[[Category:152 mm artillery]]

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