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| image= 7.5 cm Mot Geb Kan 33-48, Morges.jpg
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|caption=Swiss 7.5 cm L/24 mountain gun M1933/48
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The '''Bofors 75&nbsp;mm Model 1934''' was a [[mountain gun]] produced in Sweden by [[Bofors]] and sold abroad widely.  The Model 1934 was used by Germany, Belgium, the Netherlands and China in [[World War II]].  Germany bought a small number of guns (12) for evaluation and training before the war and designated them as the '''7.5&nbsp;cm Gebirgshaubitze 34'''.  Belgian guns, known by them as the Canon de 75 mle 1934, captured by Germany were designated as '''7.5&nbsp;cm Gebirgskanone 228(b)'''. The later model 1936 was purchased by Bulgaria.<ref>https://www.militaryfactory.com/armor/detail.php?armor_id=1062</ref>

==Design==
The Netherlands purchased a pack loadable version for their colonial-army in the [[Dutch East Indies]], a region covered by thick forests and mountains.  The pack loadable version could be broken down into eight mule loads or towed by a four horse team, with a further six mules to carry ammunition and other supplies.  The Dutch guns were used briefly during the [[Dutch East Indies campaign]] in 1941–42.  Many of these went on to serve with the Imperial Japanese Army after the Dutch East Indies fell.  These were used by the IJA until ammunition stocks were depleted.  

The model purchase by Belgium was not a pack gun and was equipped for towing by motor transport.  The Belgian model had a one-piece box-trail that was hinged to fold upwards to reduce towing length and was equipped with steel disc wheels with rubber tires.<ref>Encyclopedia of Weapons of World War II</ref>
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==Users==
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* {{flag|Argentina}}
* {{flag|Belgium}}
* {{flag|Brazil}}
* {{flag|Bulgaria}}
* {{flag|Nazi Germany}}
* {{flag|Netherlands}}
* {{flag|Paraguay}}
* {{flag|Persia}}
* {{flag|Republic of China}}
* {{flag|Sweden}}
* {{flag|Switzerland}}
* {{flag|Japan}}
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[[File:Canon-p1000760.jpg|thumb|75mm Bofors mountain gun M1933 modernized for mechanical towing in 1948.]]

==See also==
* [[Bofors 75 mm mountain gun]]

==References ==
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== Sources ==
* Chamberlain, Peter & Gander, Terry. ''Infantry, Mountain and Airborne Guns''. New York, Arco
* Gander, Terry and Chamberlain, Peter. ''Weapons of the Third Reich: An Encyclopedic Survey of All Small Arms, Artillery and Special Weapons of the German Land Forces 1939-1945''. New York: Doubleday, 1979 {{ISBN|0-385-15090-3}}
* Bishop, Chris, ed. ''Encyclopedia of Weapons of World War II''. New York, Barnes and Noble, 1998 {{ISBN|0-7607-1022-8}}

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[[Category:Artillery of Sweden]]
[[Category:Bofors]]
[[Category:World War II mountain artillery]]
[[Category:75 mm artillery]]
[[Category:Military equipment introduced in the 1930s]]

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