结果一场涉及博福斯（Bofors）榴弹炮合同的丑闻拖延了几乎整个禁令有效期限，直到今年初才结束。

One resulting scandal, involving agents in a Bofors howitzer gun contract, dragged on for almost the duration of the ban; it was ended earlier this year.

步行机的前部排列着四座激光球型炮塔，一门单独的重型榴弹炮安装在步行机脊背表面的炮塔上。

The front of the walker is lined with four ball-turret laser cannons, while a single heavy projectile cannon is turret-mounted on the vehicle's dorsal surface.

LRAD已经成功应用在各个领域，其中一个例子就是，LRAD已被用于保护大型巡洋舰不被装备榴弹炮和机枪的索马里海盗袭击。

LRAD has been used successfully, in one instance protecting a large cruise ship from pirates off the coast of Somalia who had rocket-propelled grenades and machine guns.