ANALYSIS: The Archer Artillery System – Coming Soon to Ukraine Courtesy of Sweden. [long read]
by Geschichtsklitterung
ANALYSIS: The Archer Artillery System – Coming Soon to Ukraine Courtesy of Sweden. [long read]
by Geschichtsklitterung
3 comments
Excerpt:
> *The Swedish Archer system combines the best of the world’s artillery: extended ranges, impressive precision, high rate of fire and ease of maneuverability.*
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> Sweden’s world-renowned Archer field artillery howitzer system is coming to the battlefields of Ukraine in the hands of freshly trained soldiers in the upcoming month.
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> In March, Sweden officially confirmed the transfer of 8 advanced Archer self-propelled artillery systems to Kyiv.
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> Currently, Ukrainian crews are completing intensive training for the use of these self-propelled howitzers with one aim in particular – the swift and efficient destruction of Russian self-propelled artillery systems on the battlefield.
It still hasn’t arrived yet?! Good grief!
I’ve seen a couple of programs on this. It’s an extraordinarily effective bit of kit, and its ability to send multiple rounds, at different trajectories, to impact *simultaneously* is really impressive especially as it’ll often be a long way from the original firing site by the time the shells arrive on target.