UK Reloads Artillery Plans with £1B Remote-Control Howitzer Order
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UK reloads artillery plans with £1B remote-control howitzer order
The British Army is to get 72 next-gen mobile artillery units, in the shape of a remote-controlled howitzer (RCH) module that mounts onto the Boxer armored vehicle already in service. The Ministry of Defence (MoD) announced a £1 billion ($1.35 billion) contract to provide the Army with a modern mobile system capable of providing artillery support against targets up to 70 km (44 miles) away. First deliveries of the RCH 155 units are expected in 2…
RCH 155 self-propelled howitzer is the world’s most advanced artillery system, says KNDS
KNDS said it will deliver a total of 72 RCH 155 wheeled howitzers to the British Army under the programme. The system is based on the BOXER wheeled armoured vehicle and is intended for use under a wider British-German cooperation framework. “The United Kingdom is definitely one of our most important BOXER customers and is also a significant location for manufacturing the systems,” said Florian Hohenwarter, Chief Executive Officer of KNDS Deutsch…
The British Government has announced the acquisition of 72 RCH 155 self-propelled artillery systems under a contract valued at about £1 billion - about €1.150 million to change - an operation with which the United Kingdom Army intends to recover and modernize its ground-fire capacity following the transfer of its AS90 shells to Ukraine. The purchase is part of the transformation process promoted by the British Ministry of Defence to adapt its gr…
In April 2024, the British Ministry of Defence (MoD) announced that it had selected the RCH 155 self-propelled howitzer from KNDS Deutschland as part of the Mobile Fires Platform (MFP) program. This occurred just as the British Army had taken delivery of fourteen Archer wheeled howitzers, supplied by BAE Systems Bofors AB, in order to... This article, "The British Army has ordered 72 German RCH 155 self-propelled howitzers for €1.15 billion," fi…
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