A.P. Richelieu
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It is under discussion, and has been under discussion for 6-9 months.Interesting. Reading a not so confirmed report yesterday that the Swede are sending this in their next Aid Package to Ukraine
The Swede was debating whether or not send the Archer Artillery System to Ukraine, and the report was done in Oct last year saying Sweden CAN send 12 archer system to Ukraine as part of aid package and in this Article they are saying Sweden WILL send them with the next aid package.
Sweden intends to supply 155mm Archer artillery systems to Ukraine
Sweden intends to supply Ukraine with Archer self-propelled howitzers. This question [Archer delivery - ed.] is not "will Sweden deliver", but "when will it".bulgarianmilitary.com
Archer is EXTREMELY MOBILE system, as the demo show, the system is entirely self contained and they could fire 3 rounds and evade before the 1st round hit the target at max range (55 km). 12 of these would mean 36 rounds will impact on the Russian when the system already moved on.
It would be great for Ukraine if this is indeed true.
The previous government was against shipping Archers due to the very limited numbers available. The new government elected in September are more positive, but so far, the aid packages has not included Archer.
The Prime Minister stated Sunday that he is ”convinced Sweden will deliver Archer to Ukraine”, but the decision is made in the Parliament, and it is unclear if there is a majority for such a decision.
Make that ”centuries”. Last war was 1814.This is beautiful weapon system. Funny that Sweden who hasn’t seen combat for years has some of the best military equipment.
400 years of experience…