The German machine-building company Krauss-Maffei Wegmann (KMW) began testing 155-mm RCH 155 self-propelled artillery installations, the first of which should be received by Ukraine.
It was reported by the German publication Welt am Sonntag.
The German government agreed on the construction of 18 RCH 155 self-propelled guns for the Armed Forces of Ukraine in September 2022.
The cost of building of the self-propelled howitzers is EUR 216 million. Funding will be provided from the fund of aid to Ukraine, previously created by the German government.
According to the publication, the production and delivery of RCH 155 howitzers can take about 30 months, that is, at least another two and a half years.
The RCH 155 self-propelled artillery installation was developed as a system development of Panzerhaubitze 2000 self-propelled howitzers (PzH 2000), it was first introduced in 2014.
Recall that earlier we reported that what is the RCH 155 self-propelled gun, which will enter service with the Ukrainian military in the future.
As Ukrainian News Agency earlier reported, on January 27, Defense Minister Oleksii Reznikov said that the Bohdana Ukrainian-made self-propelled artillery installation was successfully tested in battles with Russian occupiers.
We also wrote that in January Denmark approved the transfer to Ukraine of 19 CAESAR self-propelled guns of French production.
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