The United Kingdom will buy Swedish Sau Archer instead of AS-90-don

The British military can receive artillery units based on a new Rheinmetall chassis. Artillery is needed by the royal army, since out of 90 AS-90 30, which is, they will be handed over to Ukraine. The British Army plans to buy from 6 to 8 SAU Archer to fill in the AS-90 SAU transferred to Ukraine. About it reports the publication Shepard.

According to sources of the publication, the United Kingdom and Sweden will soon announce an intergovernmental agreement, within which the British army will buy from 6 to 8 Swedish SAU Archer produced by BAE Systems Bores. They will temporarily fill in self -propelled artillery installations transferred in Ukraine. It is also possible that for the British contract of art stations can be installed on the chassis of another wheel platform.

For Sweden, a contract was recently concluded with the manufacturer for the supply of additional 24 SAU Archer based on the tractor of RheinMetall Man Militation Vehicles HX-series 8x8 with a secure cabin. We will add that Archer SAU is one of the most technological installations in the world. Its artillery part is fully automated. Weapons caliber is 155 mm with a barrel length of 55 calibers. The charging mechanism allows you to produce 6 shells for 30 seconds for various purposes.