Could this be the tool that spells victory for the Ukrainians?
To help in this conflict, earlier this month, French President Emmanuel Macron said that France would deliver six additional long-range self-propelled"Caesar" howitzers to Ukraine,“On top of the 12 Caesars already delivered, I took the decision in the coming weeks six additional Caesars,” Macron told a news conference. The heavy artillery system is highly prized for its accuracy.
The 33-foot-long, 8-foot-wide, and 12-foot-high truck-mounted weapons weigh a whopping 19.5 tons and feature guns mounted on a 6×6 truck whose 245-horsepower engine can help them reach a top road speed of 50 mph and an off-road speed of more than 31 mph. They boast an impressive cruising range of 373 miles but can still easily fit in a transport aircraft to be flown into conflict zones.The weapons require four to five soldiers to operate.
They then fire the weapon. At that point, the Caesar needs only 60 seconds to get into action and even less than that for the 155mm/52 caliber ordnance, semi-automatic gun to fire six shells at a target between 3 to 31 miles away. Even more impressive, the Caesar functions with the same efficiency in any weather and that in less than 40 seconds after the last shell has been fired, the weaponized truck can already be on the move to relocate out of reach of an enemy's response.
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