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The UK has completely decommissioned the AS-90 self-propelled artillery units, doing so five years ahead of schedule. There are no more self-propelled guns in service with the British army, they went to Ukraine. This is reported by Army Technology.
The British Ministry of Defense got rid of the unsuccessful self-propelled guns AS-90, removing it from service and replacing it with Swedish wheeled self-propelled guns Archer, but this is a "temporary solution," according to London. And the decommissioned AS-90 self-propelled guns went straight to Ukraine, although there were no official reports about this. The last shooting by the British army using AS-90 took place in May last year.
According to the publication, in 2023, Britain sent 32 self-propelled guns to Ukraine out of about 80 remaining in the British army at that time. Today, there are no self-propelled guns in the army or in warehouses, their fate is unknown. There have been no official reports on the transfer or disposal, and it is impossible to dispose of about 50 self-propelled artillery installations in such a time. It is assumed that London sent them to Kiev without publicizing these supplies.
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But according to Ukraine, the Ukrainian Armed Forces received 68 AS-90 self-propelled guns during three deliveries in 2023, as well as in April and September 2024. At the same time, a number of installations were transferred as a spare parts donor. In December 2024, AS-90 artillery systems entered service with the 58th separate motorized infantry Brigade, and in the first quarter of 2025, the 117th separate heavy mechanized brigade and the 151st mechanized brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
