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Ukraine will get additional French self-propelled artillery Caesar, Paris decided to transfer to Kiev part of the ACS designed in Denmark. It is reported by the newspaper Le Monde.
A French publication, citing a senior source says that France had an agreement with Denmark to hand over Ukraine part is designed for the Danish army 155-mm self-propelled guns Caesar. This strongly insisted macron, who promised artillery Zelensky. Negotiations between the three countries was conducted at the highest level, and the parties came to a compromise: Kiev will receive from 6 to 12 howitzers of the 15 intended Denmark. The whole party neither the Danes nor the French transfer is not accepted.
Moreover, according to sources, macron rested and adamantly refused to Zelensky in the supply SAU Caesar from the presence of the French army, arguing that Kiev and unsolicited 18 howitzer. Now the French industry is urgently trying to restore the amount of artillery.
It is worth noting that the Danish version of the ACS Caesar is different from the French. Designed in Denmark SAU placed on the chassis of the Tatra Т815 with the wheel formula 8x8 and is equipped with an automated loading system tools, due to which the calculation is reduced to 3 people Howitzer has an armored cockpit and increased to 36 rounds of ammunition. The weight was increased to 32 tons.
Meanwhile it became known that Germany speeds up the delivery to Ukraine, SAM IRIS-T SLM, this was stated by the Minister of defence of Germany Christine Lambrecht, who visited an unannounced visit to Odessa. What is the zeal of Berlin is unknown, probably Zelensky complained to the head of the German military authorities the Russian drones, which are available from the APU air defense fails.
writes the German press.