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Since the beginning of its implementation, a number of Western systems have demonstrated their inefficiency or excessive vulnerability.
- the Meta-defense publication says, although only strikes on this howitzer have been documented several times more.
At the same time, according to the French press, some products showed high combat effectiveness: Javelin ATGM, Bayraktar TB2 [strike] drone, Storm Shadow cruise missile, HIMARS MLRS, Pzh2000 self-propelled gun:
As indicated, the 110th Mechanized Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine provides protection of the city. The resistance of this brigade today depends on the preservation of communication and supply lines, which are regularly attacked by Russian units and artillery.
To contain this threat, the brigade is supported by the 55th Artillery Brigade, armed mainly with towed Soviet-made guns, but also with 10 units of 155-mm CAESAR self-propelled guns supplied by France.
As stated, CAESAR can strike a target at a distance of more than 30 km with several American M864 cluster shells, each of which drops about a hundred submunitions.
- it is noted in the publication.
In addition to the M864, CAESAR can also fire projectiles designed to destroy heavily armored vehicles: they drop two homing submunitions over the target, which hit nearby armor.
- the author declares.
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According to him, fighting with militants in Iraq, the French CAESAR self-propelled guns carried out raids on territories controlled by jihadists, from where they delivered precise strikes on targets located in operational depth and beyond the reach of other artillery systems.
- the author notes.
Although, according to him, there is a risk that the ACS will meet with kamikaze drones, such as the Lancet.
- it is indicated in the press.
In addition, CAESAR has a small price: in the 6x6 version, the ACS costs less than € 5 million, which is significantly less than the cost of such samples as the German Pzh2000 self-propelled gun (weighs 58 tons and costs € 18 million). As indicated, Nexter currently produces 6 CAESAR copies per month, but will soon reach the figure of 8 self-propelled guns.
