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Old 5th Jun 2022, 10:37
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Well the long range artillery is gaining momentum,. Shame they may have got them for free though.

https://en.defence-ua.com/weapon_and...edia-3191.html

On June 1, 2022, the Belgian private company Flanders Technical Supply (FTS) delivered to Ukraine a stock of 64 M109A4 howitzers which had been purchased by the company from the Belgian army in 2015.


According to the Belgian Minister of Defense (MoD), the howitzers would have gone to Ukraine. The Belgian MoD had started discussions with FTS which apparently had already sold them.

When retired in 2008, the Belgian M109A2/A3 155 mm self-propelled howitzers have just been modernized to M109A4 BE standard through an “MLU M109 program” (Mid-life Update). So we can say that the Ukrainians will have the latest generation of M109 155 mm howitzers.

The M109 is an American-made 155 mm self-propelled howitzer based on a tracked armored chassis, first introduced in the early 1960s. It has been upgraded a number of times, most recently to the M109A7.
Another 60 Krab being bought from Poland

https://en.defence-ua.com/weapon_and...edia-3157.html
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