Originally Posted by
NutLoose
So the U.K. has selected the replacement for the AS-90 artillery we sent to Ukraine, it is a German gunned version of the Boxer which we operate at the moment, it does seem an odd choice in that we have purchased 14 Swedish Archer systems, I wonder if they will be a short term backfill now?
They were an interim replacement for the AS-90, they were selected because they were available now, they were taken from reserve stocks of system. From day one were they going to be replaced by something, prime candidates were K9, Pz2000 or RCH155