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The Archer artillery system, or Archer – FH77BW L52, or Artillerisystem 08, is a Swedish self-propelled howitzer system. [3] [4] The main piece of the system is a fully automated 155 mm L52 (52-calibre-long) gun-howitzer and a M151 Protector remote-controlled weapon station mounted on a modified 6×6 chassis of the Volvo A30D all-terrain articulated hauler.
The BONUS (Bofors Nutating Shell) [2] or ACED (Anti-Char à Effet Dirigé) [3] [4] [5] is a 155 mm guided artillery cluster round co-developed and manufactured by Bofors of Sweden and Nexter of France.
British soldiers fired the new artillery gun for the first time on a tactical exercise in Finland on 20 November. The Swedish-made Archer 155mm self-propelled guns have been acquired as an interim ...
For the demonstrator of the Archer Artillery System, some FH77A were modified into FH 77 AD L/45, while the series production were FH77Bs rebuilt into FH77 BW L/52. The carriage was also used for the KARIN , used in the Swedish coastal artillery.
The Swedish-made Archer 155mm self-propelled guns have been acquired as an interim replacement for the 32 AS90s which the UK has donated to Ukraine in its conflict with Russia.
British soldiers have fired a new artillery gun for the first time on a tactical exercise close to Russia's border in Finland. ... The Swedish-made Archer 155mm self-propelled guns have been ...
Its product name was Bofors Vagnkanon 155 mm L/50 (VK 155 L/50), meaning roughly "Tracked Automotive Gun 155 mm L/50" (literal translation: "Wagon Cannon 155 mm L/50"). [2] Bkan 1 was one of the world's heaviest and most powerful (in terms of volume of fire ) self-propelled artillery vehicles in use during its service.
Archer Sweden: Self-propelled howitzer: Volvo A30D 26 Artilleristystem 08, a Truck-mounted 155 mm gun-howitzer built using the older FH77 in their production. The Archer entered service in February 2016. [41] 24 ordered in 2009; 24 ordered in 2016 (this batch was initially intended for Norway)