AFU Gets Revolutionary Swedish Weapons: What Is Known About It
- 10.01.2023, 9:48
Archer Artillery System is a real ‘spaceship’.
Sweden is ready to supply the Armed Forces with the Archer Artillery System, the world's best self-propelled guns, this is one of the newest and most revolutionary self-propelled guns in general, which is fully automated. Its main feature is that it can enter the position, carry out a series of three or four shots and leave before the first shell explodes on enemy positions.
Weapons expert Oleh Katkov, the editor-in-chief of Defence Express, told how the Swedish self-propelled guns will help to destroy the enemy on the air of the Apostrophe TV.
“If I'm not mistaken, only three people comprised the crew of the self-propelled guns: the commander, gunner and driver. The crew does not deal with ammunition, except for laying them in the automatic loader,” he said.
Oleh Katkov added that this self-propelled gun was created directly on the concept of counter-battery combat and combat on the principle of maneuver-fire-maneuver. It can move to a position, carry out a series of three or four shots and leave before the first shell explodes on enemy positions.
This is a technique that aims in a matter of seconds, opens fire almost immediately after it has stopped.
“That is, this is a ‘spacecraft’, even if we compare it with the American M-109 Paladin. But there are some features, as with any new automated equipment. They lie in the fact that during intensive operation certain things can come out that were not laid down by the designers and were not found during moderate operation in peacetime. That is, this self-propelled gun is definitely not designed to overwhelm the enemy with hundreds of shells,” the expert explained.
According to him, the Archer Artillery System does not have the ability to fire from the ground, that is, when the shells lie nearby and they are simply fed one by one into the self-propelled guns directly in order to conduct constant fire.
“This self-propelled gun has its own ammunition - about two dozen shells - you need to go to reload after when it's finished. That is, these self-propelled guns are constantly on the move. Regarding the range, this is the best weapon in terms of firing, in particular, at a distance of 50-60 km with high-precision 155 mm projectiles,” Oleh Katkov summed up.