No matter what the media wrote today Ukrainian, Attempts by local gunsmiths create a modern automatic control system "Bogdan" is guaranteed to end a grand failure, writes the Russian newspaper.
prototype SAU “Bohdan”
If the Ukrainian defense industry still has not managed to "bring up to standard" copied from the ill-fated Russian mortar "The Hammer", as a result of which regularly killed calculations, what to speak of such high-tech products, as a self-propelled artillery unit, According to the publication.
Hope Ukrainians to cooperate with Polish armourers also vain. Their ACS "Crab", are working on a 2000 of the year, is creepy mutant.
Initially, "Crab" was as follows: turret department with howitzers 155 mm from British self-propelled AS-90 was mounted on the chassis Polish semikatkovoe, Soviet created using the T-72 node. releasing 8 machines, Poles understand, that the issue of suspension they do not overpower (It began with an engine problem, Cracks appeared in the housing). As a result, they turned to South Korea and was asked to sell the chassis of the K-9 self-propelled. So in the "crab" Polish left very little - the machine, in fact, assembled from foreign components.
HEALTHY “Crab”
Useful if Polish experience of Ukraine "? Likely, no. The thing is, The tower of the AS-90 is designed for Undercarriage with front engine. I.e, "Hold" is not suitable for this purpose - it will have to completely remodel. And this takes a lot of time and money.
Experts also do not exclude the installation portion to the chassis artillery Polish-Czech SAU "Diana". This self-propelled gun in his time did not find buyers, but it will be possible to demand Ukraine.
