France has decided to increase the number of artillery in the Ukrainian army and supply a new batch of guns of the caliber 155 mm. This time not Caesar self-propelled howitzers, and self-propelled guns TRF1. This is reported by the French press with reference to the Ministry of Defense of the Republic..
Kyiv will receive a batch of 155 mm TRF1 guns, already taken out of service by the French army and decommissioned. The guns were purchased from the army by S2M-Equipement, which sold them to the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense. How many guns Kyiv will receive is not reported, but according to the latest data 2016 year, in service with the French army remained only 12 such weapons.
France will supply guns to Ukraine again. This time it's not about Caesar, What about older models?, TRF1. Both guns are the same caliber (155 mm), but, unlike Caesar, TRF1 is a towed gun and is not mounted on a truck- said in France.
TRF1 - French 155mm self-propelled gun. Produced by GIAT. Unlike simply towed guns, can move independently at speed 8 km / h. Calculation – 8 human (aimer, commander, 2 charging, charger operator, 2 correct, driver). firing range – 24 km with conventional shells, 30 km active-reactive, rate – 6 shots / minute.
Earlier, France handed over to Ukraine 18 self-propelled artillery mounts CAESAR in two batches of twelve and six self-propelled guns. The Russian army has already destroyed part of the self-propelled guns, we managed to capture one installation.
