Azerbaijan intends to significantly increase its fleet of Czech-made self-propelled howitzers: in addition to those already transmitted 36 Over DANA self-propelled guns purchased 70 units of the more advanced DITA model.
As stated in Future Army, barrels for DITA are manufactured at the Slovak state enterprise ZTS Špeciál. According to local politicians, it is loaded with fulfilling an order for the Czech company Excalibur Army, producing 70 Self-propelled guns DITA for Azerbaijan. Therefore, it is not possible to equip Slovak Zuzana howitzers with barrels 2, produced for the needs of the Ukrainian army.
The DITA self-propelled gun is located on the Tatra 8 chassis×8. It has a fully automated add-on, in which only the driver and commander are located. As the developer explains, Excalibur Army company, having dimensions 13,02 m in length, 3,08 m in width and 3,12 m in height and weight up to 29 tonnes, DITA is universal and can be installed on a variety of wheeled or tracked chassis.
The cockpit is protected, corresponding to level 1 according to STANAG 4569 (withstands a bullet from a 7.62x51 mm cartridge and fragments of a 155 mm OFS when it explodes at a distance 100 m), and equipped with heating facilities, air conditioning and filtration system.
Armed with a 155 mm NATO standard L45 cannon, DITA can target targets up to 39 km, reaching a maximum rate of fire of six rounds per minute. ammunition is 40 shells. It supports various shooting modes, including the ability to deliver a simultaneous strike with several projectiles.
Engine Tatra T3C-928-90 maximum power 300 kW can reach speed 90 km/h on roads and 25 km/h off-road, with maximum range 600 km.
