Ukraine gets PzH 2000 SPHs with new software and ballistics
VILNIUS ($1=.95 Euros) — On December 3, the Ministry of Countrywide Protection of Lithuania declared that two refurbished PzH 2000 howitzers and a bundle of 155 mm artillery ammunition had been delivered to Ukraine. The determination to hand over ammunition of this caliber was made at the final conference of the Nationwide Defense Council of Lithuania.
Lithuania is really involved in armed forces assistance for Ukraine, furnishing it with a substantial amount of money of armed forces machines for that region, but also logistically supports the use of devices furnished by other partners. Vilnius shipped to our eastern neighbors two far more refurbished German-manufactured PzH 2000 howitzers, as effectively as much more batches of 155 mm artillery ammunition, which are terribly wanted in Ukraine.
The PzH 2000 was upgraded in Lithuania simply because these artillery units are used by the area armed forces. Ukraine acquired two refurbished howitzers with software from Germany and the Netherlands – the international locations that originally supplied a total of about 20 howitzers to the Ukrainian military. The restore, as well as the integration of application and ballistic details, price tag Lithuania just about 2 million euros.
A couple months back, the Ministry of Defense of Lithuania declared the opening of a repair service and logistics centre, and in distinct the joint undertaking Lithuania Protection Expert services, for extensive logistical support of battle autos belonging to the armed forces of Lithuania and other NATO international locations. The described facility was produced in Lithuania in June of this year. from Rheinmetall and Krauss-Maffei Wegmann.
The PzH 2000 is a German 155 mm self-propelled howitzer designed by Krauss-Maffei Wegmann and Rheinmetall AG for the German Military to change the obsolete M109A3G [over 200 of the latter were sold to Greece years ago]. The vehicle’s ammo rack retains 60 rounds and 67 expenses. PzH 2000 is characterised by a substantial rate of fireplace: 3 shots can be fired in 9 seconds, 10 pictures in 56 seconds [from 10 to 13 shots per minute, depending on the degree of barrel heating].
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