The Bundeswehr begins testing a new 155-mm wheeled self-propelled howitzer RCH-155, the first customer of which was Ukraine

The Bundeswehr is starting to test a new wheeled self-propelled artillery mount RCH-155 of 155 mm caliber, the delivery of which is very much awaited by Ukraine. According to the German press, testing of self-propelled guns by the German military will last until May.

The German army began testing the RCH-155 self-propelled guns, the first customer of which was not the Bundeswehr, but the Armed Forces of Ukraine. The contract for the production of a batch of new self-propelled howitzers for the Ukrainian army was received by Krauss-Maffei Wegmann (KMW). In total, Kyiv should receive eighteen new self-propelled artillery mounts capable of delivering strikes at a distance of more than 50 kilometers.

Kyiv sent a request for the supply of RCH-155 self-propelled guns to Berlin last July, in September it became known that the German government approved the delivery and issued a license for the production of 18 self-propelled guns to KMW. The cost of the contract is 216 million euros, but Kyiv will not have to pay anything, everything will be done at the expense of Germany.

According to the agreement, KMW will deliver the first howitzers no earlier than 30 months after the start of production, i.e. around 2025. The Germans also promise to train Ukrainian crews and supply the Armed Forces of Ukraine with spare parts in case of any breakdowns.

ACS RCH-155 (Remote Controlled Howitzer 155) is an automated turret artillery module AGMx (Artillerie-Geschütz-Modul) with a 155-mm gun from a PzH 2000 howitzer, placed on the chassis of a GTK Boxer (8x8) wheeled armored personnel carrier. The module is uninhabited, so the calculation of the ACS is only two people. The combat weight of the RCH-155 is 39 tons, the module itself weighs 12,5 tons. Ammunition - 30 rounds per module. The declared range is up to 54 km when firing high-precision projectiles, the rate of fire is 9 rounds per minute.

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[voice of reason]

Such a normal lag is now being tested, then we will start production and deliver it in three years. In three years, what do they hope to find Ukraine on the world map?

[opuonmed]

Why not ? polit force is alive everything is alive in ukraine polit force calls for slaughter the people of the eu and the usa dough and give weapons and the Russian Federation can’t do anything with it, even supplies can’t destroy it, maybe there’s just no order to do this, i don’t know what the leaders want to do in ukraine RF!

[solar]

With such a pace of advance, they will find it in thirty-three. One step forward, two steps back.

[fruc]

RCH-155 caliber 155 mm, the delivery of which Ukraine is waiting for.

What will she (Ukraine) pay for, Russophobia or something. Or they will put her as a humanitarian aid. Or maybe at the expense of the confiscated Russian assets?

[Simple]

Land together with the remaining population will be calculated.

[topol717]

what lands? who needs land without railways and highways? and also without warehouses and grain / storage facilities. What the USSR built is slowly but surely ending, and nothing new has been built there for 30 years. Yes, and workers are also needed, and these same workers are now being actively disposed of.

[svp67]

ACS RCH-155 (Remote Controlled Howitzer 155) is an automated turret artillery module AGMx (Artillerie-Geschütz-Modul) with a 152-mm gun from a PzH 2000 howitzer, placed on the chassis of a GTK Boxer (8x8) wheeled armored personnel carrier. The module is uninhabited, so the calculation of the ACS is only two people. The combat weight of the RCH-155 is 39 tons, the module itself weighs 12,5 tons. Ammunition - 30 rounds per module. The declared range is up to 54 km when firing high-precision projectiles, the rate of fire is 9 rounds per minute.

An interesting machine, and as I understand it, special machines are required to ensure its combat work, and they will be supplied to Ukraine?

[cold wind]

An ammo truck and a few sturdy pairs of hands. There are no problems with this.

[svp67]

Quote from cold wind

An ammo truck and a few sturdy pairs of hands. There are no problems with this.

No, that's not the case here. Since everything is "unmanned" it means full of electronics and various mechanics that need to be checked and maintained. Yes, and for quick replenishment in this case, special transport-loading machines are used.

[Kerensky]

the calculation of the ACS is only two people.

What is the standard for wheel replacement?

[topol717]

Quote: Kerensky

What is the standard for wheel replacement?

For what? you turn on the swap, or you go to the base at 7, where a special team changes.

[cold wind]

The best ACS at the moment. Crew of 2 or no crew at all, any platform, all modern shells, excellent basic gun. ACS without compromise.

[novel66]

How is it unmanned??? Who is driving???

[cold wind]

In a nearby car or in another country. Depends on the wishes of the customer.

[Simple]

In the first photo, this device will not shoot like that.
In the wheelbase version, there are restrictions on the direction of fire.

[cold wind]

There are no restrictions. On a boxer, he can shoot on the move, with a turret traverse from 0 to 180 degrees.
"In the picture" is a screenshot from the video below, before the shot:

[Simple]

I meant the restriction when firing, and not turning the tower at all.

Yes, in the video where he tried to shoot at almost 110 degrees along the course "under himself" - obviously not with a full charge.

[cold wind]

Quote: Simple

Yes, in the video where he tried to shoot at almost 110 degrees along the course "under himself" - obviously not with a full charge.

[Artillerieunteroffizier]

2025... Well, they have a sense of humor. After all, the German Bundeswehr then had a very strange car, after which Zelensky is no longer there anyway. Something like Jules Verne.

[novel66]

This is not a customer, this is a freeloader
Ttttttttttt

[Zoldat_A]

Quote: novel xnumx

This is not a customer, this is a freeloader
Ttttttttttt

If I order a waiter in a restaurant, I am supposed to eat and pay the bill.
If I am not going to pay, but the waiter does not know about it, then after I eat and announce that there is no money and is not expected, there will be sanctions. Which - it depends on the status of the institution. Starting from the exquisitely polite manager and ending with broken kidneys.

But what if the waiter knows that I am not going to pay, and I do not hide the fact that there is no money? I order this from the menu and the wine list, all the top positions in terms of price - and? ..... They bring me everything, I eat and they see me off with best wishes, secretly brushing off a stingy male tear?

[rocket757]

The Bundeswehr begins testing a new 155-mm wheeled self-propelled howitzer RCH-155, the first customer of which was Ukraine

. Who is in chocolate, this is understandable ... but whoever has a banquet, is also chocolate and joyful?

[75 Sergey]

They are looking for, looking for a wunderwaffe, because there is nothing more to hope for.

[Viktor Sergeev]

The main thing is that the cost was at the level of a truck, but they bought it at the price of K9, and most importantly, distribute kickbacks in advance and take 100% prepayment, otherwise the hell knows what country will be there ?.

[Michael]

2025 Quite realistically, 2-3 years from the start of testing to mass production is very fast. This is, in fact, an exorbitant pace.

[km-21]

Without a doubt, the West will supply the front with the most modern weapons in sufficient quantities so that in the end the Russians and Ukrainians will completely kill each other. And this will certainly happen someday if Russia does not force the West to change its mind and stop deliveries with harsh painful answers. But unfortunately, there are no worthy answers from Russia to the actions of the West.

[Alf]

Quote: km-21

Russia's worthy responses to the actions of the West are not yet visible.

It is in the West that Medvedev has not yet been heard ...

[topol717]

Quote: km-21

But unfortunately, there are no worthy answers from Russia to the actions of the West.

What do you think is a good answer?

[wladimirjankov]

It looks like a worthy response from our coalition. Only much smaller, lighter and more mobile. And I think the Germans will bring it to production faster than we do. For some reason, for more than 10 years we cannot bring ours to mind and launch it into a series. They even forgot how to make guns and self-propelled guns.

[evgen1221]

Oh, how painlessly they burn in the garden, then about the training ground in Sumeria for their weapons.

[solar]

Something the author messed up

RCH-155 units 155 mm caliber

is an automated tower artillery module AGMх (Artillerie-Geschütz-Modul) with 152 mm gun

Range and rate of fire are decent

The declared range is up to 54 km when firing high-precision projectiles, the rate of fire is 9 rounds per minute.

[topol717]

Quote from solar

Range and rate of fire are decent
The declared range is up to 54 km when firing high-precision projectiles, the rate of fire is 9 rounds per minute.

How long will the barrel last at this rate of fire?
And then they put Caesars in France, so the boys fired only 100 shots and the barrel moved.

[Fitter65]

The German army began testing the RCH-155 self-propelled guns, the first customer of which was not the Bundeswehr, but the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

As the cat Matroskin said, what will we pay with?

[cold wind]

So it's all paid for. You and I, citizens of Russia, paid for this war, for both sides. $300 billion confiscated is enough for everything.

[DefenderofTruth]

How dare they steal a cannon from our cruiser Aurora!