The Bundeswehr became the second after the Ukrainian Armed Forces to decide to purchase German 155-mm wheeled self-propelled guns RCH-155

The German army has decided to purchase a new wheeled self-propelled artillery mount RCH-155 of 155 mm caliber, developed by the Krauss-Maffei Wegmann concern. Soldat&Technik reports this.

The Bundeswehr decided to purchase a batch of the latest wheeled 155-mm self-propelled guns RCH 155 as part of the renewal of artillery units. According to the publication, the Germans have long wanted to put into service a wheeled self-propelled gun that could replace the currently used tracked Panzerhaubitze 2000, but there were no suitable candidates. And then the RCH 155 appeared on wheels, and even with a 155-mm gun from the PzH 2000 howitzer.

In general, they tested the new self-propelled gun and decided that it needed to be purchased. Preliminarily, the Bundeswehr plans to purchase 168 new self-propelled guns; deliveries of the units could begin in 2026 and last until 2031. So far this is all just on paper.

Meanwhile, the first customer of the RCH-155 self-propelled gun was not the Bundeswehr, but the Ukrainian army, which ordered eighteen new self-propelled artillery units capable of striking at a range of over 50 kilometers. The request was sent back in July last year; in September it became known that the German government approved the supply and issued a production license to KMW. The cost of the contract is 216 million euros, but Kyiv will not have to pay anything, everything will be done at Germany’s expense. Deliveries will begin in 2025.

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.

Comments

[KVU-NSVD]

The first visual impression is that the recoil will land this device on its butt. ''Paws'' are asking

[megadeth]

https://yandex.ru/video/preview/7977182146767021335

[Zoldat_A]

Quote: megadeth

https://yandex.ru/video/preview/7977182146767021335

I didn’t see the black loader.
Oh yes... The technology is not American...

[Bad_gr]

The Germans install this combat module on several chassis. At least 2 on tracked:
DONAR Artillery Gun Module (AGM)

Available on a tank chassis


In my opinion, the most successful of all DONAR

[credo]

Quote: KVU-NSVD

The first visual impression is that the recoil will land this device on its butt. ''Paws'' are asking

The legs are folding at the back, at the stern. Just like others.
And also the center ones, in the middle, between the second and third pairs of wheels.

[TermNachTer]

It can be seen that the center of gravity of this unit is very high. So, it will tumble even with small rolls. The wheeled chassis, with such weight, is only suitable for war on asphalt.

[Escariot]

Quote: TermNachTER

It can be seen that the center of gravity of this unit is very high. So, it will tumble even with small rolls. The wheeled chassis, with such weight, is only suitable for war on asphalt.

With a firing range of 70 km, there will be several roads within the range of these howitzers. Of course, they are not suitable for accompanying mechanized columns during a breakthrough, but they are ideal as support for infantry units.

[TermNachTer]

It may happen in Europe, but it may not happen in other countries and continents. To create a weapon based on the assumption that there will always be asphalt nearby is, at a minimum, reckless.

[Escariot]

Quote: TermNachTER

It may happen in Europe, but it may not happen in other countries and continents. To create a weapon based on the assumption that there will always be asphalt nearby is, at a minimum, reckless.

So this is one of the chassis options. In Europe - on wheels. If you need to go to Africa, they will attach it to a Bradley chassis.

[Lionnvrsk]

The Bundeswehr became second after the Ukrainian Armed Forces,

And here the galloping horses defeated the Germans! The nation that dug up the sea can do anything!

[URAL72]

Bad news. Although the Dutch complained that when firing at the maximum distance, the shells flew to nowhere. It can throw an ARS over 70 km. A guided projectile at a range of 54 km, this is very bad for us. But this requires reconnaissance and correction means, mainly UAVs. Therefore, again electronic warfare, and then counter-battery weapons. We have a problem with them, especially with radar. With reconnaissance UAVs and the long-range Lancet, the need for the Coalition is reduced.

[voyaka uh]

At 50 km - only adjustable projectiles.
Simple ballistics are not accurate.

[URAL72]

I understand Voyak, but accuracy varies. Sometimes you need to hit with a cluster munition, where the accuracy is already very conditional, for example, at an airfield or oil depot.

[APASUS]

Quote: URAL72

, however, accuracy varies. Sometimes you need to hit with a cluster munition, where the accuracy is already very conditional, for example, at an airfield or oil depot.

One minute division on the sight, after 50 km will give a deviation of 300 meters. There, a cassette charge will not help

[TermNachTer]

We'll talk about bad news when it goes into series. It is not yet known what the price of this miracle gun will be? Will her bundes be able to handle the budget?)))

[Zoldat_A]

Quote: TermNachTER

We'll talk about bad news when it goes into series.

In 2025, they promise to give Ukraine 18 pieces for free (if by that time there is someone to give it to). And only then, based on the results of tests in real combat conditions, they will probably make a decision on purchasing for the Bundeswehr.

Although...
The "testing ground in Ukraine" is a bad place for the West to test military equipment. They will burn, and Germany will never have time to decide whether this technology is good or not.

[Escariot]

Quote: TermNachTER

We'll talk about bad news when it goes into series. It is not yet known what the price of this miracle gun will be? Will her bundes be able to handle the budget?)))

Germany's GDP is approximately equal to Russia's. Russia somehow pulls the Coalition, so Germany will pull this trick too.

[Scharnhorst]

With reconnaissance UAVs and the long-range Lancet, the need for the Coalition is reduced.

Well, why did they go over the newborn Coalition so harshly and categorically?... Maybe it would be more rational to stop Malva first?... And it’s time to replace Acacia with something.

[Ryaruav]

40 tons on 8 wheels, cross-country ability will not be very good, and the height of both the vehicle itself and the center of gravity raise questions

[abrakadabre]

the height of both the car itself and the center of gravity raise questions

When fired, including. It should swing a lot when shooting. The stated rate of fire of 9 rounds per minute raises questions in the absence of outriggers. Rather, the bet is on a single shot with an adjustable projectile and then leaving the position.

[Codett]

Let's hope that the production speed of these self-propelled guns will be very slow, or the burghers will first produce for themselves and only then steal

[fiv]

Such a big tune, the chassis looks rather weak. Outriggers are not visible. A dubious thing.

[Asad]

There are outriggers in the middle and at the back.

[fiv]

Yes, I saw something in the middle of the chassis. From behind - you need to look at the photo from a different angle. I wonder if the middle ones move out to the sides? These are on the ground for the first shot only.

[Wildcat]

"Unlike all other wheeled artillery systems, the RF-155 does not require additional ground support to ensure accuracy and durability. It is already quite stable and does not require hydraulic stabilizers." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artillery_Gun_Module
But the shooting looks strange, with such swaying.

[Zoldat_A]

Quote: fiv

Such a big tune, the chassis looks rather weak. Outriggers are not visible. A dubious thing.

In the video it shoots even while moving. True, he shakes her mercilessly at the same time. Probably, two crew members feel in it like potatoes in the drum of an industrial potato peeler (I saw it in the army canteen).

[rotmistr60]

The cost of the contract is 216 million euros, but Kyiv will not have to pay anything, everything will be done at Germany’s expense

The Germans are so kind, truly altruistic. And the look of the RCH-155 in the photo, I’ll tell you, its shape looks like a child’s drawing. The Germans know better what to do.

[Andriuha077]

A self-propelled gun with an AGM mounted on a MLRS chassis has a combat weight of 27 tons. If installed on a 6x6 truck, then the combat weight becomes close to 22,5 tons, which is very small compared to the combat weight of the PzH 2000, which is about 55 tons .
The AGM howitzer on a MLRS chassis can be transported by the A400M military transport aircraft.
Engine: Cummins VTA-903T, diesel, 550 hp. With.;
Maximum speed on the highway, km / h: 60;
Range, km: 480;
Obstacles to be overcome: lateral tilt – 30%; wall – 0,9 m; trench – 2,5 m; ford - 1,2 m
Very soon:
Driver and commander of the vehicle.
Remote crew.
The German company Rheinmetall presented a tracked robot based on the Wiesel platform. The robot is driven by a system that is suitable for a variety of tracked and wheeled combat vehicles, such as the Boxer and Lynx. It is assumed that robotic samples will be able to deliver supplies, conduct reconnaissance and even fire. In this case, manned vehicles will operate at a safer distance.

[Iris]

Are you the author of the note? Travel range, lateral tilt - you can feel the hand of a master. The self-propelled gun has not yet passed military tests, but they have already signed a contract for 404, and you don’t have to pay! Did anyone at the VO editorial office read the magazine "Murzilka" as a child?

[Andriuha077]

The Germans made themselves very comfortable, why seek out dubious personnel in the experimental “country” for German tests. Scholz/Rheinmetall brazenly and freely, during their military tests, wants to ride their robots on our Russian soil. The product is a fully automated turret module with remote control, target designation, guidance, firing, variants with different barrels (40 calibers), even calibers (100 mm, etc.) in the same or similar turret were called, with a demonstration of the unification of its installation on a variety of fancy chassis. Logical, obvious vector. The robot, after this fine-tuning and coordination, should no longer require the presence of a person, commander, driver on board, for which all components were once again demonstrated separately.

[wladimirjankov]

a good, compact, mobile and relatively inexpensive self-propelled gun, with excellent performance characteristics of the gun and module. We wish we had more of these. Such modules can be installed on boomerangs and “moto leagues”.

[APASUS]

The Bundeswehr became the second after the Ukrainian Armed Forces to decide to purchase German 155-mm wheeled self-propelled guns RCH-155

APU and purchase?

[Wildcat]

Apart from the laudable desire to put everything on the Boxer chassis, an automated module with two crew members is an interesting idea, but...

https://youtu.be/nUQNxSl-ylk

IMHO, the Swedes did better with the truck-based Archer.
The British, despite the fact that they themselves have a Boxer chassis, did not start buying “shoved in, unshoveable” ones and took the Archer from the Swedes.

https://youtu.be/d8x8ITwd4Vg

[unhappy]

The absurdity is growing stronger. This is essentially a cannon, a consumable weapon in war, there will be no losses only during the war with the Papuans, experience says that they are inevitable (the lancet is only the first flower). A gun that costs more than 10 lyams? And will it burn from one drone? You are going the right way, gentlemen...