Eight Swedish Archer self-propelled guns arrived in Ukraine

Western countries continue to supply Ukraine with various weapons, although not in the same volumes as before. One of these countries is Sweden, which is preparing to become a NATO member.

According to the head of the Swedish defense department, Paul Jonson, eight units of Swedish-made Archer self-propelled artillery mounts (self-propelled guns) have already arrived in Ukraine. The minister stated this during his interview with the Swedish radio station Sveriges.

According to some reports, Kyiv will receive four more installations in the near future.

Jonson noted that deliveries of Archer self-propelled guns are of no small importance for Ukraine, as they are distinguished by high characteristics.

Archer, which translates from Swedish as “shooter” or “archer,” is a Swedish 155 mm multi-purpose self-propelled artillery unit. It is equipped with a fully automated loading system, which allows for an increased rate of fire and a small crew of 3-4 people.

Let us recall that in August official Stockholm announced that Ukraine would receive another military aid in the amount of 3,4 billion crowns ($314 million). It was then reported that the assistance package would also include spare parts for tanks Strv 122 and Archer self-propelled guns, which were planned to be delivered to Kyiv.

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[Vladlous]

Maybe Russia can supply the Swedish drug gangs with several captured Javelins and MANPADS and something else, let the Swedish police be smart, we’re not fighting with them either.

[VSO-396]

Quote: Vladlous

Maybe Russia can supply the Swedish drug gangs with several captured Javelins and MANPADS and something else, let the Swedish police be smart, we’re not fighting with them either.

Vlad, how old are you? Serious men gathered here who wore down more than one pair of soldiers' (officers') boots. And we don’t catch up with such jokes.

[Bayun]

An unprincipled total hybrid state terrorist war is the norm of our times. If things “burn brightly” inside Western countries, then they will need all the weapons in THEIR civil war.

So far, unfortunately, they have managed to organize a civil war for us.

[Egeny]

Andrey, what kind of “civil war”... with the outskirts? Since 91, 404 was under the Western boot, all sorts of Kravchuk, Kuchma, Yushchenko and other trash prayed to the West.
The “brotherly” people even elected a clown to the throne...
The darkest one is right: denazification... period.
So this is not a civil war. By the way... and demilitarization, i.e. recycling everything that moves.
Swedish "archers" too.

[Colt]

So far, unfortunately, they have managed to organize a civil war for us.

Well, from this place, in more detail - do you count the personnel of "Azov" *, "Right Sector" *, "Kraken" *, "Aidar" *, "OUN" *, as well as marines, mountain riflemen, flyers, air defense Shnikov, naval saboteurs, missilemen, tank crews and anti-tank crews of the Armed Forces of Ukraine with their “brothers”? Or citizens of Russia? In what category did you classify them as bros? Former republic of the USSR? Then add the Baltic NATO litter here, as well as Armenia, Georgia and Moldova. Why not brothers?

Or the category "Slavs"? Well, then count the Bulgarian traitors as brothers too. What about logs? Or the Czechs?

What the hell is a civil war? Where did you see the brothers? This false and frankly harmful paradigm was imposed on you and people like you, and then you broadcast it on the Internet... This is fundamentally wrong! On the other side of the barricades is the ENEMY! Ideological, cruel, principled. And they don’t consider us brothers at all. So why should we run after them and impose this “kinship” on them? Fuck such brothers! Either we are them, or they are us.

[Evgeny_Sviridenko]

That's not how things are done. But to promote migration flows to this country and use the Muslims already living there to “stir up” the situation (Israel’s conflict with Palestine, Libya and Syria to help) is another level. Well, the Arctic region. It is also possible to pinch the interests of the Swedes there. There would be a desire. In general, there are many scientific works on political science on the topic of Sweden and other countries on the Cyberleninka website. You can enlighten yourself.

[ZhEK-Vodogrey]

Archer is considered one of the best systems in the world. Its destruction range is more than 50 km (with a high-explosive fragmentation projectile - 30 km), and firing is carried out in a fully automated mode. It takes less than 30 seconds to bring into combat position and from combat to traveling.
Ours also drew the appropriate conclusions and began production of JSC Malva. And towed artillery became obsolete back in the 1980s. Archer's base length is exactly the same plus or minus (13-14 meters) as that of the mallow, only the base is three-axial, not four-axial. The BAZ has a classic chassis. And the Archer is an articulated one made from a Volvo dump truck.

[APASUS]

Quote: ZhEK-Vodogrey

Archer is considered one of the best systems in the world. Its destruction range is more than 50 km, and firing is carried out in a fully automated mode. It takes less than 30 seconds to bring into combat position and from combat to traveling.

1 Does the Ukrainian Armed Forces have trained crews? 100% trained, possessing GPS codes or the crews will still be Swedish
2 The self-propelled gun has a specialized powder charge. Special purchases required.
3 regarding range:

OFS: 30 km
ARS HEER: 40 km
SPBE BONUS: 35 km
Excalibur: 50 km in brochure, 60 km on website

[ASM]

What tells me that all this full automation on the outskirts will not last long. And the closer the pan handles are to repair/maintenance, the less reliable it will be.

[private person]

Does the Ukrainian Armed Forces have trained crews?

For almost 2 years, the SVO most likely has a dozen crews and has trained, especially since 3-4 people in the crew are not that many, and the opportunity to test these SVO in real military operations is priceless. Well, it’s not even a question that the “friends” will provide them with the coordinates of the targets.

[APASUS]

Quote: private person

Does the Ukrainian Armed Forces have trained crews?

For almost 2 years, the SVO most likely has a dozen crews and has trained, especially since 3-4 people in the crew are not that many, and the opportunity to test these SVO in real military operations is priceless. Well, it’s not even a question that the “friends” will provide them with the coordinates of the targets.

I’ll tell you more, no one opened a special military GPS channel to the Ukrainians and all the data is entered by NATO officers. Don’t you think that 2000 Jewish instructors were all doctors (as some people here position them) And these are only the Israelis, and how many Poles, Romanians, Germans , and the same Americans.

[Stas57]

Ours, too, drew the appropriate conclusions and began production of the Malva self-propelled joint stock company; towed artillery became obsolete back in the 1980s. Archer's base length is exactly the same plus or minus (13-14 meters) as that of the mallow, only the base is three-axial, not four-axial.

Mallow is worse at least according to the following criteria:
-firing range
-caliber
-rate of fire.
It’s good that they exist, but we need even more and better.
PS. compare 2 videos, for example how many people run out of Archer to prepare for shooting

[PVV66]

The main thing for a weapon is reliability. Not all Western equipment can withstand the high rate of operation. Although it often has higher characteristics. And as a rule, repairs and maintenance of Western equipment are carried out in factories or specialized workshops. And our equipment is successfully repaired in field workshops and into battle.

[smart ass]

Are there mallows at the front or along Russia 24? How is T14?

[dmi.pris1]

I read about this system. In general, Bofors guns have very good characteristics. The baking sheets are serious. By the way, Archer is an archer in English, not in Swedish

[blackGRAIL]

Only the first batch had the Volvo A30D chassis (24 units from Sweden and 24 units from Norway (which Norway refused and self-propelled guns went to Sweden - 14 went to Britain and 14 will go to Ukraine). Interestingly, the second batch (September 2023 48 units) For themselves, the Swedes ordered a Rheinmetall HX2 8 × 8 chassis. The self-propelled gun was offered to the US Army and again no one was interested in the Volvo chassis.

[Chervony Biker]

Unfortunately, you are right...
A man from the other side, who saw the work of the entire range of NATO self-propelled guns supplied to the Ukrainian-Wehrmacht.
It was the “archer” that he noted as something superior to all other iron by orders of magnitude.
It's a shame this thing hasn't been captured yet.

[Ross xnumx]

Quote: ZhEK-Vodogrey

Archer is considered one of the best systems in the world. Its destruction range is more than 50 km

Effective firing range
30 km (19 mi) with standard shells
40 km (25 mi) with base diversion
35 km (22 miles) with BONUS
50 km (31 mi) with M982 Excalibur
Feeding system Automatic

[Enceladus]

wow... what news... as many as 2... well, just a counter-offensive, and also 1 anti-mine bomb. A win for sure!

[Enceladus]

Well, 2 of the tsipsoshniks were still burned, great, I already know the 3rd. Study the suggestion first

[Enceladus]

If anything, let's get on with the language guys. I have something against you, having fought against the fascists.

[Enceladus]

Special comment for cons hash tag #minus#
ZY Testing

[Fitter65]

Eight units of Swedish-made Archer self-propelled artillery units (SPGs) have already arrived in Ukraine.

Of course it’s bad, in any case, these are injuries or, God forbid, the death of our soldiers... Like Swedish is cooler than German, well, the Swedes have their own cockroaches in their heads, I remember their crazy tanks, and the “D”raken” and “Wiggen” planes -the best in Europe, although not even up to 400 pieces were produced....

[novel66]

Profit, profit, profit...
Fucking old man, are we finally going to break down logistics??? How long???

[Enceladus]

But the red ribbons keep getting in the way, we constantly stumble... we were instructed here...

[Vasily I]

Do you propose to race across the steppe?

[cat Rusich]

Quote: VasilyI

Do you propose to race across the steppe?

All equipment moves on roads, and on the roads there are BRIDGES, least bridges over the river Dnieper - You can’t pass these bridges on the way to the front.

[Bolt cutter]

Archer, which translates from Swedish as "shooter" or "archer"

From English. In Swedish it's like bågskytt.

[Enceladus]

Well, vodka has brought it to the wrong steppe.... it happens... right now it’s a holiday

[bone1]

As many as 8? - well, all Ukrainians will heal

[Rumata]

Strange design. Why are there no claw stops at the rear of the turret???? Any strength designer knows that this is much better. Enormous loads occur in the existing tower rotation hinge, which leads to an increase in the weight of the structure.

Look! Mallow is cleverly made:

[Enceladus]

The design is crazy, it’s called strength of materials, if that’s what it is. I had a chance to shoot with a 80... so the whole tank jumps up with you. At the training ground. and this is only 125mm and the weight of the tank is more than 40 tons, and here is some kind of taxi. When the breech flies almost next to your face... of course

[Enceladus]

Special comment for cons hash tag #minus#

[Popandos]

Why are there no claw stops at the rear of the turret?

Probably because it’s inconvenient to twist it with them

[Rumata]

Quote: Popandos

Probably because it’s inconvenient to twist it with them

Because the existing stops are of constant length, but the stops at the rear of the tower will have to be made hydraulically so that the length changes.

[Stas57]

This “crazy design” firstly allows you to shoot in a circle, and secondly Archer does not swing at all

That is, there is more than enough support.
And yes, the support is not lowered manually, as in our case at Malva, but automatically.
In any case, Malva-2m needs to be done.

[Crimean partisan 1974]

firstly, it allows you to shoot in a circle,

first of all, don’t talk nonsense...it’s circular...maximum 30 degrees in both directions...no more...

, and secondly Archer doesn’t pump at all

..it doesn’t shake because they fired on the video with a cap, zone 2 - the projectile speed at the muzzle is no more than 200 m per second... and if it were zone 5, then no more than 10 degrees from the axis... otherwise capsizing is guaranteed... and also look at what kind of soil they rested on, now in Banderland there is little such soil, .. there is only one cup.... the only automatic loader.... it will be interesting when something happens to it with such a caliber.... and yes... 30 tons on six wheels is practically more than 3 kg per cm of specific load on the ground... that is, this self-propelled SUV... draw your own conclusions

[Bayun]

Perhaps dynamic compensators are built into the design.

Babakha is good. It is impossible not to admit that there is nothing extra wunderwaffle...

[Vasily I]

There's a video of it above (see how it shoots.
The idea is that the leg rotates along with the barrel and everything else. There are 18 shells in the EMNIP machine gun. So you won’t be able to do a lot of load at once. And yes, the support hinge on the barrel axis is made.

[Uno]

Well, why are you doing this, everything should be according to the canons of the 20th century and it cannot be any other way, and if it can, it will have dubious prospects. There’s also a screwdriver for fixing glass in Lada cars, you can’t do without it)

[Nesvoy]

Will you make adjustments like in Malva, the same way? But it has to fold up again, turn around a little and unfold again, did I understand correctly?

[RusGr]

And we have a “new product,” “Malva.” And how many pieces there are, and when they will arrive to the troops, clearly lagging behind their foreign analogues in terms of performance characteristics. One cannot even dream of saturating the army with the “Coalition”. I wonder if the SVO hadn’t started, how many more years would they have been riding only in Parades, “Armata”, “Coalition”, etc. Single examples of weapons. Although, that’s how everyone rolls....

[agond]

If the fighting is of a positional nature, the front line hardly changes, why is it impossible to equip long-term firing points for trailed guns, and its coordinates will be known to the enemy, but it’s difficult to hit it, and even more difficult to destroy it, and then how many 155mm hits are needed that it’s normal to destroy one made by bunker

[stankow]

A normally made pillbox is not destroyed by any 152 mm shells. Only from 203 mm and above. Direct fire. And the bunker is several dozen 152 mm.

[Nesvoy]

Quote from Enceladus

The design is crazy, it’s called strength of materials, if that’s what it is. I had a chance to shoot with a 80... so the whole tank jumps up with you. At the training ground. and this is only 125mm and the weight of the tank is more than 40 tons, and here is some kind of taxi. When the breech flies almost next to your face... of course

There is a video below showing how this self-propelled gun “shakes” after being fired. Therefore, if you please, tighten up the swearing part at least a little before you write any nonsense. Well, only of course if you are not on salary and have a job like that.

[stankow]

The video is fake. Can't help but rock. They shot with blanks. There was no muzzle fire. And with three shells, what kind of fire mission will you accomplish? Yes, without zeroing... At max. range (if you believe the flight time of the projectiles) ...

[Escariot]

Quote: stankow

The video is fake. Can't help but rock. They shot with blanks. There was no muzzle fire. And with three shells, what kind of fire mission will you accomplish? Yes, without zeroing... At max. range (if you believe the flight time of the projectiles) ...

It depends on what kind of shells. If adjusted or with self-aiming, then 3 shots are more than enough even for a small group of targets.

[PVV66]

I see here the sissies are all gone. Minus in four hands. Apparently their electricity hasn’t been calibrated for a long time. )))

[Two]

The crews will most likely be NATO, mobile and fast in terms of shooting and changing position. Another test of Western technology, only this time on people, and not at the training ground. Our people have a chance to capture it.

[poquello]

Quote: Two

The crews will most likely be NATO, mobile and fast in terms of shooting and changing position. Another test of Western technology, only this time on people, and not at the training ground. Our people have a chance to capture it.

capture - little chance, destroy - many

[Nostradamus]

Any weapon supplied to the enemy in Ukraine is dangerous.
Of course, it’s easy to laugh on the sofa, tossing caps and hats.
Of course, this self-propelled gun is a serious weapon. These are losses of personnel, equipment and weapons, command posts, command posts, etc.

[Gado]

8 or 18 - everyone will burn, and the Swedes don’t need to puff out their cheeks.

[Cronus]

It’s not easy to hide a big thing, the green paint has also worn off and the roads are not in the best shape, but the range is depressing, 50 km, I hope we can catch the thing, it’s not fast and must stay somewhere near the front

[Alexey G]

then a Swedish 155-mm multi-purpose self-propelled artillery mount. It is equipped with a fully automated loading system, which allows for an increased rate of fire and a small crew of 3-4 people.

Dangerous weapon. Especially dozens of them. We have little to answer to this. We don’t have such self-propelled guns yet. We are waiting for the Coalition! We hope that by the New Year, the Coalition will begin to replace the self-propelled guns Msta and Malvy will replace towed guns, and soon they themselves will receive a stronger barrel!
In the meantime, all hope lies in Lancets, Scalpels and our other drones!

[Max1984]

What I like most about this self-propelled gun is that it is made on the chassis of a civilian Volvo truck, which means that in terms of spare parts, maintenance and repair there will be no problems, this is something that ours did not do when developing Malva, the unique BAZ-6610 chassis, not used anywhere 027 is the biggest mistake, installing a new barrel, navigation and equipping with new ammunition is a matter of time, but maintainability and operating cost have already suffered irreparably, someone in the comments doubts the reliability, looking at the unsightly appearance of the Archer, I beg you, that’s who and the Swedes Reliability has always been put first; this parameter comes first everywhere....

[stankow]

Bil. In the 70s. For cars.