With the following (
NOT THAT I NEEDED IT.) further verifies that the first
M270 MRLS systems were from the UK as per
Posts #217 #221 & #223.
With that established,
Germany has just delivered
3 additional
PzH 2000 155mm and
3 MARS II (German version of the M270 MRLS.) systems from
ref. 1 ...
"The
MARS II of the German army is equipped with a
new European Fire Control System (EFC) enabling the firing of guided rockets called
GMLRS. It can also fire M31 GMLRS, M31A1, M32, AT2 and 110 mm rockets,
but not of M26, M26A1, and M30, so as to ensure full compliance with the Convention on Cluster Munitions. "
"...
GMLRS is now able to conduct high-precision engagement of point and individual targets
and is used as an artillery sniper weapon. The
MARS II rocket has a
minimum engagement range of 15 km and can hit a target up to 70 km. It also integrates a 90 kg unitary warhead, providing precision strikes for point targets."
Also concerning
GEPARD the correct number received was
5 units vice 3. So, the Ukraine is operating 1 battery of them.
"Citing information from the German Defense Minister Christine Lambrecht, Germany has
already delivered five Gepard 35mm mobile self-propelled anti-aircraft armored vehicles..."
https://www.armyrecognition.com/defe...r_systems.html
Concerning
CAESAR I start with the following... "
The reports of my demise are premature." because France is in the process of sending
six more.
Dated from the
20th...
https://www.armyrecognition.com/defe...o_ukraine.html
Frances's issue is that they are
bound by law to maintain
77 units but
18 (Including the 6 from above.) have been "
gifted" by France to the Ukraine.
They simply need to make more.
"...among the
77 CAESAR self-propelled howitzers
that it must possess, in
accordance with the format defined in the report annexed to the
Military Programming Law (LPM) 2019 -25, the French Army currently has only
58 left as a result
of its gifts to Ukraine."
How fast
not very and this is a
GOOD EXCERCISE to understand how long it takes to build
major combat equipment as taken from the following ref below again.
"It now remains to be seen how Nexter and its subcontractors will organize themselves to accelerate their production rate, especially since the CAESAr has also attracted foreign customers, namely Belgium (28 CAESAR NGs) (
Mine: That's the
8x8 version in a different configuration as well that
Switzerland is currently looking at).
Currently, it takes 18 months to produce a unit."
https://www.armyrecognition.com/defe...o_ukraine.html
They could "
technically" send maybe another battery as long as they replace them. And as the immediate above ref indicates,
they have some options on how to get there.
Regards,
Pat
