The RCH 155 Self-Propelled Howitzer. Source: KMW.
On December 7, the German government officially confirmed the sale of 18 RCH 155 self-propelled howitzers to Ukraine.
The advanced howitzers were the most notable addition in the last update to the German list of military equipment delivered or in the process of being delivered to Kiev forces.
The German government will reportedly fund the $227 million sale, including training, spare parts and ammunition. The delivery is expected to take at least 30 months to begin.
The sale was first reported by the German news outlet Die Welt on September 17, who said at the time that Germany agreed to supply Ukraine with RCH-155 howitzers manufactured by defense company Kraus-Maffei Wegmann (KMW) after weeks of talks.
The RCH-155 is based on the wheeled chassis of the Boxer 8×8 multirole armored vehicle. The rear of the RCH-155 is fitted with a remotely operated turret armed with a Rheinmetall L52 155 mm gun. The howitzer can carry a total of 30 rounds of ammunition and is able to fire all standard 155 mm NATO rounds.
It can fire up to right rounds per minute to a range of up to 40 kilometers with standard ammunition. An increased range of up to 56 kilometers is possible with Very Long-range Artillery Projectiles (VLAP).
The howitzer is based on technology used in the KMW’s Panzerhaubitze 2000, which has already been supplied to Ukraine by Germany, the Netherlands and Italy.
Germany and other NATO states have supplied Ukraine with more than 350 howitzers since the beginning of the Russian special military operation in the country. Despite of this, Kiev forces are still outgunned by the Russian Missile Troops and Artillery.
Nazis will help Nazis. No surprise for me. ‘Do Berlina 2.0’ will come. And this time there will be no West sector.
This is not that simple though.
Germany was ordered by its master to do this.
30 months is two and a half years. Until this time, war will be over, anyway.These guns will be for parade on new states formed on teritory of UKR.
Russian states, most likely.
But Russia has much better artillery.
Unfortunately that piece is a good one. The most modern in the world, it replaces the PzH 2000. It loads automatically, can shoot precision guided artillery shells (like excalibur) and can also fire , as the only howitzer in the world, while in movement – accurately. It can shoot “Multiple Rounds Simultaneous Impacts” and as the only or one of the only howitzers it has hunter-killer capability, which otherwise only MBTs and some IFVs have. It has remote control and does not necessarily need a crew. The most modern howitzer in the world. And, besides a few test and training units, not even the German Bundeswehr has it in use yet. It’s brand new.
More reasons to destroy them before they can be used to kill Russians. Russia should retaliate against those governments who are supplying the weapons that are being used to defeat Russia and kill Russians.
every week … germany stops helping ukraine > germany increases its deliveries to ukraine > germany stops helping ukraine > germany increases its deliveries to ukraine … same thing for other countries, always this same infinite loop
Russia is a lost cause, thats why I stopped supporting it since Aleppo, and vow to avenge for Aleppo.
nobody needs your fake support, you are a nobody
They all supply Ukraine all the time and the rest is propaganda to pressure the Western governments into supplying even more. However, they do run out of ammunition and gear. See, these howitzers are brand new – not even the German Bundeswehr uses them yet. That’s what the West has left: the equipment they themselves need for defense and/or brand new stuff that was just about to be shipped to their own armies. Next to no reserves gear in stock anymore, very little ammunition: 2 days of war for the Bundeswehr, in regard to ammunition, according to the German defense ministry.
It would be just another big, fat target like the rest before it. Unfortunately for their plans, Germany will not be sending these to Ukr…because in 30 months there will be no Nazi Ukr.
Hopefully. However they are brand new, not even the German army uses them yet. They can fire precision guided ammunition (like excalibur) and can fire while in motion/driving. So it is the most difficult to hit howitzer there is.
fresh targets
Time to send all German diplomats home and return Russian diplomats from Germany, ditto with the British and American embassies. Close Down.
Da die Nazis von dem Amis gekauft wurden glauben sie das sie jetzt demokraten sind obwohl sie sich genauso verhalten wie früher.
Slava Brics/ SCO
Great, the Germans are sending another 155mm based artillery system. Meanwhile they (NATO, Ukraine and other Western supporters) are running out of 155mm ammunition. So what are these things going to fire? Well we will now see how long these systems last.
Well just look where are the biggest production capabillities not owned by the west or russia and you know where the next colorrevolution will be atempted.
COLOR REVOLUTIONS ARE NON-SENSE AND MOST RETARDED MYTH
They used to be all amateur theater orchestrated by that country’s ruling party. That is why they were successful.
But now, a new generation of Zoomer idiots decided to do them in the countries that do not want them. And guess what is their success rate? 0. Just shoot the pig terrorists. They can file a complaint later.
Err, no. Color revolutions are real, you could see that by the pattern with each displaying a different color as a symbol, the urban millenial western middle class style of their approach and “aesthetics”/symbolism. Bolton admitted that the USA planned coups and fake-revolutions on camera in a tv news show.
The will be firing tasty German sausages that will be pre-tested by Zelensky’s anus first.
Where do they get the money to pay for the energy to build those? And don’t the Germans know that building those weapons pouts CO2 into the air causing global warming?
Worthless in winter
In 30 months the war will already be over
The Germans killed millions of Russians during world War 2 and now they are killing Russians against with weapons supplied to Ukraine. Russian will always remember
Islamic State of Germany
Blow them up with a few precision missiles BEFORE they leave Germany. If those war mongers want war, give it to them, fast and hard.
I’d saydestroy them right at the border, 1 km inside Ukraine.
30 months, the war will be over before another 12.
Fuck Germany they have always been friggin nazi bastrds
General Patten also disagreed, but figured that the Jews are the real problem. That was his death sentence, unfortunately.