Germany to supply Ukraine with additional Panzerhaubitze 2000 artillery systems
Germany will provide Armed Forces of Ukraine with 12 more Panzerhaubitze 2000 self-propelled howitzers, Defence Minister Boris Pistorius announced on Friday.
Germany will provide Armed Forces of Ukraine with 12 more Panzerhaubitze 2000 self-propelled howitzers, Defence Minister Boris Pistorius announced on Friday.
Almost 200 KNDS artillery systems are in service or under contract for Ukraine.
At the European training mission EUMAM Ukraine, Ukrainian artillerymen learn how to operate the PzH 2000 armoured self-propelled howitzer within a very short period of time.
On behalf a European customer country, Rheinmetall has been commissioned to supply a three-digit number of L52 gun barrel systems for the Panzerhaubitze 2000 (PzH 2000) self-propelled howitzer.
Rheinmetall has received an order from KNDS Germany to supply core components for 22 self-propelled howitzers PzH 2000 via its divisions Weapon and Ammunition, and Vehicle Systems Europe.
In a tender announced by the Romanian Ministry of National Defence for the purchase of new 155mm artillery systems, three bidders are competing.
Germany is set to acquire 18 Leopard 2A8 tanks and 12 Panzerhaubitze 2000 self-propelled howitzers to replenish its depleted stocks caused by deliveries to Ukraine.
The Armed Forces of Ukraine has recently released a video showcasing the operational deployment of Panzerhaubitze 2000 artillery systems during real combat in Ukraine.
German and Lithuanian artillery boomed over Pabrade, Lithuania during a recent drill with the NATO multinational battlegroup in Lithuania.
The German Parliament approved the plan of the Federal Ministry of Defence to order ten Panzerhaubitze 2000 artillery systems from KMW.
The Hungarian armed forces received the first two Panzerhaubitze 2000 self-propelled howitzers purchased from Germany.