The Caesar is a 155mm wheeled self-propelled howitzer designed to provide a highly flexible, deployable, and affordable full-spectrum solution for indirect fire support.
This truck-mounted artillery system is a 52-caliber, self-propelled gun that can maintain a firing rate of six to eight rounds a minute in its sustained fire mode, or three rounds in 15s in rapid-fire mode.
Under the contract with DALO, Nexter will supply 15 8×8 Caesar artillery systems to the Danish Army.
The contract also has an option for an additional six Caesar systems.
The French forces have been using Caesar in combat operations in Lebanon, Afghanistan, Mali, and currently Iraq, since its entry into service in 2009.
The Caesar truck-mounted artillery system is a 155mm 52-calibre self-propelled gun developed by Nexter Systems and formerly known as Giat, based in Versailles, in cooperation with Lohr Industrie of Hangenbieten, France.
Sometimes this artillery system is referred to as CAESAR 2. The acronym CAESAR stands for CAmion Equipe d'un Systeme d'ARtillerie, or truck equipped with an artillery system. It is based on the original CAESAR, which first appeared back in 1994, and was the first mass-produced truck-mounted howitzer.
The prototype of the CAESAR with an 8 by 8 configuration was revealed in 2015. The new artillery system, which emerged more than 20 years after its predecessor, is based on an 8 by 8 chassis. The Gun of the new artillery system remains without significant changes, however, weapon control systems have been updated. So the CAESAR 8 by 8 can shoot faster and is more accurate than its predecessor. In 2017, Denmark selected this artillery system to replace their old M109 howitzers that are in service since 1965. The initial order was for 15 units, though later it was increased to 19 units. Deliveries to Denmark commenced in 2019. In 2021 Czech Republic ordered 52 of these mobile howitzers. Deliveries to the Czech Republic are planned to begin in 2024 and should be completed in 2026. Most of the Czech artillery systems (48 units out of 52) will be locally assembled in the Czech Republic. Once in service, it will replace the older DANA artillery systems.
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