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Caesar Artillery is Urgently Needed on the Battlefield. To get more details on this topic,
stay tuned and keep watching this video till the end!
France's Caesar artillery is one of the most efficient vehicle-mounted defense weapons
used by the French Army. Now, this gigantic gun is already owned by other countries, such as Denmark,
Indonesia, Saudi Arabia, Thailand, Morocco, and the Czech Republic. Aside from these countries,
France's allies, including Ukraine, are also relying on it to defend their lands.
During the ongoing conflict with Russia, Ukraine soldiers are
clearly giving Russian armies a hard time because they have Caesar artillery units.
Now, here's why this massive truck-mounted gun is quite efficient on the battlefield.
easy to use The soldiers spent just two weeks training how
to use the 19.5-ton Caesars at a training facility in France. The gun is mounted on a 6 by 6 truck,
which can travel at a top road speed of 50 mph and an off-road speed of more than 31 mph with
to its 245 horsepower engine. The truck, which is 33 feet long, 8 feet wide, and 12 feet high,
has a cruising range of 373 miles and can fit in a transport aircraft to be flown to its destination.
The gun could be operated by a crew of four to five. The driver arranges the truck before
lowering the hydraulic platform at the back. It pushes down, elevating the truck's rear wheels a
few inches off the ground. The munitions purveyor carries the ordnance to the charger, who slots
the shells into the semi-automatic system. Meanwhile the gun-layer sets the coordinates
either using a satellite positioning system, such as GPS, or a map, and fires the weapon.
It’s fast Once the vehicle is parked, the Caesar is ready
to go in less than 60 seconds, and it takes less than a minute for the 155mm/52 caliber ordnance,
semi-automatic gun to fire six shells at a target that is between 3 to 31 miles away. Less than 40
seconds after the last shell has been fired, the Caesar can have driven off. Shoot, then move on.
It’s powerful The gun's detonation chamber,
or the section of the system where the propellant charge bursts,
is 23 liters in size as opposed to the M777 towed howitzer's 18 liters, so more
propellant can be loaded into it, which causes the shells to be expended faster and farther.
It’s about to get a refresh Belgium and Lithuania
have already purchased the new model, called the Caesar NG for New Generation,
which will be installed on an 8-by-8 truck. The Caesar NG will weigh 27.56 tons,
almost 8 tons more than the first-gen. Because the 8×8 truck is heavier, it will be powered by
a 460 HP engine instead of the 245 HP engine on the 6×6 enabling it to reach the same on-road
and off-road speeds. It will also have a new automatic gearbox and a new chassis. The Caesar NG
is bigger overall: 40 ft long, 9 ft wide and 10 ft high. Caesar NG is projected to be ready by 2024.
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