{"id":339188,"date":"2025-12-28T12:03:07","date_gmt":"2025-12-28T12:03:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/339188\/"},"modified":"2025-12-28T12:03:07","modified_gmt":"2025-12-28T12:03:07","slug":"uk-and-germany-sign-70-million-joint-deal-for-mobile-artillery-systems","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/339188\/","title":{"rendered":"UK and Germany sign $70 million joint deal for mobile artillery systems"},"content":{"rendered":"

LONDON, Dec 28 (Reuters) – Britain said on Sunday it signed a 52-million-pound ($70 million) joint procurement contract with Germany to acquire advanced artillery mounted on armoured vehicles that can fire while moving and hit targets more than 70 km (44 miles) away.<\/p>\n

A Ministry of Defence statement said the deal would provide the British Army with an early capability demonstrator of the RCH 155 system and two units for Germany to test.<\/p>\n

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The system is manufactured by Franco-German defence group KNDS and Germany’s Rheinmetall.<\/p>\n

The system can fire eight rounds per minute on the move, operate with two crew members and travel 700 km without refuelling, the statement said.<\/p>\n

($1 = 0.7410 pounds)<\/p>\n

Reporting by Sam Tabahriti
\nEditing by Frances Kerry<\/p>\n

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