It seems that Sweden could help the British to cover a capability gap caused by donating AS90 howitzers to Ukraine, Shepard reports.
Great Britain can replenish its self-propelled guns fleet with Swedish 155-mm Archer self-propelled artillery systems - according to reports, soon Great Britain and Sweden may officially announce an intergovernmental agreement.
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It is noted that in general, the British army plans to receive a fairly small number of BAE Systems Bofors Archer 155mm/52cal self-propelled artillery systems from - from six to eight units.
In addition, the publication hints that perhaps the Archer self-propelled guns for Great Britain will have a different chassis, because they mention that the Swedish Ministry of Defense recently concluded a contract with Bofors for the supply of Archer self-propelled guns based on the Rheinmetall MAN Military Vehicles HX-series 8×8 track.
![A Swedish BAE Systems Bofors Archer 155 mm/52 artillery system integrated onto a German Rheinmetall MAN Military Vehicles HX2 (8×8) platform, Giving Dozens of Self-propelled Artillery to Ukraine, The UK Closes This Gap with One of the Coolest Artillery Systems, Defense Express](/media/contentimages/a506410511975c16.jpeg)
We will remind that in general, Great Britain plans to transfer to Ukraine about 30 AS-90 self-propelled guns, together with Challenger 2 tanks, as well as FV430 Mk3 Bulldog armored personnel carriers.
![FV430 Mk3 Bulldog armored personnel carrier, Giving Dozens of Self-propelled Artillery to Ukraine, The UK Closes This Gap with One of the Coolest Artillery Systems, Defense Express](/media/contentimages/5036410519f7f650.jpg)
At the same time, at the beginning of this year, it became known that the Swedish Archer self-propelled artillery system was announced as part of the tenth package of defense assistance to Ukraine from Sweden.
![Archer self-propelled self-propelled artillery system, Giving Dozens of Self-propelled Artillery to Ukraine, The UK Closes This Gap with One of the Coolest Artillery Systems, Defense Express](/media/contentimages/cdb641051b24e283.jpg)
As Defense Express reported, Sweden Joined the "Tank Coalition" For Ukraine in the New Support Package
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