The Ukrainian defense industry has already produced over 600 155 mm Bohdana howitzers. During their use on the battlefield, these artillery systems, the serial production of which began just in 2023, have already managed to fire over 800 thousand shots.
This is reported by Business Insider in an article about the potential production of Ukrainian self-propelled howitzers in Poland. Let us recall that this should be done by a joint Polish-Ukrainian enterprise, which will, among other things, supply the Bohdana artillery systems to the armed forces of the Republic of Poland.
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From Defense Express, we note that such a number of artillery systems manufactured in just three years is a huge achievement of the Ukrainian defense industry. Such a high result was achieved despite the war, russian shelling and problems with electricity.
It is worth noting that the published Business Insider article suggests that this is about more than 600 manufactured self-propelled artillery systems. However, given the lack of clarification and financial constraints of the Ukrainian budget, this number may also include towed Bohdana-B howitzers.
In particular, as of September 2025, 345 Bohdana self-propelled howitzers as well as another 100 Bohdana-B towed howitzers were declared, which together makes 445 units. Since the production rate is 30-40 units per month, the result as of the end of February-beginning of March 2026 of over 600 units seems quite realistic.
Currently, Ukrainian artillery systems are ordered only for supply to the Defense Forces of Ukraine both at the expense of the state budget of Ukraine and within the framework of military-technical and financial assistance programs from partners. In particular, the first production of the Bohdana self-propelled howitzers for the needs of the Armed Forces of Ukraine was financed by Denmark, while the largest package of 200 artillery systems was financed by Germany.
The Kramatorsk Heavy Machine Tool Plant, which is part of NAUDI, was able to achieve a production rate of artillery systems that is higher than that of any NATO country. At the same time, the industrial capacity of this enterprise is not even used to its full extent. This also makes it possible to count on export contracts - Poland may become the first customer for the Ukrainian artillery systems.
It is planned that in the future the Bohdana will become one of the main artillery systems of the Defense Forces of Ukraine along with another Ukrainian howitzer - Marta, which will have a barrel length of 39 calibers.
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