Norway’s intention is to continue working on acquiring a new artillery system that can enter service in 2020, when its current artillery will have to be retired. Funding was provided for system development and some initial production, but the project’s future had been shadowed by anemic Swedish defense budgets.. Archer is a modern artillery gun system that can be utilised across the full spectrum of conflict. ARCHER can also mount on a German Rheinmetall MAN RMVV HX2 8×8 truck that has speeds of 55 mi/h (90 km/h) and a range of 403 miles (650 km). Its reliability, high degree of survivability, significant range of effects and precision engagement provides the users with an entirely new type of indirect fire capability. Archer began as a Swedish project, administered by their FMV procurement agency. He declined to elaborate on the system’s shortcomings because of classification issues. The ARCHER system displayed at DSEI 2019 is mounted on a Rheinmetall RMMV HX2 8x8 truck – meaning it could be common to systems already in service with the British Army. The truck’s configuration separates the 155mm ammunition from the armored crew cab for increased survivability and ARCHER can be … 23 January 2020. A Swedish BAE Systems Bofors Archer 155 mm/52 artillery system integrated onto a German Rheinmetall MAN Military Vehicles (RMMV) HX2 (8×8) platform – aimed at the export market – has begun initial firing trials at the Bofors Test Center in Karlskoga, Sweden, the company told Jane’s. BAE Systems Bofors begins trials for HX2-based Archer. The original ARCHER, first delivered to the Swedish Armed Forces in 2013, is … An Archer 155 mm/52 calibre self-propelled artillery system based on a RMMV HX2 8×8 platform. The ARCHER system displayed at DSEI 2019 is mounted on a Rheinmetall RMMV HX2 8×8 truck – meaning it could be common to systems already in service with the British Army.” The original ARCHER, first delivered to the Swedish Armed Forces in 2013, is … Archer, together with an extensive ammunition portfolio, brings the artillery onto the international arena. Archer is the name of the complete system with the 77BW L52 self-propelled howitzer and ammunition resupply and support vehicles. The original ARCHER, first delivered to the Swedish Armed Forces in 2013, is mounted on a Volvo A30 6X6 articulated hauler. If Archer had worked to specification, it would have suited us,” but this was not the case. BAE Systems Bofors’ Archer is a light, air-portable, and highly automated 155/52 light mobile artillery system. The ARCHER system displayed at DSEI 2019 is mounted on a Rheinmetall RMMV HX2 8x8 truck – meaning it could be common to systems already in service with the British Army. The self-propelled howitzer is fully autonomous and can be used in traditional warfare fire support, as well as modern international peacekeeping and … The original ARCHER, first delivered to the Swedish Armed Forces in 2013, is … The ARCHER system displayed at DSEI 2019 is mounted on a Rheinmetall RMMV HX2 8×8 truck – meaning it could be common to systems already in service with the British Army. In May 2007, however, a … The ARCHER system displayed at DSEI 2019 is mounted on a Rheinmetall RMMV HX2 8×8 truck – meaning it could be common to systems already in service with the British Army. The ARCHER system displayed at DSEI 2019 is mounted on a Rheinmetall RMMV HX2 8x8 truck – meaning it could be common to systems already in service with the British Army.