The Archer artillery system, officially the Archer FH77 BW L52 or Artillerisystem 08, is a Swedish self-propelled howitzer built by BAE Systems AB with a fully automated 155 mm L52 gun mounted on a modified 6x6 Volvo A30D chassis. It carries an armoured cabin, a remote-controlled weapon station, and support for BONUS submunitions and M982 Excalibur guided projectiles, and entered service with the Swedish Army in February 2016. It is also operated by the United Kingdom and Ukraine, with Latvia due to receive its own systems from 2026. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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Service StatusSourced to the subject's own account Weapon ClassSelf-propelled howitzer 1 Introduced YearSourced to the subject's own account Weapon Class
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How quickly can the Archer artillery system fire?
Sustained fire is 75 rounds per hour, with bursts of three rounds in 15 seconds.
The Archer's howitzer has a continuous fire rate of 75 rounds per hour. For short bursts it can fire a full magazine of 20 rounds in 2.5 minutes, an effective rate of 480 rounds per hour, or a salvo of three rounds in 15 seconds, an effective rate of 720 rounds per hour. Its multiple round simultaneous impact capability, in which several shells are timed to land together, is up to 6 rounds.
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is a Swedish self-propelled howitzer system.
Infobox: caliber
155 mm
Lead section
The Archer artillery system, or Archer - FH77 BW L52, or Artillerisystem 08, is a Swedish self-propelled howitzer system. The main piece of the system is a fully automated 155 mm L52 (52-calibre-long) gun-howitzer and a M151 Protector remote-controlled weapon station mounted on a modified 6×6 chassis of the Volvo A30D all-terrain articulated hauler.
Operated By: British Army, Infobox: unit_cost
US$4.5M (2010) US$10.4M (2023)
In Group: Self-Propelled Artillery, Lead sentence
The Archer artillery system, or Archer, FH77 BW L52, or Artillerisystem 08, is a Swedish self-propelled howitzer system.
Used In: Russo-Ukrainian War, Infobox: wars
Russian invasion of Ukraine
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WikidataWikidata Q713001 (P729 service entry): 2016Quote, Wikidata Q713001 (P729 service entry): 2016
Service entry (Wikidata property P729): 2016.
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