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Tuolta alkuperäisestä:
"To this end, it is planned to gradually replace artillery systems (2A36, 2A65, 2C19, 2C5) with 155-mm self-propelled howitzers on a wheeled chassis, and some types of self-propelled howitzers (2C1 and 2C3) with 155-mm self-propelled howitzers on a crawler chassis. The possibility of purchasing foreign products such as KRAB (Poland) with the prospect of establishing the production of domestic self-propelled howitzers on a crawler is being considered. The purchase and supply of 152-mm self-propelled howitzers "DANA-M2" made in the Czech Republic is currently being considered to replace trailed guns."
Nämä Tsekin vanhat voisi olla parempi ajatus jos ylipäänsä (toki Tsekki pitää ne ampuakseen "ilmaisia" pois ellei itse ammuksiakin saisi myytyä):
The marketing motto of the Army of the Czech Republic is "we know what we want. It was well thought out, and it would be really great if the military finally…
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"Despite the much more generous number of modern French CAESAR systems that will be purchased in the near future, the DANA gun howitzers have not yet exhausted their potential, not only because of the large stockpile of 152mm ammunition. "If we have tens of thousands of functional cartridges, it is not pointless to get some of DANA's howitzers to a state where they could serve for another fifteen or twenty years, all that for relatively affordable price," said Daniel Koštoval, the then Deputy Minister for Acquisitions, in 2016. And in addition to ammunition, this is of course also an opportunity for the Czech defence industry. DANA howitzers have already undergone two modernization processes carried out on the initiative of several companies (Tatra Trucks, Excalibur Army, RETIA), and STV Group has experience with the modernization of Polish howitzers."
Tuossa yllä olevassa puhutaan, että haluavat Kongsbergin Odin taistelunjohtojärjestelmän, mutta se ei onnistu kuin Nato-kaliiperiin niin ovi on käymässä.
Eivät modernisoi enää omiaan (2018).
The announcement comes shortly after the Czech Republic canceled a contract under which the country’s defense industry giant Czechoslovak Group was to modernize the military’s DANA howitzers.
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"MODAN 152 mm upgraded Slovak variant of the DANA, with longer range, better accuracy and higher rate of fire. It has a crew of four."
Onkohan Ukrainalla noita 152:sia niin paljon, että pakko katsella vain siihen suuntaan? No, Nato-kelpoistajat saattavat heltyä vanhoista omistaan edullisemmalla.
Modernisoimattoman 20 km väitetty kantama on kyllä harvinaisen kehno.