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Ukraine to receive Slovak howitzers

02.10.2022 15:10
Germany, Denmark and Norway will buy 16 Slovak howitzers for Ukraine, the German Defence Ministry said on Sunday.
A Slovak serviceman with his Zuzana 155 mm Gun Howitzer during the final phase of the military exercise Summer Shield combined with international exercise Defender Europe at Adazi landfill, Latvia, 27 May 2022.
A Slovak serviceman with his Zuzana 155 mm Gun Howitzer during the final phase of the military exercise Summer Shield combined with international exercise Defender Europe at Adazi landfill, Latvia, 27 May 2022. Photo: TOMS KALNINS PAP/EPA

The three countries will spend 92 million euro on the Zuzana-2 systems, the ministry added.

The guns, which can fire six projectiles a minute over a distance of 40 km, will be built in Slovakia.

The delivery is expected to begin next year.

Ukraine, which has scored notable battlefield successes against Russia in recent weeks, says it needs more heavier armaments in order to repulse the invasion that Moscow launched in February.

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Source: Reuters