War in Ukraine: The Advantages of the CAESAR 155mm Howitzer

The war in Ukraine has ushered in a renaissance of artillery-dominated, mobile warfare. Both sides’ strategic and tactical battlefield decisions depend for a large part on their big gun capabilities. The West has already started sending some serious equipment to the front, from tank-busting Javelins, Turkish TB2 drones or British-made MANPADS, all of which are having a notable, if not yet decisive effect on the Russian army’s armored capabilities. But there is one cannon, made in France, which is perfectly adapted to dynamics of the war in the Donbas: the CAESAR 155mm self-propelled howitzer produced by Nexter.