By Clotaire Achi
LIMOGES, France (Reuters) – French armoured truck maker Arquus, specialised in manufacturing high-tech off-road military vehicles, has gone back to producing more low-tech undercarriages for howitzers as the ground war in Ukraine boosts demand for artillery.
Despite an industry trend towards more high-tech weaponry like drones and autonomous missiles, traditional battlefield equipment like tanks and howitzers such as France’s Caesar canons and U.S.-made HIMARS have helped bend the trajectory of the war in Ukraine.
France in January announced it would send another 12 Ceasar howitzers – manufactured by French group Nexter – to Ukraine, on top of the 18 it had previously shipped, boosting demand for the Arquus-made undercarriages.
Arquus Chief Executive Emmanuel Levacher told Reuters that the firm had stopped producing the undercarriages because until recently there was no more demand. But that changed…
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