The British Army has been practicing its rapid 'shoot-and-scoot' tactics using the new Archer mobile howitzer during Nato exercises near the Russian border in Finland. The Archer's speed and maneuverability allow crews to quickly relocate after firing, minimizing the risk of return fire.
The Archer mobile howitzer has been fired for the first in a live exercise by the British Army in the Arctic Circle The British Army has been honing its ”shoot-and-scoot” tactics with new Archer howitzers during Arctic Nato drills 70 miles from the Russian border in Finland.
Live firing of the British Army’s new Archer Mobile Howitzer gun near Rovaniemi in the Arctic Circle Caesar 155-mm howitzers supplied by France and Denmark, German Panzerhaubitze 2000s, and Polish Krab howitzers are also on the frontline. Colonel Alex Forbes, Commander of the Multinational Field Artillery Brigade, said the Archer howitzers being fired during the Nato drill are a ‘game-changer’
“We’ve gone through a period of doing counter-insurgency operations where there was no enemy fire coming back.
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