Archer
Country: 
SwedenManufacturer: BAE Systems Bofors
«FH77BW L52»
Self-propelled artillerySweden2016In service
Swedish wheeled 155 mm/52 self-propelled howitzer with fully automatic loading, mounted on a Volvo A30 articulated hauler chassis; first vehicles were delivered in 2013 and Swedish operational service began in 2016.
Self-propelled artillery
ID — ARCHERSweden · BAE Systems Bofors
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Identity
- Designation
- Archer
- Alias
- FH77BW L52
- Manufacturer
- BAE Systems Bofors
- Country
- Sweden
- Category
- Self-propelled artillery
Production & service
- Introduced
- 2016
- Status
- In service
- Units produced
- —
- Operators
- Sweden, Ukraine
Specifications
- Combat weight
- —
- Crew
- —
- Main armament
- 155 mm L52 howitzer with automatic loading
- Secondary armament
- Remote weapon station
- Chassis
- Volvo A30 6×6 articulated hauler
- Engine
- —
- Power-to-weight
- —
- Max road speed
- —
- Operational range
- —
- Length / width / height
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- Protection
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- Amphibious
- —
Historical profile
Archer was developed for Sweden and Norway; Norway later withdrew, and Sweden supplied Archer systems to Ukraine in 2023.
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