Artillery: Procurement
Commons · Question 38491 · Tabled 14 Mar 2025 · Ministry of Defence · Official record
Answered 24 Mar 2025
Question
Asked by Neil Shastri-Hurst
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many of the 24 Archer artillery systems ordered in 2019 were operationally ready on 14 March 2025.
Answer
Answered by Luke Pollard, 24 Mar 2025
A total of 14 Archer 6x6 artillery systems were procured in 2023 to fill a capability gap following the Granting in Kind of AS90 to Ukraine. Archer reached Initial Operating Capability in November 2024 and there are no current plans to procure any additio...