Artillery: Procurement
Commons · Question 4687 · Tabled 29 May 2026 · Ministry of Defence · Official record
Answered 17 Jun 2026
Question
Asked by James McMurdock
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to his Department’s press release entitled Next-generation remote controlled artillery systems to transform British Army, published on 13 May 2026, what proportion of steel used in the RCH 155 prog
Answer
Answered by Luke Pollard, 17 Jun 2026
It is currently too early to specify the exact proportion of British steel that will be used in the Remote-Controlled Howitzer 155mm (RCH 155) programme. However, approximately 15% of the RCH 155 platform - predominantly the weapon system, which includes ...