RCH 155

KNDS's wheeled 155mm self-propelled howitzer — a fully automated, unmanned-turret gun on a Boxer 8×8 chassis, and the only turreted howitzer in the world that can fire accurately while on the move. Ukraine is the launch customer, and its shoot-and-scoot survivability is a direct answer to the transparent, drone-saturated battlefield where static guns die fast.

Overview

The RCH 155 (Remote Controlled Howitzer 155) is a German/European wheeled 155mm self-propelled howitzer from KNDS (Krauss-Maffei Wegmann / KNDS Germany), mounting a fully automated, unmanned turret with a 155mm/L52 gun derived from the PzH 2000 onto the Boxer 8×8 armoured vehicle (built by the ARTEC consortium). Its defining feature is the ability to fire accurately while moving — the only turreted howitzer in the world that can do so — using stabilization technology adapted from main battle tanks. Combined with a fast wheeled chassis and sub-30-second displacement, that makes it a "shoot-and-scoot" gun built explicitly to survive counter-battery radar and the loitering drones that now hunt artillery. Ukraine is its launch customer, and Germany and the UK have placed major orders.

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