The artillery rifle of the type M109 has been retrieved from the warehouse and tested at Setermoen. The defense confirms to Aftenposten that the testing was successful.
There is a great deal of secrecy surrounding which weapons may be given to Ukraine in the future. This is for security reasons.
Used in Vietnam
M109 are tracked artillery cannons with caliber 155 ammunition. The United States is sending 184,000 artillery shells of this caliber to Ukraine.
– The test shooting shows that the equipment works well. Everyone who has been tested works as they should, says spokesman Frank Sølvberg in the Armed Forces.
Avisa Forwards , who first mentioned the test shooting, writes that Norway has 55 such cannons in stock. According to the newspaper, around 20 of them have now been tested.
M109 artillery was used during the Vietnam War, and is among the most common types of artillery, according to wikipedia. Since then, the technology has been upgraded a number of times. TV2 does not know when the artillery that has now been tested was last upgraded, or whether they will be upgraded.
Aftenposten writes that the artillery fire will be the heaviest given to Ukraine so far.
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