Ukrainian SUU "Bogdan" was officially adopted by the Armed Forces - the media
"We inform that the Ukrainian self -propelled artillery installation" Bogdan "is in service with the Armed Forces of Ukraine," the Defense Ministry said. Details on the number of machines and the cost of mass production for the Ukrainian army have not been made public. The sources of the newspaper reported that the Defense Ministry has adopted Bogdan without repeated state trials under a simplified procedure.
At the same time, the director of the Foundation "Come back alive" Taras Chmut told the publication that the first 155-mm Ukrainian SAU was not adopted before the start of a full-scale war. The test instance has not passed the state tests. The military had comments on the KrAZ chassis, as well as the design of the machine.
"The second is the reliability of the art part itself, the mechanism of the barrel of the barrel, the quality of manufacturing, the constant wedges, the absence of a charging machine, the accuracy of work. I read a report on the results of one of the stages of testing at one of our landfills and there the military was very critically dissatisfied," Chmut said. At the beginning of 2023, the Minister of Defense Alexei Reznikov announced the serial production of Bogdan's CAU.
Since the beginning of the full -scale war, the only copy has been preserved despite the plans so that it does not reach the enemy. Thanks to this, artillery was actively involved in the liberation of Snake Island. Also, before the production production, it was reported that the machine will receive several variants of the chassis. We will remind, on July 10 the soldiers of the Armed Forces used two serial SAU "Bogdan" under Bakhmut.