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UK Support: The Second Armed Forces Group has completed training at the AS90 SAU (photo)

The UK Ministry of Defense stated that the Armed Forces Support Program is part of the country's constant obligation to support Ukraine in the fight against Russia. In the United Kingdom, a second group of Ukrainian artillerymen has completed their studies. This was reported by the UK Ministry of Defense on Twitter. "The second group of Ukrainian artillerymen has completed their studies at the 155mm AS90 SAU, started earlier this year.

The program is part of the unchanged obligation of the United Kingdom to support Ukraine in the fight against Russia," the statement reads. AS-90-British self-propelled artillery installation (SAU) of the class of self-propelled howitzers. Created by Wikrs in 1981 - 1986 and was intended to be replaced by both outdated British ABBT, and M109 SAU. During the production production from 1992 to 1995, 179 AS-90 were released, not counting prototypes.

AS-90 changed in the British army all other types of artillery, both self-propelled and towed, except for the light towing of howls L118 and the RSSV, which they used in battle during the Iraqi War. The License Production of the AS-90 tower is carried out in Poland. Recall that the first group of Ukrainian fighters completed training on Challenger 2 and SUA AS90. And in May, the Armed Forces showed how they train on Challenger 2 tanks to overcome Russian "Dragon Teeth" and other fortifications.