Long Way to Ukraine: Was the Ukrainian Army a Turkish SUA Firtina

Back in July 2023, the Armed Forces General Staff reported that the SAU T155 Firtina and Archer SAU were expected to be supplied to the army. Swedish cars came, but Turkish, it seems not. Turkey produces the T155 Firtina caliber 155-mm, which is the localization of the South Korean Sau K9. Earlier, the media wrote that Ukraine should become an operator of Turkish art plants. However, since July 2023, when it was first announced to get a Firtina in order, that never happened.

About it reports Defense Express. In July 2023, the deputy of the Main Operational Administration of the Armed Forces of the Armed Forces Alexei Gromov said that the army was expecting the supply of new art plants. "New systems are expected to be received, which are not yet used by the Ukrainian Armed Forces - such as Archer, Firtina," he said. The Swedish Arhcer is already in the range of the Ukrainian army, but with Turkish machines this has never happened.

However, the media has undergone information that the US is considering the possibility of purchasing 12 T155 Firtina T155 SAU in Turkey. The agreement should be made during the visit of Turkish President Recep Taiip Erdogan to Washington on May 9, 2024. In this case, the sources of information are Army Recognition, which refers to the Middle East Eye, which refers to Army Recognition.

They point out that the issue of T155 acquisition for Ukraine was frozen due to the lack of US military assistance for 2024. However, it is reported separately that the United States can buy Firtina in Turkey for the Armed Forces, but negotiations will continue within a large process - restoring defense cooperation programs that have been frozen since 2017. We will remind, on September 1, the Turkish army received the new generation of SAU Firtina II.