SVT: AFU servicemen trained in Sweden to operate Archer artillery systems

About a hundred Ukrainian soldiers and mechanics were trained to operate Archer self-propelled artillery systems on the territory of Sweden, SVT channel reports.

The commander of the artillery regiment A8 of the Swedish city of Buden Stefan Sjöber said that the soldiers of the AFU completed the training and had already gone to the combat zone.

"I think we have achieved a good result," he believes.

The Archer is a Swedish 155-mm self-propelled artillery system based on the Volvo A30D 6×6 chassis. Its range is 30-60 kilometers. It can fire 20 rounds in two-and-a-half minutes and move at a speed of 65 km/h. The operating range of the system is 650 kilometres.

Swedish Defense Minister Pål Jonson announced on November 3 that eight Archer self-propelled artillery systems have been delivered to Ukraine.