Lord Jim wrote: How fact can a Caesar be reloaded by its crew?
As fast as the crew can haul the shells from the supply truck to the ammo magazine......so a few minutes at most, with 4-6 guys reloading.
The Man chassis is the 8x8 variant as is at least equal to the one used with the DK Caesar and the TATRA chassis of the Dana.
It would (almost) be if it was based on the RMMV
SX chassis,.....instead though the Archer turret is placed on the HX 8x8 chassis, which is derived from MANs civilian line of construction vehicles,(meaning U-frame and leaf spring suspension) and as such has pretty hard limits to its off-road capabilities.
https://www.rheinmetall-defence.com/en/ ... /index.php
Unlike the Tatra chassis which off-road capability almost rivals that of 8x8 APCs like Piranha/AMV/Boxer etc
AS for time into and out of action, the Archer will be finished and moving on whist the Caesar if still readying for its first shot worst case, or in the middle of its fire mission.
That is an assertion that isnt backed up by facts.
Can Caesar beat 2 min for stopping, conducting a eight round fire mission and packing up and leaving?
No , but what it can do is deploy, fire six rounds and displace within that same 2 mins. And do it almost twice as many times as the Archer before needing resupply, OR alternatively conduct longer stationary fire missions.
Just to be clear, im not arguing that CAESAR 8x8 is a better artillery system than the ARCHER, but one which gives you 95% of the latters capability at less than 3/4 the cost.