Ukraine has received PzH 2000 SPHs from Germany and the Netherlands. (KMW)
The Panzerhaubitze (PzH) 2000 155 mm self-propelled howitzer (SPH) is now part of Ukraine's artillery arsenal, Defence Minister Oleksii Reznikov tweeted on 21 June, thanking his German and Dutch counterparts Christine Lambrecht and Kajsa Ollongren.
German and Dutch instructors trained 60 Ukrainian artillery crew members on the SPH at the Bundeswehr's artillery school in Idar-Oberstein, Rhineland-Palatinate, southwestern Germany, starting from the second week of May following Lambrecht's announcement that Berlin would supply Kyiv with seven of the systems.
The SPHs came from the pool of systems being overhauled by Germany's Heeresinstandsetzungslogistik (Army Logistics Maintenance, HIL) organisation.
Ukraine received another five PzH 2000s from the Netherlands.
Other NATO countries are supplying Ukraine with M109 SPHs. UK Defence Secretary Ben Wallace told Sky News on the second day of the 15–16 June NATO defence ministers meeting in Brussels that London is providing more than 20 M109 155 mm SPHs purchased on the global market and refurbished.
Norway has donated 22 M109 SPHs, along with associated equipment, spare parts, and ammunition. In addition, Norwegian specialists participated in the training of Ukrainian artillery crews on the M109 in Germany.
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