Portugal plans to buy a maximum of 36 Caesar guns by 2034, according to an agreement signed this weekend with France. UNN reports with reference to Le Figaro.
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France and Portugal have signed a protocol for the purchase of Caesar guns. As the Portuguese Ministry of Defense reported on Monday, the purchase of the guns is part of a strategy to upgrade the army.
"The goal is to equip all Portuguese artillery with this equipment," a ministry official told AFP, without specifying the value of the deal. The memorandum of understanding, which "envisages the purchase of up to 36 guns," is part of a strategy to modernize the army, the official said.
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The Caesar is a truck with a 155-millimeter cannon capable of firing six rounds at a distance of 40 kilometers in less than a minute. It has been in service with the French army since 2008.
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