Non-contact French detonators for self-propelled artillery mount CAESAR allow you to detonate shells in the air, to direct contact with the target or any surface. The main advantage over other similar weapons is that after detonation, the fragments fall from top to bottom, the possibility of getting into enemy congestion areas, such as a trench, expands.. Ukrainian military expert, reserve colonel of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Oleg Zhdanov told about this on the air of Channel 24..

Such a weapon is powerful enough to defeat enemy manpower, infantry: " This detonator exists for this,"

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Currently, the shells used by the Caesar howitzer are detonated by the method of contact, with the ground or the target they hit.

And the recently handed over remote detonator can be configured to fire at a certain altitude set by the military.. It is possible to set the low and high position of the projectile detonation. Fragments will fall from top to bottom, thus significantly increasing the likelihood of hitting the invaders.

It is also known that official Paris is considering the transfer of an additional six new Caesar self-propelled guns to Kyiv.. Recall that France recently sent hundreds of thousands of euros worth of humanitarian aid to Ukraine..