France to hand over decommissioned 155mm TRF1 trailed howitzers to Ukraine. This was reported by the publication L'Opinion.

“France will supply Ukraine with another howitzers. This time we are not talking about Caesar self-propelled artillery mounts, but about older models, TRF1. They have the same caliber (155 mm), but, unlike the Ceasar, the TRF1 is a towed howitzer and is not mounted on a truck..

French TRF1 howitzers were manufactured by GIAT from 1984 to 1993.. The gun is capable of moving independently at a speed of 8 km / h and has a semi-automatic charging.

For the first time, French artillery weapons were presented at the Satory arms exhibition in 1979.. In the French army, she replaced the 155-mm howitzers " Subsequently, to replace the TRF1, France put into service self-propelled artillery mounts CAESAR.

TRF1 has a firing range of 24 kilometers with conventional projectiles and 30 kilometers with active-reactive.

The howitzer is claimed to have a rate of fire of six rounds per minute..

The publication notes that the TRF1 howitzers are no longer used by the ground forces of the French army.. They were scrapped and purchased by broker S2M-Equipement. Ukraine purchased TRF1 from this company, and the French Ministry of Defense certified their certification.

[see_also ids\u003d"

In July, France donated Caesar howitzers and armored vehicles to Ukraine as part of a new military aid package..