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🧵Latest w/ @sfrantzman: #Israel's Elbit is ramping up its production of multi-purpose rocket and drone launchers in Europe, as the Netherlands is buying the firm's PULS system which #Spain also appears to be favoring for its new rocket artillery program. defensenews.com/global/europe/…
2. On May 17, Royal Netherlands Army announced on social media that it had contracted Elbit for supply of 20 of the truck-mounted PULS systems. Earlier in April, Dutch government had stated that the country would spend around $650 million on long-range weaponry.
3. The move is the latest example of how countries are increasingly turning their attention to ground-based strike capabilities, particularly artillery rocket systems, after how vital they have proven to be in #Ukraine’s defense against Russian invaders.
4. At FEINDEF local companies Escribano M&E and Expal, which Rheinmetall is buying, jointly displayed for the first time the PULS mounted on an Iveco 8X8 truck. They are said to be proposing the latter for the SILAM program for the Spanish Army, a pressing priority for #Spain.
5. Spain previously operated the Teruel multiple rocket launcher, but with its retirement in 2011, it lost that capability. According to local media reports, the MoD is considering a missile system with a range of at least 120 to 130 kilometers, which the PULS offers (max 300km)
5. Rheinmetall and Elbit Systems said they conducted a live fire demonstration of a new automated 155mm wheeled, self-propelled howitzer. Event took place in March at a firing range in southern Israel. It was conducted in front of officials from the UK, Germany, Nether & Hungary.
7. The companies said that their efforts combine the “Rheinmetall gun into the unmanned, fully robotic artillery turret of the Elbit system. The integration is currently in an advanced phase of the verification process.
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