Morocco Receives First Batch of French Caesar Artillery Systems

On its Facebook page, "Far Maroc" reported that the French arms company Nexter has recently delivered 36 Caesar 155mm guns with a high rate of fire (six to eight rounds per minute) to the Royal Armed Forces (FAR). He accompanied the post with an image showing several gun units circulating in a Moroccan city, which is probably located in the south of the kingdom. This reception is a first batch of the guns ordered in 2020 from Nexter for two hundred million euros: 170 million for the sale of Caesar truck-mounted artillery systems and 30 million for their ammunition.

"The acquisition of this system by the FAR is part of a specific framework, that of the modernization of the means of artillery in general, and with the Caesar of the ground-to-ground in particular... this type of mobile and quick-to-start system will significantly strengthen the firepower of the Moroccan royal artillery, thus providing effective support on the ground to the various infantry and mechanized brigades among others," says "FAR Maroc".

The French self-propelled gun in service since the late 2000s in the French Armed Forces, the truck-mounted artillery system (CAESAR) was designed and manufactured by Nexter Systems in Bourges and integrated by Nexter on its Roanne site, mounted on the rear platform of a truck. This 155mm gun, 52 calibers long, has been exported to several countries including Saudi Arabia, Belgium, Indonesia, Thailand. It has a range of over 50 km. Its firing capacity is 6-8 rounds/min. The CAESAR is deployed on overseas operations in Afghanistan, Lebanon, Cambodia, Mali, Iraq, Yemen and Ukraine.