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The CAESAR from CAmion Equipé d’un Système d’ARtillerie (French: Truck equipped with an artillery system) is a 155 mm/52-calibre gun-howitzer installed on a 6X6 truck chassis. Examples built for the French Army use a Renault Sherpa 10 chassis examples built for export utilize the 6×6 Unimog U2450L chassis. The CAESAR platform was developed by the former GIAT Industries (now known as Nexter) and is operated by the French Indonesian Saudi Arabian and Thai militaries.

CAESAR-openphotonet_PICT6026.JPG
height (cm)
3.7
length (km)
10.0
width (mm)
2.55
origin
France
type
Self-propelled artillery
used in war
Cambodian–Thai border dispute, War in Afghanistan (2001–present), Operation Serval

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