Manufacturer reveals current price of Bohdana artillery system

- 4 September, 12:18
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The Kramatorsk Heavy Machine Tool Building Plant (KZVV) has revealed the current prices for the Ukrainian-made 155mm Bohdana howitzer in its self-propelled and towed configurations.

Source: a KZVV representative, whose plant manufactures the artillery system, in an interview with Ukrainska Pravda

Quote: "The self-propelled version is priced at €2.5 million, while the towed version costs €1.6 million."

Details: The representative said the company has manufactured more than 1,000 guns to date.

"More than 1,000 units. They now account for 70% of Ukrainian artillery," they said.

The first version of the Bohdana at an Independence Day parade

The Bohdana has also been extensively modernised since the beginning of the full-scale war. The KZVV employee said the system has gone through four or five generations of development since the 2022 model.

"A fire-control system has been introduced, and there are more types of chassis. It has become more automated," he said.

Background:

  • Ukrainska Pravda previously reported, citing Pavlo Narozhnyi, founder of the Reactive Post charity foundation, that the wheeled Bohdana self-propelled howitzer costs around €2.5 million.
  • In October last year, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy reported that Ukraine had increased production of Bohdana self-propelled howitzers to 40 units per month.

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