German PzH 2000 howitzer in Action in Ukraine! Better than Caesar?! 

And as special gift Ukraine should have received the (SMArt 155 - Suchzündermunition) computer controlled intelligent hunter kill ammunition.

This shell splits into two over the target area, and hunts enemy tanks and vehicles with deadly precision due to it’s 3 sensor array.

SMArt 155 is a German 155 mm artillery round, designed for a long range, indirect fire top attack role against armoured vehicles. The SMArt carrier shell contains two submunitions with infrared sensor and millimeter wave radar, which descend over the battlefield on ballutes and attack hardened targets with explosively formed penetrator warheads. Built with multiple redundant self-destruct mechanisms, these submunitions were specifically designed to fall outside the category of submunition weapons prohibited by the 2008 Convention on Cluster Munitions. The name SMArt 155 is a contraction of its German name Suchzünder Munition für die Artillerie 155. SMArt is manufactured by GIWS mbh, a partnership between German armaments companies Rheinmetall and Diehl BGT Defence. GIWS started full-rate production for the German Army in 1998, SMArt was first deployed by the Bundeswehr in 2000, and has been sold to the armies of Switzerland, Greece and Australia

Not only that, the barrel got to be awesome too. Otherwise you can't fire 20 rounds in just 1 min and 47 seconds. As I know even the US Abrams tanks use the german Rheinmetall barrels. Germans shell like hell!

Ukraine wins this war

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They start building a centre in Poland close to Ukraine border to do the service for the PzH 2000 much faster! They just announced this a few days ago in german television!

@@roastntoast7550 thanks i missed that one due to the Holliday. Later this month i am back on German news as ours starts at the same time as my job.

@@jacksonteller1337 your welcome buddy

the good news: bureaucracy is done now and the decisions are made. now, a very effective production and support machinery has been started.

pzh can carry 60 rounds ammo inside, caesar can carry 18 rounds. pzh can shoot faster and ist faster at leaving the place. now, which system will be able to launch a higher amount of shellings a day? which system needs less suppport structure to be supplied with ammunition? how many hours of usage per day will you have with pzh running at max fire rate compared to caesar running at max fire rate? it is not that easy to compare these systems. there are strong arguments, that pzh is the more suitable machine for ukraine, but i'm not shure. it depends strongly on situations.

Thank you, sir!

you’re right, but there is a comparison in the context of the war in Ukraine. Which of these two different weapons will perform better in this confrontation?

She's a beast of a weapon, looks good and deadly ,packs 60 rounds of hurt and German Smarts bet SHE breaking Ukrainian's hearts falling in love with this German Dove ,May ALL HER Shells be true and give those evil orc's there due till Ukrainian's break through ,may death and distruction from her muzzle spew, for SHE be the answer to poo poo poo tin,SLAVA UKRAINi SLAVA VICTORY, GLORY AND PRAISE TO SION THERE CAN ONLY BE ZION SUNBIRDS OF CREATION ALL FOR ONE ONE FOR WHOLE OF WHOLENESS THEIR RIGHTFUL PLAN ZIONMADE GLORY AND PRAISE TO SION!!!🏠⚔️🌷💮⚓🌻⭕💐🌺🌸🪙🎁💯🏆💓🌉💍🌹🏵️✌️🦃🌏🎉🥀🌈🌃💎💎💎💎💎💎💎💎💎💎🌃

Makes no sense to compare, Ukrain needs both. Ceasar lighter, faster and longer range, PZH more armor, faster reload. Both accurate with top level electronics. They are complementary not in competition.

Caesar with just 20 km/h more speed and near as makes no difference range, it's really not very strategic.

@@arno222444 20 km/h is really nothing. Not a game changer such as off road capability thanks to tracks or the ability to shot and scoot without anyone having to get out of the armor protected hull. The PzH2000 can drive to designated area, stop and shot within just 1 second and after shooting drive away within just 1 second. Caesar can't do that, the have to get out of the vehicle, set it up and do the reverse before moving away again. That is not shot and scoot and proper PzH2000 shoot and scoot is much more important than the speed you drive away with. 60 or 80 km/h is as near as makes no difference.

Agreed, the 80 km/h is only useful if travel is large distance, like 100's of kilometers.

Sandals are quite common for Germans at work though normally steal capped. This guys look almost like slippers. Makes me wonder whether they put in air conditioning.

It should be,but we might need to (re)test the long term effects on barrel and add computer things

@@frederickpallas7130 That's good thinking. This round is brand new so more testing is quite likely. It has yet to be fired on the battlefield. Bit being able to hit a moving vehicle from 70km with a 155mm round would be a huge improvement over what Ukraine is using now. I hope they can fit it with all the 155mm platforms of each nation such as the Caesar and PzH2000

Ukraine have ordered the RCH155 too :)

I'm sorry, but it is! It's Caesar 6X6 on Renault Sherpa 5 vehicle the one that Ukraine possesses. Here is the wiki page where the photo was taken en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CAESAR_self-propelled_howitzer

it's biggest disadvantage is that it costs 17 millions euros. And for the price you are not allowed to shoot more than 100 rounds per day ;)

The amount of shots are determined by the projectile type and propellant charge. 1000 shots is quite high for such a powerful long range gun. It probably needs forced cooling to increase life a little more.

@@williamzk9083 it’s barrel temp is monitored by computer. At a certain temp it restricts firing.

@@williamzk9083 This. Saying 1000 shots is relative, since the pressure and rate of fire can vary greatly.

@@chrisrobert5252 Probably that's why the Ukrainians have placed an order of 100 PzH2000. Because they don't like it, and it's too expensive. 17 millions euros is not the price per vehicle. That price includes the vehicle in itself, spare parts, training, ammo, service and maintenance contracts and future updates. Buying military equipment is not like buying a car.

Protection of personnel 40 km from the fighting is not very important

The pzh 2000 has a much higher fire rate than cesar. If the fire rate is 3 times higher than cesar you got to buy 3 cesar systems to equal battle power!

@@roastntoast7550 You forget that the CAESAR is much more precise! (said the Ukrainian servants)

@@allezchosetruc with which Ammunition? With or without COBRA Radar? Why Ukraine Forces ordered 100 PzH 2000 and tons of polish Krab howitzer? Do they ordered French cesar too?

@@allezchosetruc if the cesar shoots the whole truck is shaking. Even the polish Krab system moves a lot after the shoot. Only the german pzh 2000 is stable after it fires

More rounds, better mobility and better protection. While the Russians will be able to track Ceasar systems down, it will be much hrader for them against the PZH. So of course its more expensive since its not just a truck like Ceasar. And its war proven as well, so thats no argument.

@@OhmeinGottVIIC bravo for your intoxication, being able to affirm that the mobility of the PZH is better than that of the Caesar... lol

@@chrisrobert5252 in terms of terrain, yes. Wait till it rains in Ukraine…

The Germans used them in Afghanistan.

@@Beethofen51 No, the Dutch used them in Afghanistan in 2007. A number of problems had already been reported, including reloading issue. This means that the Germans have not solved them since; they don't know or don't want to.

They did not brake down. Ukraines forces fired way more than 100 rounds every day, wich is the max for precision rounds. They are back into service again after Ukrainians adjusted the firing rate.

The weapon system was developed to defend the fatherland. It is part of the Combined Battle of Arms. Hence the armor protection, the tracks and the powerful engine. She is basically a driving robot awaiting precise commands and a diva who is flatbed-loaded to battle and needs a crew for maintenance. It also issues a lot of error messages during the battles, which are then repaired by the crew. In the Bundeswehr, it is not used so hard in maneuvers. She likes 100 rounds a day and the optimal distance. Hundreds of rounds a day means the bolt and autoloader wear out quickly, requiring the crew to repair and calibrate. But that is to be expected and nothing special. The Ukrainians received spare parts packages from the Bundeswehr and put them together based on their long experience on the maneuvering area.

Many broke down under same time. They was under heavy stress but it must be improved.

@@pernykvist3442 The only way to improve it is to send more PZH2000s to compensate for the less firing rates. As for now Germany sent 18 of 112 howitzers. Because they are in production now and it will take 1-2 years until Ukraine has all 112.

pzh vs krab projectile velocity: 900m/s vs >100m/s: pzh wins rounds per minute: 6 vs 9 pzh wins ammunition carried inside: 40 vs 60 pzh wins max range of shot: pzh wins by far max range 400km vs 420 km pzh wins automatic computer based targetting: pzh wins nice howitzer, KRAB. but: pzh shelles more rounds a day, even if it would take a rest. and the rate of hits is much higher, due to better electronical support and automatically tempered ammunition.

@@KarlHeinzSpock I do not know where you got this information but I will correct it so quickly 1 and 4 lol Crab's max range is 33 kilometers with normal ammunition. when using Vulcano, the range is 72+ kilometers, so the projectile speed is the same or very close 2 yes, here you are right, the Krab has a semi-automatic loading of the ammunition to the cannon (This is the type of argument that rosians use for Western tanks compared to T-series tanks. What will happen when PzH 2000 invades a mine since all ammunition is close to the bottom in PzH 2000?) 3 yes, here you are right 5 yes, here you are right , but it's really not much 6 LOL it has a very good Topaz Crab apart from that have : land navigation system and topographic link FiN 3110L + GPS + odometer, fire control system (turret control computer, aiming computer and gun commander's ballistic computer), filtering system, FONET internal and external communication system (VHF digital radio type RRC 9311AP), fire protection and explosion suppression system, day and night observation devices for the driver and the commander, warning and self-protection system - OBRA-3 SSP-1, a sight for shooting straight ahead, ballistic radar MVRS-700 SCD, power generator - DC 28 V, output power 5.5 kW And I forgot about accuracy, with normal ammunition at a maximum distance of 33 kilometers, the Crab hits a maximum of 2 meters. What I wrote is data from the army, not the manufacturer's advertising requests;) For a soldier, it is most important that the equipment he uses is reliable, reliable and, once again, dependable in all conditions of the battlefield.Because their lives and their brothers' lives in the fight against the enemy depend on it Greetings from Poland

@@asbupl5670 i see, you know and like your equipment. perhaps it is as if two fighters meet in the ring: it is important, that each opponent is shure about his strength, if not, he is about to loose. so germans think, their cannon is best, and you are convinced, that yours is better. i didn't mention all items that are built in at pzh 2000. for example, there is as well a self protection system, applying fog in pzh. pzh and krab, they look quite similar. our systems fight on the same side. i observed, that poland has a well equiped and well trained army and i apprechiate it, as well as your help for ukraine. i wish you all the best.

no joke. you aren't informed correctly

Normaly the PzH2000 is shooting in a group of ideally 5 howitzers. Perfect matched to each other by computer systems. So they cant get shot " hot". The problem here is that the Ukraine has not enough of them to do that. This is why they ordered 100 of them. Maybe too late....

Panzer-Haubitze... simply a German word.

@@gerhardma4687 Autotranslation put in "hobbits" instead of haubitze

Which Howitzer does Spain produce? The Spanish army uses the M109 from the 1950s which the German army replaced with the new PZH2000s.

Sure😂