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behind me is the Caesar 6x6 that is well known now I think. It is a system that is
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that definitely paved the way for this concept that is a truck mounted with a gun mounted
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on top of it. So I think Caesar was definitely not the first artillery system mounted on
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a truck but it was definitely the first one of the modern era to offer such a combination
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of firepower and high mobility while at the same time remaining very simple for the operators
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There was a strong demand from our customers to extend the variety of chases to an 8x8
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and that's how we developed the model that is showcased today in Eurosatury which is
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based on a Tatra 8x8 chassis. Having an 8x8 offers more payload so basically it widens
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the range of options that all customers have if they want more equipment, more ammunition
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and I'll cover this in a second. Having more payload allows the customer to customize its
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equipment so if you want more armour you can have the cabin such as the one that you
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see today in Eurosatury which is level 3 ballistic and level 2 mine. If they don't want any armour
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it can be a simple protected cabin but it's scalable. The protection offered to the crew
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is scalable. The other thing is having more payload you can accommodate more equipment
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such as smoke dischargers, anti-IED, electronic countermeasures, secondary weapons, you name it
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The Caesar is before all an artillery system. It can accommodate 30 rounds versus 18 for the
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Caesar 8x8 for a gross weight of 30 tonnes. Also having more gross capacity we have developed
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an automatic loading system that is not on the 6x6 which is semi-automatic. As you can see behind
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me the racks are separated in columns of two rounds each and this allows an automatic loading
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system to come and pick the rounds, the desired rounds for each fire mission and to bring them
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all the way back to the chamber. So the process for the shells is fully automatic. There's no
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human intervention during the fire mission. Once the ammunition has been grabbed by the pincer
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they are brought back to the rear of the Caesar where a handling arm is taking the shell and
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puts it into a loading tray. What is new compared to the 6x6 is we have added a loading tray for the
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charges. So instead of having the operator to take the charges from the charges rack and put it into
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the chamber manually on a 6x6 now the operators just have to put the charges into the loading
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tray and eventually the loading system will put the shell and the charges automatically in the
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chamber. Caesar is equipped with state-of-the-art equipment in terms of firepower. That is an
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inertial navigation system coupled with a GPS but also a muzzle velocity radar that you see behind
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me in two parts. The reason is there's one standard traditional muzzle velocity and the other one is
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for Spasido to set the fuses on Spasido, the course correction fuse. We've also introduced
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a thermal imager for direct fire which will give Caesar 8x8 the capability
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for direct firing even at night. So basically in a nutshell the difference between Caesar 6x6
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and 8x8 is the good ordnance that has been combat proven but a new chassis offering more
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options to our customers in terms of payload protection and automation. Today you have to make
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up scarcity with high mobility being able to move your artillery from one end of the front line to
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the other end knowing that the front line won't be continuous. That's I think where
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mobility is really really a key factor be it in Africa or in Europe or elsewhere
