 Germany starts testing RCH-155 artillery systems at Ukraine to receive them first. The Bundeswehr has begun testing a new self-propelled artillery system, the RCH-155, remotely controlled Hauitsa. Ukraine will be the first country to order them. Welt news agency reports about it. The 155mm system is similar to the Panzer Hobbit 2000, but it is constructed on a boxer-wield vehicle. Germany, together with the Netherlands, has supplied 14 units of Panzer Hobbits to Ukraine. The next generation of Hauitsa's Bundeswehr is now being procured. The RCH-155-wield Hauitsa, developed by arms industry company Kraus Mafe-Wegman, has unique capabilities because it does not need to stop to fire its shells. This has huge advantages, as it makes it difficult to detect and combat. The RCH-155 is capable of automatically firing 9 rounds per minute, which hit targets at a distance of 40 to 50 kilometres or even more, depending on the type of ammunition. The vehicle, which weighs almost 40 tonnes, has 8 wheels instead of 2 tracks, like the Panzer Hobbit's 2000 and is therefore very mobile on the road and can reach speeds of over 100 kilometres an hour. Back in July 2022, Ukraine asked Berlin to supply the former with modern Hauitsa's. It was only in December 2022 that the German government gave the go-ahead of the sale. This makes Ukraine the first ever customer of one of Germany's most advanced weapons and the same happened with iris T air defence systems. It is in use in Ukraine but not in service with the Bundeswehr. It is expected that the RCH-155 will be delivered no earlier than 30 months after the contract is signed, i.e. in 2025. The manufacturer did not start production of the self-propelled Hauitsa's until the government's approval was obtained.