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Artillery: Procurement

Asked by Luke AkehurstLabourMinistry of DefenceTabled Answered 3 December 2025UIN 94472

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the status is of the Remote Controlled Howitzer (RCH) 155 gun system programme.

Answered by Luke Pollard

I refer the hon. Member to the answer given on 12 November to Question 88294, which remains extant:

The project aims to achieve Minimum Deployable Capability (MDC) within this decade and will deliver the Remote-Controlled Howitzer 155mm (RCH 155) Calibre Wheeled Artillery System. The project remains in its assessment phase and therefore it remains too early to provide an exact in-service date

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