The Ukrainian industry can double the production of the Bohdana self-propelled artillery system by launching the production of artillery systems on several chassis at once.

This was stated by Ihor Fedirko, Executive Director of the Ukrainian Council of Defence Industry (UCDI), in an interview with Radio NV.

Fedirko said that the Ukrainian defence industry was producing significantly more wheeled howitzers than the previously announced record of 18 units per month.

“There are some signed 3-5-year contracts with one of the European manufacturers in partnership with others. And we are talking about 115 systems. This is a three-year contract. And we can produce the same number of systems in two or three months with normal financing and chassis,” he said.

He did not name the exact number of monthly art systems, but the potential for production growth by 2-3 times, i.e. at least up to 40 units, is clear. The key limitation for scaling is the supply of chassis for the machines.

“There are questions only about the chassis. I am sure we will solve this issue very quickly and will be able to supply much more of these systems,” Fedirko added.

Currently, the Ukrainian industry is focused on producing wheeled howitzers on the chassis of the Czech Tatra Phoenix 8×8 truck. Upon arrival, the trucks are armored and retrofitted to be used as artillery units with 155 mm cannons.

Last year, Militarnyi managed to visit the production of these vehicles, where the developers told the reporters about the work on the creation of the self-propelled gun system on new chassis. The chassis of several European manufacturers were observed.

Earlier, a certain number of Bohdana SPGs were also produced on the basis of Tatra T-815 armored trucks and Belarusian MAZ trucks. They were in stock before the Russian full-scale invasion. Their further use is unlikely due to the rejection of Belarusian products and the reduction of production of T-815 vehicles by the Czech company.

Since last year, domestic artillery systems have been adopted by at least six military units, including the artillerymen of the Army, Marines, National Guard, and even the Defence Intelligence and the composite brigade of the National Police.