Sunday November 20, 2022, in Valloire (Savoie).
Fresh snow, blue skies, dry weather.
The Cerces exercise can begin.
At the maneuver, three Caesars of the 93rd RAM (mountain artillery regiment) having received the order to support the infantry 7 kilometers away, behind the Alpine peaks.
Everything goes very quickly: between setting up battery, opening fire and leaving the position, it will take less than three minutes, and each gun will have fired six 155 mm shells.
Velocity and stealth: these are the major assets of the French cannon.
A guarantee of survival in wartime, as proven by its use in Ukraine, a country to which France supplied 18 (and where
"they particularly distinguished themselves on the battlefield",
according to the Ukrainian Minister of Defense ).
To discover
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"Indeed,
comments Lieutenant-Colonel Benoît,
as soon as a section has fired, it is located by the enemy's radars and, if it does not disappear immediately, it runs the risk of being annihilated by
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