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UIN 4687
Artillery: Procurement
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29 May 2026
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To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to his Department’s press release entitled Next-generation remote controlled artillery systems to transform British Army, published on 13 May 2026, what proportion of steel used in the RCH 155 prog
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29 May 2026
Written question
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to his Department’s press release entitled Next-generation remote controlled artillery systems to transform British Army, published on 13 May 2026, what proportion of steel used in the RCH 155 prog
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17 June 2026
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It is currently too early to specify the exact proportion of British steel that will be used in the Remote-Controlled Howitzer 155mm (RCH 155) programme. However, approximately 15% of the RCH 155 platform – predominantly the weapon system, which includes ...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2026-05-29/4687
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1909732
- uk · wq-1909732 · source updated 17 June 2026