Another Escalation: Macron Agrees To Supply 6x6 Caesar Cannon Guns To Ukraine

In A Remarkable Move, Emmanuel Macron Agrees To Supply ‘6X6 Caesar Cannon’ Guns To Ukraine In Ongoing Battle Against Putin And Russian Army

Geoffrey Grider

Whilst researching the news this morning for something interesting to write about, I came across this article on how Emmanuel Macron, flush with victory in the recent presidential election, decided to increase military aid to Ukraine. Nothing overly compelling about that, until I got to the part talking about the type of equipment France was giving them. The 6X6 Caesar Cannon…wha???

I almost couldn’t believe what I was reading, here you have Macron, supply Ukraine with something called the 6X6 Caesar cannon, what’s the chances of that? 

FROM YAHOO NEWS: As he embarks on a second term, with the intention of keeping France at the forefront of international efforts to force Putin to change course in Ukraine, Macron has given a green light for the delivery of modern artillery pieces to Kyiv that could help stem Russia’s new offensive in the east of the country.

Firing six rounds per minute over 40 kilometers (25 miles) or more, the truck-mounted Caesar cannons will allow Ukrainian crews to pound Russian troops from afar, then move and pound them again. Used to great effect against Islamic State forces in Iraq and in other conflicts, they represent a step up in France’s assistance to President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s government.

In another remarkable move, Macron is talking openly about the guns, lifting a veil of secrecy he’d thrown over French military aid. The delivery and the publicity together signal a tougher line from Macron in his dealings with Putin — talking less and engaging more in brinksmanship with the Kremlin.

“Initially, we were a bit shy to show what was being provided,” said retired Gen. Dominique Trinquand, a former head of France’s military mission at the United Nations. But “we have been escalating week after week, testing the reaction.”

Macron was in the closing stages of his presidential re-election campaign when he name-dropped the Caesar cannons in an April 21 interview with the newspaper Ouest-France. He also mentioned Milan anti-tank missiles, although those supplies had already been reported. Macron didn’t give numbers. Citing unidentified French sources, Ouest-France said 12 Caesars will be drawn from the French arsenal and that 40 Ukrainian artillery soldiers were arriving for training at a military base in the south of France.

The Caesars will allow their crews to go hunting for Russian artillery pieces being used in eastern Ukraine that are indiscriminately pummeling civilian targets.

“The Americans and the Poles and the Slovaks and the Belgians and the French and the Canadians are all sending heavy artillery to the Ukrainians,” Heisbourg said. “That’s a really, really big improvement to the situation of Ukraine in the new phase of the war.” READ MORE