04 August 2023
by Nicholas Fiorenza
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Denmark received its first ATMOS and PULS artillery systems. (Elbit Systems)
Denmark has received its first 155 mm/52 calibre Autonomous Truck Mounted Howitzer System (ATMOS) self-propelled howitzers (SPHs) and Precise and Universal Launching System (PULS) multiple rocket launcher (MRL) artillery systems, Elbit Systems tweeted on 3 August. The tweet included a video of one ATMOS on an 8×8 platform and two PULS systems on 6×6 platforms being delivered to a Danish port.
The Israeli company said the systems were delivered a few months after the contract signature. Elbit Systems announced in a press release on 2 March that it had awarded two contracts worth a total of USD252 million to a European NATO country – a USD119 million contract for a battalion’s worth of the ATMOS SPHs over a two-year period and a USD133 million contract for two batteries’ worth of PULS MRLs, plus rockets and missiles, over a three-year period. The procurement includes training, spare parts, and tools for both systems.
The first ATMOS arrived in Denmark earlier than originally planned as a spokesperson for the Danish Ministry of Defence’s (MoD’s) Defence Acquisition and Logistics Organisation (DALO) told
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