Artillery guns
CAESAR
- 6 / mo
- —
- Producing countries
- 1
- Last figure
- Stale · Nov 2024
: 78 per year by Dec 2024
Production by scope
Each country the item is made in, broken down into the producers and plants a source has named. A plant’s figure is part of its country’s, never added to it.
| Scope | Producer | Output / mo | Capacity / mo | Updated | Evidence and chart |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 France | 6 | — | Stale · Nov 2024 | ||
| KNDS France (formerly Nexter Systems) | KNDS France (formerly Nexter Systems) | 6 | — | Stale · Nov 2024 |
History
Every published figure for one line. The band is the range a source gave; hollow points are estimates; dashed is a target or forecast; grey points were corrected later.
The figures in this chart
| Date | Value | Range | Basis |
|---|---|---|---|
| 28 Feb 2022 | 2 | — | Reported |
| 31 Dec 2022 | 3 | 2–4 | Reported |
| 14 Nov 2023 | 6 | — | Reported |
| 14 Nov 2023 | 3 | 2–4 | Reported |
| 27 Nov 2024 | 6 | — | Official |
| 31 Dec 2024 | 8 | — | Target |
| 31 Dec 2024 | 6.5 | — | Forecast |
Promises vs delivery
Each announced target or forecast, next to what was reported once its date arrived.
Output forecast · France · KNDS France (formerly Nexter Systems)
78 per year by Dec 2024
UnverifiedLatest figure so far
6 per month Nov 2024
Output target · France · KNDS France (formerly Nexter Systems)
8 per month by Dec 2024
UnverifiedLatest figure so far
6 per month Nov 2024
Figures and evidence
Every published figure that stands, with the sentence each one rests on. A figure is never edited: a correction is a new figure, and the old one is kept below.
France 6
/ mo 6
figures
KNDS France (formerly Nexter Systems)
8 per month
2024
Output target Reported high-
The manufacturer, which previously produced 2 to 4 Caesars a month, is aiming for 8 a month in 2024, against 6 today.
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The company now manages to assemble six and intends to raise that to eight from the start of next year.
B2 Ministère des Armées Canon Caesar : Sébastien Lecornu salue la hausse de la production et la réduction des délais 17 Oct 2023Quote checked against the document
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78 per year
2024
Output forecast Reported high-
Seventy-eight will leave Nexter's factories this year, more than the French army's whole fleet.
A2 Assemblée nationale Commission de la défense nationale et des forces armées, Compte rendu n° 42: Audition de M. Sébastien Lecornu, ministre des Armées (mardi 27 février 2024) p. 8 17 Apr 2024Quote checked against the document
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6 per month
stated 27 Nov 2024
Output Official high“Six aujourd’hui”, stated by Alexandre Dupuy (KNDS France) before the Assemblée nationale defence committee.
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go from a rate of two Caesars a month before the war in Ukraine to six today
B2 Assemblée nationale Commission de la défense nationale et des forces armées, Compte rendu n° 26: Audition, commune, ouverte à la presse, de l’amiral (2S) Hervé de Bonnaventure, conseiller défense de MBDA, de M. Alexandre Dupuy, directeur des activités systèmes de KNDS France, et de M. Alexandre Houlé, directeur de la stratégie de Thales, sur les défis de l’économie de guerre (mercredi 27 novembre 2024) p. 6 21 Jan 2025Quote checked against the document
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6 per month
stated 14 Nov 2023
Output Reported high-
The manufacturer, which previously produced 2 to 4 Caesars a month, is aiming for 8 a month in 2024, against 6 today.
Quote checked against the document -
The company now manages to assemble six and intends to raise that to eight from the start of next year.
B2 Ministère des Armées Canon Caesar : Sébastien Lecornu salue la hausse de la production et la réduction des délais 17 Oct 2023Quote checked against the document
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2–4 per month
by 2022
Output Reported medium“Auparavant”: the rate before the ramp-up, undated in the source; dated to 2022 by inference.
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The manufacturer, which previously produced 2 to 4 Caesars a month, is aiming for 8 a month in 2024, against 6 today.
Quote checked against the document
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2 per month
Feb 2022
Output Reported high-
At the start of the Ukrainian conflict, in February 2022, two Caesar guns left KNDS's workshops each month.
B2 Ministère des Armées Canon Caesar : Sébastien Lecornu salue la hausse de la production et la réduction des délais 17 Oct 2023Quote checked against the document -
These efforts have allowed us to go from a rate of two Caesars a month before the war in Ukraine to six today
B2 Assemblée nationale Commission de la défense nationale et des forces armées, Compte rendu n° 26: Audition, commune, ouverte à la presse, de l’amiral (2S) Hervé de Bonnaventure, conseiller défense de MBDA, de M. Alexandre Dupuy, directeur des activités systèmes de KNDS France, et de M. Alexandre Houlé, directeur de la stratégie de Thales, sur les défis de l’économie de guerre (mercredi 27 novembre 2024) p. 6 21 Jan 2025Quote checked against the document
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Across the item
18 total
by 17 Oct 2023
Transfer France → Ukraine Reported high-
the 18 Caesars handed over to Ukraine
B2 Ministère des Armées Canon Caesar : Sébastien Lecornu salue la hausse de la production et la réduction des délais 17 Oct 2023Quote checked against the document
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Corrected figures (1)
2–4 per month
stated 14 Nov 2023
Output Reported medium Corrected by a later figureWhat changed: re-dated: was undated, now by 2022
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The manufacturer, which previously produced 2 to 4 Caesars a month, is aiming for 8 a month in 2024, against 6 today.
Quote checked against the document
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Sources
Every document behind the figures on this page.
- B Ministère des Armées Canon Caesar : Sébastien Lecornu salue la hausse de la production et la réduction des délais 17 Oct 2023
B2 means a usually reliable source making a statement that is probably true.