page_title: CAESAR self-propelled howitzer
section_title: Current operators
hierarchical_section_title: CAESAR self-propelled howitzer / Operators / Current operators
caption_attribution_description: English: en:CAESAR self-propelled howitzer of the Indonesian Army
context_page_description: The CAESAR is a French self-propelled 155 mm/52-calibre gun-howitzer, installed on a 6x6 truck chassis. Examples built for the French Army use a Renault Sherpa 10 chassis, examples built for export utilize the 6x6 Unimog U2450L chassis. The CAESAR platform was developed by the former GIAT Industries and is operated by the French, Indonesian, Saudi Arabian, and Thai militaries.
context_section_description:  France: The first order (for 5 howitzers) was passed on 20 September 2000. The first five units were delivered in 2003. Following the evaluation, the main order of 72 units were made in late 2004. In July 2008, the first cannon of the first series of eight was delivered to the French Army. Although the order is not signed yet, a requirement was set for 32 more CAESAR on the Tatra 8*8 chassis to replace the last Auf1 by 2030
   Indonesia: The Indonesian Army acquired 37 CAESAR units for $240 million, the first two arriving in mid September 2012. Another 18 were purchased in a follow-up order signed in February 2017. 
   Lebanon: France has accepted to provide the Lebanese Army with 28 CAESAR systems, financed by the Saudi Arabian grant.
   Saudi Arabia: In 2006, GIAT announced a 76-unit sale plus a 4-unit option to an unspecified foreign customer, later confirmed to be Saudi Arabia. The 4 optional units became firm sales on January 2007. The two first units will be assembled in France as the 78 other ones will be assembled in Saudi Arabia. In March 2010, the Saudi Arabian National Guard (SANG) accepted its first four of a projected 100 systems.
   Thailand: The 6 CAESAR is operated by the Royal Thai Army (RTA) from 2010, ordered in 2006, mounted on the Sherpa 6x6 truck chassis.
caption: Indonesian CAESAR self-propelled howitzer
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