The first firings with the Archer 8x8 artillery system have been conducted in Boden. The system is an advancement of the previous Archer solution and aims to strengthen the Swedish Armed Forces' artillery capability.

The first firings with the Archer 8x8 artillery system from BAE Systems Bofors have been conducted at the southern firing range in Boden. This was announced by Boden's Artillery Regiment A 8 in a post on their Facebook page. Personnel from the Artillery Combat School (ArtSS), the Swedish Defence Materiel Administration, BAE Systems Bofors, and RMMV participated in the firings.

The system consists of a 155 mm howitzer integrated on an all-terrain HX2 8x8 truck from the German Rheinmetall MAN Military Vehicles, RMMV, and complements the previous Archer solution which was based on a dumper platform from Volvo. As Nordic Defence Sector previously reported, the Swedish Defence Materiel Administration ordered 48 Archer 8x8 units from Bofors in a contract worth five billion kronor.