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# Croatia signs EUR 328.089 million Caesar howitzer deal with France's KNDS
- URL: https://sovereigntymonitor.eu/news/2025-12-08-croatia-france-caesar-serval-contract/
- Published: 2025-12-08T12:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-08T12:00:59.000Z
- Description: Croatia signed an EUR 328.089 million contract with France's KNDS in Paris for 18 Caesar MkII howitzers and 15 Serval vehicles, plus a letter of intent on Rafale F4 upgrades, partly financed through Croatia's EU SAFE loan envelope.
- Author: Reidar Balstad
- Tags: Defence and space, #news, #reported, #editor-read

Reported Editor-read [Croatia Week, 9 December 2025](https://www.croatiaweek.com/croatia-signs-e328m-caesar-howitzer-and-rafale-upgrades-deal-with-france/?ref=sovereigntymonitor.eu)

**What it does not test.** It does not establish the exact share of SAFE financing within the price, nor the Rafale upgrade's cost or timeline.

**How this item counts.** This item is dated before the index starts on 1 January 2026, so it does not count in the [European Sovereignty Index](https://sovereigntymonitor.eu/sovereignty-index/).

**How this item was made.** Drafted by an AI system (Claude (Anthropic)) from the source cited above; read and approved by the editor on 2026-10-07\. [How the record is made](https://sovereigntymonitor.eu/method/#how-the-record-is-made)