Germany has reached an agreement to supply Ukraine with seven self-propelled armoured howitzers, Defence Minister Christine Lambrecht said while in Sliac, Slovakia, on Friday. Training is also to be offered by Germany on the Panzerhaubitzen 2000 artillery system, which features a cannon mounted on a tracked vehicle and resembles a tank. With standard ammunition, the howitzer reaches firing distances of 30 kilometres; with range-enhanced ammunition, its firing range can be as far as 40 kilometres, according to the German military. Analysts say that Ukrainian forces could use the howitzers in co…