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The Type 143A Gepard class was a class of missile bearing fast attack craft (German: Schnellboot) and the last one in service with the German Navy before the remaining four operational ships were decommissioned on 16 November 2016. The Ghana Navy operates two such ships.
The Gepard (Cyrillic: Гепард, Cheetah) is a Russian submachine gun developed by the military unit 33491 and JSC REX, [1] first designed in 1995 and presented in Moscow in 1997. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] The gun was developed as an answer to a shortage of 9mm submachine guns.
The Flugabwehrkanonenpanzer Gepard ("anti-aircraft-gun tank 'Cheetah '", better known as the Flakpanzer Gepard) is an all-weather-capable West German self-propelled anti-aircraft gun (SPAAG) based on the hull of the Leopard 1. [1] It was developed in the 1960s, fielded in the 1970s, and has been upgraded several times with the latest electronics.
The system uses twin autocannons, firing 35×228mm NATO-standard ammunition.It was originally designated 353 MK and is now designated as the KD series. The same KD series 35mm cannons are used in the Leopard 1 based Gepard and Type 74 tank based Type 87 SPAAG and Marksman self-propelled anti-aircraft guns (SPAAG).
The Flakpanzer 38(t) was designed around the chassis of the LT-38, a pre-war Czech design, which following the German occupation was produced for the Wehrmacht as the Panzer 38(t) until it was no longer effective.
Rheinmetall outlined a new aid plan for Ukraine that would involve the delivery of ammunition for Leopard 1 and 2 tanks, Marder IFVs, Gepard anti-aircraft guns, 40 mm and "tens of thousands" of 155 mm shells. It also signed a contract to supply 25 Leopard 1A5 tanks, five recovery vehicles and five Leopard 1s for driver training.
Created Date: 8/30/2012 4:52:52 PM
Gepard, meaning "cheetah" in a number of languages, may refer to: Flakpanzer Gepard, a German self-propelled anti-aircraft gun; Flakpanzer 38(t), German self-propelled anti-aircraft gun used in World War II; Gepárd anti-materiel rifle, a family of Hungarian heavy sniper rifles; Gepard (submachine gun), Russian small arm