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The Rheinmetall Panther KF51. The KF51 is based on the hull of the Leopard 2A4 and thus has a conventional MBT layout, with the driver at the front, the turret in the middle and the engine at the rear. The driver is seated in the front right of the hull and is provided with a single-piece hatch above their position in the roof of the glacis ...
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A Doppler radar is a specialized radar that uses the Doppler effect to produce velocity data about objects at a distance. [1] It does this by bouncing a microwave signal off a desired target and analyzing how the object's motion has altered the frequency of the returned signal.
In March 2014, Rheinmetall signed a contract with South Africa to modernize the country's existing SHORAD systems. The contract encompassed the supply of Oerlikon Skyshield fire control units to substantially improve the performance and accuracy of South Africa's existing twin-gun systems, as well as significantly expand the operational ...
Pulse-Doppler radar for aircraft detection has two modes. Scan; Track; Scan mode involves frequency filtering, amplitude thresholding, and ambiguity resolution. Once a reflection has been detected and resolved, the pulse-Doppler radar automatically transitions to tracking mode for the volume of space surrounding the track.
German arms manufacturer Rheinmetall delivered the first KF41 Lynx fighting vehicle late last year. The KF41 will undergo testing with hopes of starting domestic mass production of the IFV in Ukraine.
[50] [51] [52] In July 2020, Rheinmetall unveiled a testbed tank for the gun in a new turret, mounted on a Challenger 2 hull. [53] [54] In June 2022, Rheinmetall unveiled the Panther KF51 concept tank based on a Leopard 2 chassis and a redesigned turret hosting the new gun. According to Rheinmetall the Rh-130 mm cannon enables a 50% longer kill ...
Which is plausible since the Leo2 was built by Krauss-Maffei Wegmann which is a different company than Rheinmetall. Also KMW is working with the French company Nexter on the Main Ground Combat System, the demonstrator of which is based on a Leo2 hull and an Leclerc turret, so Rheinmetall has little to gain by showing off another design based on ...