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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 Gepard-class frigates, Russian designation Project 11661, is a Russian class of frigates that were intended as successors to the earlier Koni-class frigates and ...
Prydwen appears in three episodes of the tale Culhwch and Olwen, which reached its final form c. 1080–1100. First Arthur goes to sea in Prydwen in an attempt to capture the bitch Rhymhi and her cubs. Then he and a small force sail in Prydwen to Ireland, take the cauldron of Diwrnach as booty, and sail back to Wales.
Vietnam and Russia signed a contract on 12 May 2006 worth US$350 million to build two Gepard-class frigates designed by the Institute ZPKB in Zelenodolsk. [2] At the request of the Vietnam People's Navy the ship known as Project 11661 was completely redesigned to become Gepard 3.9.
Frigates and corvettes: Two Gepard-class frigates were laid down in 2011 by the Zelenodolsk shipyard in Russia, named 011 Dinh Tien Hoang and 012 Lý Thái Tổ, and two more were ordered. A contract was made in 2011 with Schelde Naval Shipbuilding in the Netherlands to build two Sigma-class corvettes in the Netherlands and two more in Vietnam ...
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
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.
It is similar to the German Gepard system in terms of engine performance, ammunition carried and effective range of the ammunition. The turret can be adapted to many basic tank chassis to create a self-propelled anti-aircraft gun. The only known major operator of the system to date is the Finnish Army, which ordered seven units in 1990.