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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 actual weapon system formed the FlaK-Turm ("Flak turret"), which came from the German Flakpanzer Gepard based on the chassis of the Panzer 68 widened by 180 mm. It mainly included the homing radar, tracking radar, the fire control with computers and the twin 35-mm weapons.
Flakpanzer Gepard: Oerlikon Contraves. Siemens-Albis Krauss-Maffei Switzerland Germany: Leopard 1; Leclerc (prototype only) 2 × Oerlikon KDA [note 2] 35 x 228 mm HEI ammunition. 570 [34] [35] [36] Flakpanzer Gepard 1A2: 2 × Rheinmetall KDG 35/1000 [note 3] 35 x 228 mm. Airburst programmable rounds AHEAD. Skyranger 30: Rheinmetall Air Defence ...
The Flakpanzer 38(t), officially named Flakpanzer 38(t) auf Selbstfahrlafette 38(t) Ausf M (Sd.Kfz. 140), was a German self-propelled anti-aircraft gun used in World War II. It is sometimes incorrectly referred to as the Gepard, which may lead to confusion with the unrelated Flakpanzer Gepard .
Flakpanzer Gepard; LFK NG; MANTIS; Rheinmetall 20 mm Twin Anti-Aircraft Cannon; Roland; Wiesel 2 Light Air Defence System; India. Bofors 40 mm L/60 gun (anti-aircraft)
Flakpanzer is a German term for "anti-aircraft tanks" ("flak" is derived from Flugabwehrkanone, literally "aircraft defence cannon"; "panzer" is derived from Panzerkampfwagen, literally "armored fighting vehicle"). These vehicles are modified tanks whose armament was intended to engage aircraft, rather than targets on the ground.
The Sergeant York was intended to fight alongside the M1 Abrams and M2 Bradley in the U.S. Army, in a role similar to the Soviet ZSU-23-4 and German Flakpanzer Gepard. It would replace the M163 Vulcan Air Defense System SPAAG and MIM-72 Chaparral missile, ad hoc systems of limited performance that had been introduced when the more advanced MIM ...
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 system could be paired with the off-gun (remote) Super Fledermaus fire control radar, which in the late 1970s was upgraded to the Skyguard system.