| Flugabwehrkanonenpanzer Gepard |
| | Type | Self-propelled anti-aircraft gun | | Place of origin |
 West Germany | | Specifications | | Weight | 47 t | | Length | (guns forward) 7.68 m | | Width | 3.71 m | | Height | (radar lowered) 3.29 m | | Crew | 3 (driver, gunner, commander) |
| Primary
armament | 2 x 35 mm autocannon
320 rounds | | Engine | 10-cylinder, 37.4 litre MTU multi-fuel engine
820 hp (610 kW) | | Suspension | torsion bar | Operational
range | 550 km | | Speed | 65 km/h | For the World War II German self-propelled anti-aircraft gun see Flakpanzer 38(t) Image File history File links Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (1931 × 1448 pixel, file size: 509 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Picture taken by myself: (nl:Cheetah PRTL) ; File historyClick on a date/time to view the file as it appeared at that time. ...
SPAAG stands for Self-Propelled Anti-Aircraft Gun. ...
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History The Flakpanzer (shortened from Flugabwehrkanonenpanzer) 38(t) was designed around the chassis of the Czech-built LT-38 tracked vehicle and was first built in 1943, entering limited service in 1944. ...
The Flakpanzer (shortened form of the German Flugabwehrkanonenpanzer or "anti-aircraft cannon tank") Gepard (English: Cheetah) is an autonomous, all-weather-capable German self-propelled anti-aircraft gun (SPAAG). This article is about the animal. ...
SPAAG stands for Self-Propelled Anti-Aircraft Gun. ...
Description
It is based on the Leopard 1 tank hull with a large fully rotating turret carrying the armament—a pair of 35 mm Oerlikon KDA autocannons and the two radar dishes—a general search radar at the rear of the turret and the tracking radar at the front between the guns. The Leopard (or Leopard 1) is a German designed and produced main battle tank that first entered service in 1965 and was used as the main battle tank for Germany, several other European countries, Australia, Canada, Brazil and Chile. ...
The Oerlikon 35 mm twin cannon is a towed anti-aircraft gun made by Oerlikon-Contraves. ...
The guns are 90 calibres (3.15 m) long, with a muzzle velocity of 1,400 m/s (FAPDS rounds), giving an effective range of 5,500 m. The KDA autocannon can take two different ammunition types, and the usual loading is a mix of 320 AA and 20 AP rounds per gun. Combined rate of fire is 1,100 rounds/min. The word calibre (British English) or caliber (American English) designates the interior diameter of a tube or the exterior diameter of a wire or rod. ...
Soviet ammunition BM 15 of 125mm French anti-tank round with its sabot APFSDS at point of separation of sabot. ...
Armour piercing shell of the APBC 1 Light weight ballistic cap 2 Steel alloy piercing shell 3 Desensitized bursting charge (TNT, Trinitrophenol, RDX...) 4 Fuse (set with delay to explode inside the target) 5 Bourrelet (front) and driving band (rear) An armour piercing shell is a type of ammunition designed...
The electrically driven turret is powered by a 40 kW generator driven by a 4-cylinder, 3.8 litre Mercedes-Benz OM 314 multi-fuel engine. This page is about the Mercedes-Benz brand of automobiles and trucks from the DaimlerChrysler automobile manufacturer. ...
A missile system upgrade, which mounts the U.S. Stinger surface-to-air missile to the autocannon is in development; since the eighties it had already been common for Stinger teams to accompany the Gepard units, to allow them to take advantage of their long-range scanning capacity. The FIM-92 Stinger is a man portable infra-red homing surface-to-air missile developed in the United States and used by all the US armed services, with whom it entered service in 1981. ...
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The Gepard was developed from 1963 onwards. In 1969 construction began of four A prototypes testing both 30 and 35 mm guns. On 25 June 1970 it was decided to use the 35 mm type. In 1971 twelve second phase B prototypes were ordered; the same year the Dutch army ordered a CA preseries of five vehicles based on a parallel development that had used a German 0-series Leopard 1 vehicle made available by the German government in March 1970 as the C-prototype. The Germans made a small preseries of both the B1and B2R. On 5 February 1973 the political decision was made to produce the type; in September 1973 the contract was signed with Krauss-Maffei for 432 B2 turrets and 420 hulls with a total value of DM1,200,000,000. Each vehicle would thus be about three times more expensive than a normal Leopard 1. The first was delivered in December 1976. Belgium ordered 55 vehicles, identical to the German version. The Dutch ordered three batches, the CA1, CA2 and CA3 with in total 95 vehicles, equipped with Philips radar systems. is the 176th day of the year (177th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...
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Variants There are two variants of Gepard in service; the Dutch has a different radar installation.
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The S band ranges from 2 to 4 GHz. ...
The Ku band (kay-yoo kurz-under band) is a portion of the electromagnetic spectrum in the microwave range of frequencies ranging from 11 to 18 GHz. ...
A laser range-finder, or LIDAR (LIght Detection And Ranging), is a device which uses a laser beam in order to determine the distance to an opaque object. ...
- Search radar: X band, 15 km range
- Tracking radar: X/Ka band, 13 km range
The Dutch version was officially called the PRTL (PantserRupsTegenLuchtdoelen or "Armoured Tracked Anti-Aircraft"), pronounced as "pruttle" by the soldiers. The Dutch series version was made public through a photograph of a vehicle from a C-Company, the first to be equipped with the new weapon. Traditionally all Dutch vehicles in a company have names beginning with the company designation letter and this vehicle happened to have the individual name Cheetah painted in bold type on its turret. Inevitably the international press assumed "Cheetah" was the Dutch name for their Gepard version and this mistake found its way into most armour publications on the subject. In 2000 the Dutch military authorities, tired of constantly having to explain all this and considering "pruttle" was hardly a martial name anyway, confirmed themselves to common error and made "Cheetah" the official designation, when the system was upgraded. The X band (3-cm radar spot-band) of the microwave band of the electromagnetic spectrum roughly ranges from 5. ...
The Ka band (kurz-above band) is a portion of the K band of the microwave band of the electromagnetic spectrum. ...
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Motto: Je Maintiendrai (Dutch: Ik zal handhaven, English: I Shall Uphold) Anthem: Wilhelmus van Nassouwe Capital Amsterdam1 Largest city Amsterdam Official language(s) Dutch2 Government Parliamentary democracy Constitutional monarchy - Queen Beatrix - Prime minister Jan Peter Balkenende Independence Eighty Years War - Declared July 26, 1581 - Recognised January 30, 1648 (by Spain...
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References - ^ http://www.segurancaedefesa.com/Gepard_2_Chile.html Chile orders 30 Gepard (In Portuguese)
- ^ http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ej%C3%A9rcito_de_Chile Process of modernization - Armored Brigades (In Spanish)
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