Gepard 36 German AA

The car is based upon the hull of Leopard 1 container with a big completely turning turret bring the
weaponry-- a set of 35 mm Oerlikon KDA autocannons and both radar recipes-- a basic search radar
behind the monitoring and the turret radar, and a laser device rangefinder, at the front in between
the weapons. Each weapon has a shooting price of 550 rounds/min.

The weapons are 90 calibres (3.15 m (10 ft 4 in)) long, with a muzzle speed of 1,440 m/s (4,700 ft/s)
(FAPDS-- Frangible Armour Piercing Discarding Sabot rounds), offering an efficient assortment of
5,500 m. The KDA autocannon could take 2 various ammo kinds, and the normal packing is a mix of
320 AA and 20 AP rounds each weapon. Integrated price of fire is 1,100 rounds/min.

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.

Given that the eighties Stinger groups have actually been going along with the Gepard systems, to
benefit from their long-range checking ability. To incorporate this ability in a solitary system, a rocket
device upgrade which installs the NATO ManPad Stinger surface-to-air rocket (in double packs) to the
autocannons was established. The device was checked by the German Bundeswehr yet denied
because of spending plan limitations and the fielding of the Ozelot Light Flak (leFla) System.

In 1969 building started of 4 A models screening both 30 and 35 mm weapons. In 1971 twelve 2nd
stage B models were gotten; the exact same year the Dutch military got a CA preseries of 5 motor
vehicles based on an identical advancement that had actually made a German 0-series Leopard 1 car
made readily available by the German federal government in March 1970 as the C-prototype. The
Dutch gotten 3 sets, the CA1, CA2 and CA3, with a total amount of 95 motor vehicles, furnished with
Philips radar devices.

In 1969 building started of 4 A models screening both 30 and 35 mm weapons. In 1971 twelve 2nd
stage B models were purchased; the exact same year the Dutch military bought a CA preseries of 5
automobiles based on an identical advancement that had actually utilized a German 0-series Leopard
1 car made offered by the German federal government in March 1970 as the C-prototype. The Dutch
gotten 3 sets, the CA1, CA2 and CA3, with a total amount of 95 cars, outfitted with Philips radar
devices.