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#PRTO_Gepard
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^TIn 1965 the German army issued a specification for an armoured, radar-guided system with 30 or 35-mm guns, that could operate under all weather conditions. Out of two proposals the Gepard vehicle was chosen, featuring 35-mm Oerlikon guns and turret, Contraves computer system, Siemens tracking radar and a Kraus-Maffei hull. In 1973 the German army ordered a pre-series of twelve Gepards, followed by an order for 420 additional units. These were delivered between 1976 and 1980. Also the Belgium army ordered 55 Gepards. These were delivered between 1977 and 1980.
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#DESC_PRTO_Gepard
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^During the Fifties,the United States provided approximately 500 motorized anti-aircraft guns, mainly M42 Dusters, to the West German Army.This machine had a good range but was deprived of any system of fire control system. As of the end of the Sixties, various draft studies for the construction of a new model of motorized anti-aircraft gun were launched. All failed. In 1966, several contracts were signed for the construction of a motorized anti-aircraft gun based on the frame of the Leopard 1 tank whose series production for the West German army had just started. After the examination of two systems, a system of 30 mm and another of 35 mm, it is finally the latter which was selected to pass to the mass production. After the construction of some additional prototypes, the system finally was adopted and brought into service in the West German army under the designation of Flakpanzer Gépard. the first standard vehicle left factory in 1976. The last deliveries were carried out in 1980. The West German army accepted some 420 Gepard, the Belgian army, 55. The turret can be installed on other frames such as those of the Swiss tank Pz 68 and of the OTO Italian Melara OF-40. More recently, Saudi Arabia expressed its interest for the acquisition of a hundred of these turrets in a modernized version, to adapt on the frame of the tank Leopard 2. The frame of Gepard is similar to that of Leopard 1. The shielding of its hull is however lighter. The operator's seat is placed at front, on the right; on its left the auxiliary system of battery is. The turret is in the center; the engine and the system of transmission are with the back. The suspension with torsion bars consists of seven wheels of road with rubber bindings. The search radar is mounted to the back of the turret and folded up if necessary, while the tracking radar is mounted on a pedestal on the front of the turret. On either side of the turret are the 35 mm Oerlikon KDA cannons. Each cannon has a cyclic rate of 550 rounds per minute, and can fire both high explosive rounds, for use against air targets, or AP rounds, for use against ground targets.

 






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#ICON_PRTO_Gepard
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#ANIMNAME_PRTO_Gepard
Gepard


Suggested Stats:

Prerequisite:  Motorized Transportation
Shield Cost: 8
Moves: 3
A/D: 9/6, ZOC
C3C - Air Defence Strength: 6
Required Resources:  Oil, Rubber
Unit Abilities:  Ranged Attack, Wheeled, Radar
AI Strategies:  Offence, Explore
Special Actions:  Load, Airlift, Pillage, Capture

