The Flakpanzer Gepard is an imposing presence on the battlefield, with its sheer size and deafening noise matched only by its ability to annihilate everything in its vicinity. This self-propelled ...

Russia has deployed over 2,000 Gepard kamikaze drones with advanced electronic warfare countermeasures, aiming to outmaneuver Ukrainian defenses in the evolving battlefield of drone war.

Once decommissioned and considered obsolete, the Gepard has proven to be a formidable asset in Ukraine’s defense against persistent Russian aerial threats. Originally designed during the Cold War to ...

The Flakpanzer Gepard, a Cold War-era icon, has reemerged as a crucial defense system in modern warfare. Renowned for its twin 35mm cannons and advanced radar, the Gepard effortlessly neutralizes ...

When Western-manufactured weapons are damaged in the war in Ukraine, they have to be sent for repair, and are often out of action for months. Efforts are now being made to minimize the delays and ...

Furthermore, Ukraine has seen much success downing drones using the German Flakpanzer Gepard, a self-propelled antiaircraft gun first deployed in 1976. All this is to say that drones are a stopgap ...

There are still many Leopard 1 main battle tanks on whose chassis we could mount a Skyranger turret with a 35 mm automatic cannon,” says Björn Bernhard. The new Skyranger 35 system is envisioned as a ...

Flakpanzer Gepard. Photo: Wikimedia Germany, one of Ukraine’s key allies, has supplied 52 Gepard systems in recent months, which have proven especially effective in defending against drones in urban ...

Ukrainian servicemen sit and stand on a German-made self-propelled anti-aircraft (SPAAG), better known as the Flakpanzer Gepard. Photo: Sergei SUPINSKY/AFP. Germany, the second largest contributor ...

Worse, European attempts at creating a drone killing system have thus far fallen flat, with only the German Flakpanzer Gepard from the 1970s delivering results on the battlefield.