Germany to supply 45 Gepard anti-aircraft systems to Ukraine by end of year
„ This is the perfide of the Russian strategy “
- Was it a failure of the western supporter states to send Ukraine this summer without modern fighter jets and with too few anti-aircraft systems?
- But what would be needed on the offensive would be accompanying air defense – and it will not be available to the extent necessary. Ukraine does not get out of this dilemma. At every meeting of the partners in the so-called Ramstein format, the Ukrainians formulate three priorities: air defense, air defense, air defense. . ."
, in cooperation with 
, intends to transfer ~45 Gepard self-propelled anti-aircraft systems to 
by the end of the year. 15 Gepards will be delivered in the coming weeks and up to 30 more by the end of the year in cooperation with - Welt.
welt.de/politik/deutsc
Army to acquire radar-equipped air-defense guns for Ukraine to repel attacks by unmanned aerial vehicles
NEWARK, N.J. – U.S. Army air-defense experts needed mobile air-defense guns to help protect warfighters and military equipment from air attacks. They found their solution from weapons distributor Global Military Products Inc. in Tampa, Fla.
Officials of the Army Contracting Command-New Jersey in Newark, N.J., announced a $118.4 million contract to Global Military Products late last month for Gepard 35-millimeter air defense systems.
The Gepard self-propelled anti-aircraft gun (SPAAG), manfactured by Krauss-Maffei Wegmann (KMW) in Munich, is based on the chassis of the German Leopard 1 main battle tank. It has twin Oerlikon GDF 35-millimeter belt-fed guns that fire 550 rounds per minute.
The system carries 640 armor-piercing-incendiary rounds for use against air targets and 40 armor-piercing rounds for use against ground targets. These systems most likely are for the Ukraine armed forces in their war against Russia, where the systems reportedly have proven effective against unmanned aircraft.
The air-defense system has a general-search radar at the rear of its turret roof and tracking radar between the guns. It has an identification friend-or-foe (IFF) system.
The air-defense vehicle's radar of the Gepard has a range of 9.3 miles, and provides all-round scanning with simultaneous target tracking, with search-on-the-move capability.
On this contract Global Military Products should be finished by May 2024. For more information contact Global Military Products online at www.globalmilitaryproducts.com, or the Army Contracting Command-New Jersey at https://acc.army.mil/contractingcenters/acc-nj/.
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