Flakpanzer Gepard



"Developed in the 1960s and fielded in the 1970s, the Flugabwehrkanonenpanzer Gepard, or the Flakpanzer Gerard if you don't have much time, serves for the Bundeswehr and a number of other NATO countries, and that's what a German all-weather-capable self-propelled anti-aircraft gun would look like, just before being replaced by a Leichtes Flugabwehrsystem Wiesel AWC, or a LeFlaSys. I think that'll shoot down every Russian planes down."

--Su Ji-Hoon, Liberation!

The Flugabwehrkanonenpanzer Gepard ("anti-aircraft cannon tank Cheetah", better known as the Flakpanzer Gepard) is an all-weather-capable German self-propelled anti-aircraft gun (SPAAG). It was developed in the 1960s and fielded in the 1970s, and has been upgraded several times with the latest electronics. It constituted a cornerstone of the air defence of the German Army (Bundeswehr) and a number of other NATO countries. In Germany, the Gepard was phased out in late 2010 to be replaced by "Leichtes Flugabwehrsystem (LeFlaSys)", a mobile and stationary air defence system using the LFK NG missile and the new MANTIS gun system. The mobile platform of SysFla will likely be based on the GTK Boxer.