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Gepard 1:35

Gepard 1:35
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Gepard 1:35
Reference : T-57127-TO
The "GEPARD", based on the chassis of the LEOPARD 1 tank, is equipped with an anti-aircraft weapon system designed by the firm OERLIKON-CONTRAVES. The 55 vehicles bought by Belgium were mainly used by the anti-aircraft artillery from 1973 to 1994.
source website Belgoarmor

Flakpanzer Gepard

HELLER 57127
Scale 1:35
Skill level
Item Length/Height/Width (Without Packaging) 22 x 9,6 cm
Scheme 4 (Germany 2x, Romania, Ukraine)
Parts 320

The Gepard anti-aircraft tank (FlakPz Gepard) is a German-made, highly mobile, all-weather autonomous anti-aircraft tank that was developed and produced as early as the 1970s. For a long time it was a cornerstone of the Bundeswehr army's air defence.

The Gepard was developed to provide the mobile tank and tank grenadier troops of the Bundeswehr with protection against low-flying aircraft and helicopter gunships in tactical joint combat. It has characteristics comparable to those of the Leopard 1, Marder and Jaguar tanks in service at the time in terms of engine power and battlefield mobility. The choice of weaponry also took into account the fight against heavily armoured helicopter gunships such as the Mil Mi-24 'Hind', whose armour provided effective protection against projectiles up to 23 mm calibre.

In combat against ground targets, such as tanks or rolling vehicles, acquisition and tracking was done visually through one of the commander's or directional gunner's periscopes. Range setting for weapons was estimated and done manually, the laser rangefinder was not used for ground targets. The Gepard was not normally capable of destroying a battle tank, but it could damage it sufficiently (e.g. sensors and bearing) that it could itself escape the direct threat. On the other hand, due to the relatively large calibre of its guns, which was greater than that of most armoured infantry fighting vehicles, it could easily destroy lightly armoured vehicles such as armoured infantry fighting vehicles,
transport tanks or other anti-aircraft vehicles.
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