Editing Gepard Flakpanzer Batterie (section)

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This is what every SPAAG in the Western world and most of South East Asia has taken its inspiration from. The Germans already had experience with using the body of a tank as a base for SPAAGs, but those early models suffered from the drawback that target tracking had to be done by human eyes (and sometimes by hand on the lightest gun mounts), which severely limited their use against the ever faster flying CAS aircraft. The Gepard solved this problem with the elegant solution of using two radars: the tracking radar is located between the guns and keeps them on target while the search radar is located at the back of the turret and keeps track of the larger battle. The downside of this is that such advanced tracking systems leave little room for ammunition. The Gepard configuration has become the "rule of thumb" design for all modern systems, even if these days not many users of this vehicle remain and only Japan and South Korea are making improvements on this proven design. Hell, when General Dynamics entered the "DIVAD" air defence contract, their proposition was basically to take an [[A-10 Warthog|A-10's]] GAU-8 cannon, mount it next to the tracking radar of the Gepard and put the whole in a turret to unleash some "BRAAAAAAAP" level [[Dakka]] at any aircraft suicidal enough to come close. 

While increasingly obsolete in a world of 5th generation stealth fighters, they remain a deadly foe against helicopters without stealth capability and typically accompany Division air defense artillery battalions alongside more advanced hardware to protect against close air assault, and of course god help you if you're an infantryman anywhere near this thing. The Gepard has experienced somewhat of a renaissance with the advent of the war in Ukraine, with German Gepards donated to Ukraine used in the anti-missile role and especially the anti-drone where they are one of the few cost effect replys to an off the shelf amazon quad copter that pop up to just take a look at your trenches. What? going to shoot a 10,000 stinger at That? 

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