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At a glance
Measured figures
Overall
Single sourceOverall: 7.68 m (25 ft 2 in)[source]
Shalamche
Single sourceConfiguration
| Specification | Flakpanzer Gepard | Mersad |
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| Type | Self-propelled anti-aircraft gun[source] | Air defense system[source] |
| Place of origin | Switzerland West Germany[source] | Iran[source] |
| In service | 1976–present[source] | 2010–present[source] |
| Used by | See Operators[source] | Iran Syria Maldives |
Shalamche : 5,030 mm[source]
Radar retracted
Single sourceRadar retracted: 3.29 m (10 ft 10 in)[source]
Shalamche
Single sourceShalamche : 356 mm[source]
driver, gunner, commander
Single source3 (driver, gunner, commander)[source]
10- cylinder , 37,400 cc (2,280 cu in ) MTU multi-fuel engine
Single source10- cylinder , 37,400 cc (2,280 cu in ) MTU multi-fuel engine 830 PS (819 hp, 610 kW)[source]
Bars compare reported quantities only. A larger figure does not make a system better; configurations and test conditions differ.
| Wars | Russo-Ukrainian War[source] | — |
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| Designer | Oerlikon-Bührle AG (Switzerland) Contraves (Switzerland) Siemens-Albis AG (Switzerland) Krauss-Maffei AG (vehicle - West Germany)[source] | — |
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| Manufacturer | Krauss-Maffei AG (licence production)[source] | — |
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| Armor | conventional steel[source] | — |
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| Main armament | 2 × 35 mm Oerlikon GDF autocannon , each with 320 rounds anti-air ammunition and 20 rounds anti-tank[source] | 3× Shahin or Shlamche missiles[source] |
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| Secondary armament | 2 × quad 76 mm smoke grenade dischargers[source] | — |
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| Power/weight | 17.5 PS/t[source] | — |
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| Suspension | Torsion bar suspension[source] | — |
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| Produced | — | Since 2010[source] |
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| Variants | — | Mersad, Mersad Phase I, Mersad Phase II (Under Development)[source] |
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| Engine | — | Solid propellant rocket engine[source] |
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| Guidance system | — | Semi-active radar homing[source] |
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| Reported operators | — |
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