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Measured figures
Overall
Single sourceOverall: 7.68 m (25 ft 2 in)[source]
Configuration
| Specification | Flakpanzer Gepard | RBS 23 |
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| Type | Self-propelled anti-aircraft gun[source] | medium range, all-weather capable air defense system[source] |
| Place of origin | Switzerland West Germany[source] | — |
| In service | 1976–present[source] | — |
| Used by | See Operators[source] | — |
| Wars | Russo-Ukrainian War[source] | — |
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Width
Single source3.71 m (12 ft 2 in)[source]
Radar retracted
Single sourceRadar retracted: 3.29 m (10 ft 10 in)[source]
Mass
Single source47.5 t (46.7 long tons; 52.4 short tons)[source]
Maximum; Maximum speed
Single source65 km/h (40 mph)[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.
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] | — |
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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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| National origin | — | Sweden[source] |
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| Designation | — | BAMSE (Bofors Advanced Missile System Evaluation)[source] |
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| Developer | — | Bofors and Ericsson Microwave Systems[source] |
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| Engagement altitude | — | 15,000 m[source]Missile engagement altitude, not equipment height |
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| Architecture | — | Surveillance and Control Center (SCC) and two to four Missile Control Centers (MCC)[source] |
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| Radar mast height | — | 8 to 13 meters[source]SCC radar mast only, notsystemtransportheight |
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| Launch capacity | — | six ready-to-fire BAMSE missiles[source]OneMCC ready-to-fire missiles, not nationallyheldmissiles |
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| Guidance | — | radar command control ACLOS missile[source] |
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| Current service evidence | — | On 1 July 2019, the system was taken into Swedish Army use[source] |
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