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Flakpanzer Gepardlarger figure on 1 of 1
RIM-162 ESSMlarger figure on 0 of 1
Counts only measures both sources give with the same scope. A larger figure is not a better system.
Measured figures
Overall
Single sourceOverall: 7.68 m (25 ft 2 in)[source]
Length
Single sourceConfiguration
| Specification | Flakpanzer Gepard | RIM-162 ESSM |
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| Type | Self-propelled anti-aircraft gun[source] | Medium-range surface-to-air missile Surface-to-surface missile[source] |
| Place of origin | Switzerland West Germany[source] | United States[source] |
| In service | 1976–present[source] | 2004[source] |
| Used by | See Operators[source] | Australia, Canada, Chile, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Greece, Japan, Mexico, the Netherlands, Norway, Spain, Thailand, Turkey, UAE and the US |
12 ft (3.66 m)[source]
Radar retracted
Single sourceRadar retracted: 3.29 m (10 ft 10 in)[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] | Raytheon[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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| Unit cost | — | US$956,000 (FY2016) US$1,795,000 (FY2021) (average)[source] |
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| Produced | — | September 1998[source] |
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| No. built | — | 2000th missile delivered 2 August 2012[source] |
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| Warhead | — | 86 lb (39 kg) blast- fragmentation[source] |
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| Detonation mechanism | — | Proximity fuze[source] |
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| Engine | — | Mk 134 Mod 0 solid fuel rocket[source] |
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| Guidance system | — | Mid-course update datalink Terminal semi-active radar homing for Block 1, dual semi-active/ active radar homing for Block 2[source] |
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| Launch platform | — | Mk 41 VLS (RIM-162A/B) Mk 48 VLS (RIM-162C) Mk 56 VLS Mk 57 VLS (RIM-162F) Mk 29 box launcher (RIM-162D/G)[source] |
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| Reported operators | — |
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