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Flakpanzer Gepardlarger figure on 2 of 3
RIM-7 Sea Sparrowlarger figure on 1 of 3
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Measured figures
Overall
Single sourceOverall: 7.68 m (25 ft 2 in)[source]
Length
Single sourceConfiguration
| Specification | Flakpanzer Gepard | RIM-7 Sea Sparrow |
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| Type | Self-propelled anti-aircraft gun[source] | Surface-to-air missile[source] |
| Place of origin | Switzerland West Germany[source] | United States[source] |
| In service | 1976–present[source] | 1976–present[source] |
| Used by | See Operators[source] | — |
12 ft (3.7 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.
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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 and General Dynamics[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 | — | $165,400[source] |
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| Warhead | — | Annular blast fragmentation warhead, 90 lb (41 kg)[source] |
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| Detonation mechanism | — | Proximity fuzed , expanding rod , with a 27 ft (8.2 m) kill radius[source] |
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| Engine | — | Hercules MK-58 solid-propellant rocket motor[source] |
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| Guidance system | — | Semi-active radar homing[source] |
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| Launch platform | — | Ship, Buk-M1 (modified for use in Ukraine)[source] |
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