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Flakpanzer Gepardlarger figure on 2 of 3
Measured figures
Overall
Single sourceOverall: 7.68 m (25 ft 2 in)[source]
Length
Single sourceConfiguration
| Specification | Flakpanzer Gepard | S-75 Dvina |
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| Type | Self-propelled anti-aircraft gun[source] | Strategic SAM system[source] |
| Place of origin | Switzerland West Germany[source] | Soviet Union[source] |
| In service | 1976–present[source] | 1957–present[source] |
| Used by | See Operators[source] | See list of present and former operators |
S-75 Dvinalarger figure on 1 of 3
Counts only measures both sources give with the same scope. A larger figure is not a better system.
10,600 mm (34 ft 9 in)[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]
Warhead weight
Single source195 kg (430 lb)[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] | Vietnam War Six-Day War Indo-Pakistani War of 1965 Indo-Pakistani War of 1971 Yom Kippur War Iran–Iraq War Gulf War Yugoslav Wars War on terror War in Abkhazia (1992–93) First Libyan Civil War Syrian Civil War Yemeni Civil War (2014–present) Saudi Arabian-led intervention in Yemen Saudi–Yemeni border conflict (2015–present) Tigray War[source] |
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| Designer | Oerlikon-Bührle AG (Switzerland) Contraves (Switzerland) Siemens-Albis AG (Switzerland) Krauss-Maffei AG (vehicle - West Germany)[source] | Raspletin KB-1 (head developer), Grushin MKB Fakel (missile developer), Lavochkin OKB[source] |
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| Manufacturer | Krauss-Maffei AG (licence production)[source] | OKB-2 Lawotschkin[source]Named manufacturer organization |
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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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| Designed | — | 1953–1957[source] |
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| Produced | — | 1957[source] |
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| No. built | — | Approx 4,600 launchers produced[source] |
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| Variants | — | SA-75 Dvina, S-75 Desna, S-75M Volkhov/Volga[source] |
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| Warhead | — | Frag-HE[source] |
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| Detonation mechanism | — | Prox, contact and command[source] |
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| Propellant | — | Solid-fuel booster and a storable liquid-fuel upper stage[source] |
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| Flight altitude | — | 25,000 m (82,000 ft)[source] |
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| Boost time | — | 5 seconds boost, then 20 seconds sustain[source] |
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| Guidance system | — | Radio control command guidance[source] |
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| Accuracy | — | 65 m (210 ft)[source] |
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| Launch platform | — | Single rail, ground mounted (not mobile)[source] |
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| Alternative designation | — | SA-2 Guideline[source] |
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| Reported operators | — |
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