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BAir defence
Mobile long range surface-to-air missile with anti-ballistic missile capability
Measured figures
Overall
Single sourceOverall: 7.68 m (25 ft 2 in)[source]
Configuration
| Specification | Flakpanzer Gepard | Sayyad (missile) |
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| Type | Self-propelled anti-aircraft gun[source] | Mobile long range surface-to-air missile with anti-ballistic missile capability[source] |
| Place of origin | Switzerland West Germany[source] | Iran[source] |
| In service | 1976–present[source] | 2015–present[source] |
| Used by | See Operators[source] |
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]
driver, gunner, commander
Single source3 (driver, gunner, commander)[source]
Operational; Operational range
Single source550 km (340 mi)[source]
Operational; Sayyad-2
Single sourceOperational; Sayyad-2 Sayyad-2C: up to
Single sourceOperational; Sayyad-3
Single sourceOperational; Sayyad-3G
Single sourceOperational; Sayyad-4
Single sourceOperational; Sayyad-4B
Single sourceSayyad-2: 40–45 km Sayyad-2C: up to 75 km Sayyad-3: 120-150 km Sayyad-3G: 150 km Sayyad-4: 210 km Sayyad-4B: 400 km[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.
Iran[source]
| 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] | Iran[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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| Designed | — | 2011 or earlier[source] |
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| Warhead | — | Frag-HE[source] |
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| Propellant | — | Solid fuel[source] |
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| Flight altitude | — | Sayyad-2: up to 27 km Sayyad-2C: up to 30 km Sayyad-3: 27-30 km Sayyad-4: 30-40 km[source] |
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