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Measured figures
Overall
Single sourceOverall: 7.68 m (25 ft 2 in)[source]
Sea Wolf · Length
Single sourceConfiguration
| Specification | Flakpanzer Gepard | Sea Wolf (missile) |
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| Type | Self-propelled anti-aircraft gun[source] | Surface-to-air[source]Sea Wolf |
| Place of origin | Switzerland West Germany[source] | United Kingdom[source]Sea Wolf |
| In service | 1976–present[source] | Since 1979[source]Sea Wolf |
| Used by | See Operators[source] |
1.9 m (6 ft 2.8 in )[source]Sea Wolf
Sea Wolf · Wingspan
Single source450 mm (17.7 in)[source]Sea Wolf
Radar retracted
Single sourceRadar retracted: 3.29 m (10 ft 10 in)[source]
Sea Wolf · Diameter
Single source180 mm (7.1 in )[source]Sea Wolf
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.
See operators[source]Sea Wolf |
| Wars | Russo-Ukrainian War[source] | Falklands War , Gulf War[source]Sea Wolf |
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| Designer | Oerlikon-Bührle AG (Switzerland) Contraves (Switzerland) Siemens-Albis AG (Switzerland) Krauss-Maffei AG (vehicle - West Germany)[source] | British Aircraft Corporation[source]Sea Wolf |
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| Manufacturer | Krauss-Maffei AG (licence production)[source] | British Aircraft Corporation (1967–1977) BAe Dynamics (1977–1999) MBDA UK (since 1999)[source]Sea Wolf |
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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 | — | 1967[source]Sea Wolf |
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| Produced | — | 1979[source]Sea Wolf |
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| Variants | — | Electronics; GWS-25, GWS-26, GWS-27 Vertical Launch[source]Sea Wolf |
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| Warhead | — | 14 kg (30.9 lb) HE blast-fragmentation[source]Sea Wolf |
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| Detonation mechanism | — | Direct contact / proximity fuze activated[source]Sea Wolf |
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| Engine | — | Blackcap solid fuel sustainer[source]Sea Wolf |
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| Flight ceiling | — | 3,000 m (9,842.5 ft)[source]Sea Wolf |
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| Guidance system | — | Automatic Command to Line-Of-Sight (ACLOS)[source]Sea Wolf |
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| Steering system | — | Control surfaces[source]Sea Wolf |
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| Launch platform | — | Ship[source]Sea Wolf |
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| Former operator · United Kingdom | — | United Kingdom[source] |
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| Former operator · Chile | — | Chile[source] |
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| Former operator · Indonesia | — | Indonesia[source] |
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| Reported operators | — |
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