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Flakpanzer Gepardlarger figure on 2 of 2
Terminal High Altitude Area Defenselarger figure on 0 of 2
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Measured figures
Overall
Single sourceOverall: 7.68 m (25 ft 2 in)[source]
Length
Single sourceConfiguration
| Specification | Flakpanzer Gepard | Terminal High Altitude Area Defense |
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| Type | Self-propelled anti-aircraft gun[source] | Mobile anti-ballistic missile system[source] |
| Place of origin | Switzerland West Germany[source] | United States[source] |
| In service | 1976–present[source] | 2008–present[source] |
| Used by | See Operators[source] |
20 ft 3 in (6.17 m)[source]
Radar retracted
Single sourceRadar retracted: 3.29 m (10 ft 10 in)[source]
booster
Single sourcekill vehicle
Single source13 in (340 mm) (booster) 15 in (370 mm) (kill vehicle)[source]
driver, gunner, commander
Single source3 (driver, gunner, commander)[source]
Maximum; Maximum speed
Single source65 km/h (40 mph)[source]
Maximum; Mach 8.2
Single sourceMaximum; Maximum speed · source measurement 1
Single sourceMaximum; Maximum speed · source measurement 2
Single source6,300 mph (2,800 m/s; 10,000 km/h; Mach 8.2)[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.
United States Army[source]
| Wars | Russo-Ukrainian War[source] | 2022 Abu Dhabi attack Twelve-Day War 2026 Iran war[source] |
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| Designer | Oerlikon-Bührle AG (Switzerland) Contraves (Switzerland) Siemens-Albis AG (Switzerland) Krauss-Maffei AG (vehicle - West Germany)[source] | Lockheed[source] |
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| Manufacturer | Krauss-Maffei AG (licence production)[source] | Lockheed Martin Missiles and Fire Control[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 | — | 1992–1999[source] |
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| Unit cost | — | US$1.00 billion per battery US$12.6 million per missile (FY2017)[source] |
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| Produced | — | 2008–present[source] |
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| No. built | — | At least 12 batteries (8 U.S. Army, 4 foreign operated); at least 632 interceptors as of June 2025[source] |
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| Engine | — | Single-stage rocket by Aerojet Rocketdyne[source] |
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| Propellant | — | Pratt & Whitney solid-fueled rocket[source] |
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| Flight ceiling | — | 93 mi (150 km)[source] |
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| Guidance system | — | Indium-antimonide imaging infra-red seeker head[source] |
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| Accuracy | — | Hit-to-kill[source] |
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| Transport | — | Transporter erector launcher[source] |
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