Flugabwehrkanonenpanzer Gepard ("anti-fly kanon tank Cheetah", bedre kendt som Flakpanzer Gepard) er en autonom, all-weather-stand tyske selvkørende anti-luftskyts pistol (SPAAG). Det blev udviklet i 1960'erne og fielded i 1970'erne, og er blevet opgraderet flere gange med den nyeste elektronik. Det udgjorde en hjørnesten i luftforsvaret i den tyske hær (Bundeswehr) og en række andre NATO-lande. I Tyskland blev Gepard udfaset i slutningen af 2010 for at blive erstattet af "SysFla", et mobilt og stationært luftforsvarssystem ved hjælp af LFK NG-missilet og det nye MANTIS-kanonsystem. Den mobile platform i SysFla vil sandsynligvis være baseret på GTK Boxer.
Hollandsk variant :
Search radar: X band, 15 km range
Tracking radar: X/Ka band, 13 km range
The Dutch version was officially called the PRTL (PantserRupsTegenLuchtdoelen translating to “ArmourTrackAgainstAirtargets”), pronounced as “pruttel” (meaning ‘to sputter’) by the soldiers. The Dutch series version was made public through a photograph of a vehicle from a C-Company, the first to be equipped with the new weapon. Traditionally all Dutch vehicles in a company have names beginning with the company designation letter and this vehicle happened to have the individual name Cheetah painted in bold type on its turret. Inevitably the international press assumed “Cheetah” was the Dutch name for their Gepard version and this mistake found its way into most armour publications on the subject. In 2000 the Dutch military authorities, tired of constantly having to explain all this and considering “pruttle” was hardly a martial name anyway, conformed themselves to common error and made “Cheetah” the official designation, when the system was upgraded.
Kilde: Hollandsk PRTL på Wikipedia
