Hollandsk PRTL – Billeder & Video

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

Den Hollandsk PRTL Anti-aircraft is a self-propelled anti-aircraft gun that was developed by the Netherlands in the 1970s. It is based on the German Leopard 1 tank chassis and armed with two 35 mm Oerlikon KDA autocannons. The PRTL stands for Pantser Rups Tegen Luchtdoelen, which means Armored Tracked Against Air Targets. The PRTL was designed to provide low-altitude air defense for the Dutch Army against aircraft and helicopters. It can also engage ground targets with its cannons. The PRTL has a radar system that can detect and track targets up to 15 km away and a fire control system that can calculate the optimal firing solution.
PRTL kan affyre op til 550 skud i minuttet pr. kanon og har en maksimal rækkevidde på 4 km mod luftmål og 2 km mod jordmål. PRTL har en besætning på tre: en chauffør, en kommandør og en skytte. PRTL blev taget i brug i 1979 og blev brugt af den hollandske hær indtil 2006, hvor den blev erstattet af Fennek Stinger-missilsystemet. PRTL blev også eksporteret til Belgien, Chile og Jordan.