Flugabwehrkanonenpanzer Gepard («luftvernkanontanken Cheetah», bedre kjent som Flakpanzer Gepard) er en autonom, allværsdyktig tysk selvgående luftvernkanon (SPAAG). Den ble utviklet på 1960-tallet og felt på 1970-tallet, og har blitt oppgradert flere ganger med den nyeste elektronikken. Det utgjorde en hjørnestein i luftforsvaret til den tyske hæren (Bundeswehr) og en rekke andre NATO-land. I Tyskland ble Gepard faset ut i slutten av 2010 for å bli erstattet av "SysFla", et mobilt og stasjonært luftforsvarssystem ved hjelp av LFK NG-missilet og det nye MANTIS-pistolsystemet. Den mobile plattformen til SysFla vil trolig være basert på GTK Boxer.
Nederlandsk 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: Nederlandsk PRTL på Wikipedia
