Nederländska PRTL | |
|---|---|
| Land | Nederländska |
| Roll | Luftvärnskanontank |
Flugabwehrkanonenpanzer Gepard ("luftvärnskanontank Cheetah", mer känd som Flakpanzer Gepard) är en autonom, allväderskompatibel tysk självgående luftvärnskanon (SPAAG). Det utvecklades på 1960-talet och sattes in på 1970-talet, och har uppgraderats flera gånger med den senaste elektroniken. Det utgjorde en hörnsten i den tyska arméns (Bundeswehr) och ett antal andra Natoländers luftförsvar. I Tyskland avvecklades Gepard i slutet av 2010 för att ersättas av "SysFla", ett mobilt och stationärt luftförsvarssystem som använder LFK NG-missilen och det nya MANTIS-kanonsystemet. SysFlas mobila plattform kommer sannolikt att baseras på GTK Boxer.
Holländsk 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.
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