The 550/Round Per Minute Gun that is Hammering Russia

[@alexduke5402]

That's the future. Interceptor missiles are nice but too expensive for cheap modern drone swarms. Need a gun for it that shoots cheaper ammo. Need to go back to flack guns but automated. Spending 2 million on a missile to shoot down a $1k drone is not sustainable.

[@Lonewolfmike]

I'm thinking the same thing. Easier and cheaper to use AA guns to deal with drones especially. And with all of the tech they can cram into rounds these days a hell of a lot cheaper. Add in some Stingers to the mix, or whatever you prefer as a small anti-air missile, and you got a really good package.

[@marcusmaddenov2451]

Ww2 tech coupled with modern radar to counter Drones is way to go.

[@jeffc1753]

The Iranian drones are tens of thousands each, not a thousand.

[@hzzn]

Who knew flak guns would be needed again in this capacity.

[@Lonewolfmike]

@@jeffc1753 And that is money that they wasted sending to Russia just to see them get destroyed. LOL

[@Iskelderon]

Crazy that the Leopard 1 that it shares its chassis with, was designed in the 1950s and yet these machines now wreak havoc on 21st century technology. The German military had merely retired the Gepard because the upkeep became too expensive, but in a war, that aspect is a moot point.

[@spxram4793]

The upkeep of the Leo 1 chassis is rather inexpensive, the main problem here will be the computer and radar control systems, these are aging and the human experts for them get less and less. They maybe should be modernized with current tech, as the mechanics fulfill the role perfectly. I'd also guess they would do well in an anti-APV role, or to take out a column of trucks, or a train.

[@jackmclane1826]

Our dumb leaders thought we would never have to face symmetric warfare again, and all we had to do was counter insurgencies against dumb insurgents. No use for the Gepard in that (idiotic) scenario.

[@34ccsn]

How are they wreaking havoc?

[@mastermariner490]

@@34ccsn Shooting down drones and missiles in Ukraine

[@34ccsn]

@mastermariner490 I doubt they have shot down any missiles due to short range. As for drones, perhaps, but many are still getting through.

[@Knautschfriese]

I was a tankcommander of a leopard 1A5, and had exercises with the Gepard Tanks. Damn, those twincannons sounds awesome! 😁

[@jedironin380]

I wish they had included some live-fire video with sound!

[@michaelschmidt7014]

It looks like a ground based version of the American Fairchild A-10 Warthog in comparison to fire power and crew protection.

[@Knautschfriese]

@@michaelschmidt7014 Thats a good comparison. But the BBRRRRRRR of a Warthog sounds a bit better. Still…..the Gepard is awesome. I sat in one as a birthday present when I was in the Military :-)

[@mgnzmn9362]

@@jedironin380If you look for a Gepard firing there is a Short Video from an exercise in 2009. search „2009 - ILÜ Nord FlakPz Gepard eröffnet Feuerkampf gegen BO 105“ 😉

[@youmustbethatninja]

Gepard shows that although rate of fire can’t solve all problems it can solve a lot of them

[@unlink1649]

like he said, the Gepard can shoot 6 rounds per target to destroy. It doesn't need a lot of butters to kill a plane, just accurate ones. It can fire AHEAD ammunition, making it deadly against small targets with only a few rounds.

[@Lonewolfmike]

@@unlink1649 I think there might be a resurgence of mobile AA guns. Cheaper than missiles and you can cram tech into the rounds that you couldn't in the past. Add some short-range Stingers and you have a potent package. Better to use a few rounds of 35mm to take down a drone than an expensive missile.

[@mike4480]

..the only disadvantage of the Gepard was earlier on when the Swiss were the main manufacturer of the ammunition and even stopped other countries that wanted to give the stockpiles to 🇺🇦.. now a German company has taken over the production of the ammunition … also pre detonated munitions can explode before the target, sending shrapnel widely into the target ( turned to this mode at the touch of a button ) ..💙💛💙

[@gustavmeyrink_2.0]

@@mike4480 The Swiss company was still Rheinmetall (they own Oerlikon) but the government of where anything military is produced can veto export to 3rd countries. Since then Rheinmetall has first adapted Norwegian made ammo and now built a new factory in Germany while also buying an existing one in Spain. Contrary to what is said in the video Germany has supplied not only 6000 shells with the Gepards but a further 53 000 since and another 300 000 on the way.

[@r4dio4ctiv3man9]

@@gustavmeyrink_2.0 Wich is the reason, why Switzerland should be banned from any european defense project. Switzerland is just not reliable.

[@tomorr5202]

Man you freaking nailed the German name of that vehicle I'm very impressed how long did that take you to learn to say it like that like a boss!!!!!

[@LeviBulger]

He sounded kinda French saying it IMO, but I mostly am only around Austrians so maybe I hear German differently. I like how he pronounced chassis phonetically instead of the American way 😂

[@smurfo-pax4423]

Before this Video I never realized how difficult Flugabwehrkanonenpanzer is to pronounce for non-Native German people :D he did great.

[@urkraft3858]

@@LeviBulger Yes it might sound a little bit French to you because here in the south we roll the R, but further up in the north the other Germans make the R sound in the back of the throat like the French do.

[@LeviBulger]

@@urkraft3858 that's interesting! Makes total sense.

[@jaymac7203]

Yet he can't say chassis.

[@PSDuck216]

To put 550 rounds per minute in perspective, it’s 9 rounds per second. That’s easier to wrap your mind around. Cheers!

[@gustavmeyrink_2.0]

That is 550 per barrel, 1100 per Gepard. The Ukrainians successfully use 6 rounds per target originally the factory settings were 20-24.

[@ChevySS1968]

Yeah, for each gun!!!!!!!!

[@thilomanten8701]

Do you truly believe I can count to nine... ...in under one second!!!

[@PSDuck216]

@@thilomanten8701 Count, with a voice? No. But one can become accustomed to listening for the number of rounds, even approximately. It’s like picking out musical notes and pitches. Cheers!

[@PDXDrumr]

​@Allen Mixson true.

[@davidr.t529]

Playing this thing in War Thunder is an absolute blast. Shreds everything. Great vid!

[@bulukacarlos4751]

It should not be forgotten that the 35mm cannon has been very effective against infantry and thin-skinned vehicles. He demonstrated that in the South Atlantic war in 1982 (not mounted on the cheetah but independently). Greetings from Argentine Patagonia.

[@csjrogerson2377]

Thin skinned!!! 35mm will deal with any APC and AFV out there.

[@bulukacarlos4751]

@@csjrogerson2377 It may be due to a difference in the way of expressing it in our respective languages. In general around here "thin skin" is all armored that is not a proper tank. While a jeep for example would be an unarmored vehicle. The divisions are not exhaustive, the limits are "grey"

[@scott7892]

Can't of been that effective 😂

[@robjansen3207]

If would have been great for thr UN taskforce for example in former Joegoslavia, to take out all those pesky snippernests hidden in buildings. But we prefer to "talk" them into stopping shooting at us.

[@gaptaxi]

@@scott7892 But the 30mm on the Rarden cannon was good enough. The Argentinians had quite a few AFV´s but thankfully never deployed them because of the mud? AML 75´s?

[@kitpong1777]

It turns out to be pretty effective against the Shaheed kamikaze drones in 2022.

[@lisov4575]

not very

[@tomhenry897]

Only because ukraine doesn’t have enough

[@gaius_enceladus]

Great video! Although this gun has been phased out in many countries, that's only because (in cards terms) it's a "King" being replaced by "Aces". A "King" is easily good enough when the enemy (Russia) is only dealing "nines" against you.

[@jackmclane1826]

What is the Ace that you talk about?

[@Whateverpoopiepants]

@@jackmclane1826 Patriot.

[@HedgehogZone]

The german skyranger.

[@jackmclane1826]

@@HedgehogZone Skyranger - pretty much the same use case in a modern interpretation. I prefer the tracked vehicle, though. And Patriot is a very poor replacement in an anti drone scenario. Firing a million dollar missile against a 10k drone is not winning business!

[@adissabovic]

@@jackmclane1826 Four million. :)

[@68pishta68]

These types of armor were so important that my primary target on the battlefield as an M-47 anti tank gunner was the similar Sovier bloc ZSU-23-4

[@buravan1512]

no, their SOVIET equivalent was TINGUSKA.

[@WhiteWolf65]

@@buravan1512 Ahem. 2K22 Tunguska, and the ZSU-23-4 or "ZHU" was its predecessor, with 4x 23mm guns. OW.

[@eudaenomic]

Great to see what's in the current battle front. I figured some weapons were in the shadows. Thank you for shining a light on these.

[@KarlHeinzSpock]

the time between identifying a target and start of firing is that horribly fast, the movements of the turret is extremely fast, and the cannons are incredibly precise. you don't want to have a gepard as opponent, even as a medium armored ground vehicle, because you are destroyed nearly immediately after identification, if in range.

[@atklm1]

Two autocannons, both a lot stouter 35mm caliber than Russian 30mm IFV cannons. And Gepard's rate of fire is twice as big. In both cannons. And is operated by aimbot. With modern optics and night vision and radar. Has protection of a main battle tank chassis. Can fire a wide range of modern rounds, from high explosive to programmable airburst ammo. Yup, it can shred pretty much anything save some modern tanks 😄

[@andreainzaghi7373]

" if in a range", modern SU are not in a range

[@PerfidiousAlbion1815]

When all is said and done about high tech nothing beats a wall of steel enveloping delicate aircraft and missiles. Old School is cool School!

[@PushyPawn]

I just *love* that Gepard thing, it's like the Terminator 1, an outdated model but still kicks arse and sounds great while doing it.

[@dritzzdarkwood4727]

Gepard: "Now I know why you Russians cry. But it is something I can never do...."

[@patb5266]

It's nothing like the Terminator 😅 the Geppard is outdated and there's only a bit of ammo for it. It's useless junk.

[@PushyPawn]

@@patb5266 Go be a bot where other's won't laugh at you.

[@Yuki_Ika7]

​@@patb5266at least the Gepard actually works lol

[@ropeburn6684]

It also looks just like designed and built by Skynet.

[@RobWhittlestone]

Good coverage. The Oerlikon cannons were Swiss from the Oerlikon-Bührle company until 2006, when they were bought by Rheinmetall, a German defence manufacturer. All the best, Rob in Switzerland

[@Kurikost_]

3 2 1 comment from a swiss patriot coming.

[@Mainsail1975au]

@@Kurikost_ and unfortunately the Swiss are burying their heads in the sand by refusing reexportation of munitions to Ukraine for defensive actions. The Swiss government has fallen in my view, and no government should ever use them for weapons in the future. I wont buy anything swiss in the near future.

[@germanCrowbar]

In reality a german invention, a modified Becker gun.

[@galesams4205]

The 40mm cannon quad two barrel was used in vietnam , my unit had 2 a very powerful anti=aircraft cannon could fire about a dozen rounds a min.They were used along hwy to stop convoy ambushes. 69th ARMOR RECON.

[@WhiteWolf65]

Ah, the M42 Duster. Its radar was abandoned, but as a direct fire weapon, it was NASTY. 2x 120 rounds per minute.

[@Centurion101B3C]

Hm, The 'Cheepah' is the Dutch (The Netherlands) version of this weapon-system. It differentiates from the original Gepard with a new and locally produced radar and fire-direction system. This made it a distinctly different system with shorter reaction time and improved 1st kill capabilities.

[@r4dio4ctiv3man9]

I´ll never forget when i saw this beast firing the first time during my service time. We were airborne infantry on preparation for Afghanistan deployment in 2004 at the "Putlos" prooving ground in northern germany and had a very immersive night time live firing excercise with tracer rounds and night vision. It was not an ordinary firing range, but some kind of terrain firing range with various buildings, vehicles and pop-up targets on the other side of a small valley. On the ranges next to us left and right side, several Gepards had a live firing excercise, shooting drones with tracer rounds. It was truly a impressive experience and i remember that i was thinking this is what war must look and sound like...

[@karlheinzvonkroemann2217]

You weren't dealing with a nearpeer adversary. This is ancient tech that may get a new lease on life as an anti-drone lite AAA canon. Ukraine hasn't got any men left and isn't going to win this war no mater what weapons they get. America is getting sick of going broke for wars they don't want to pay for. For as long as it takes isn't goingtobe thatmuch longer... Thats is the truth.

[@andreainzaghi7373]

this is the problem; here you fight a super power army not Afghanistan and we are not in 2004

[@r4dio4ctiv3man9]

@@andreainzaghi7373 Fighting guerillas is always more difficult than a regular military. At least guerilla groups are way harder to detect and defeat. A super power army? Wich one? Russia? Are you kidding? The russian military was completely overrated and still is. Let´s summarise a few facts that make the russian army nothing more than a wannabe superpower army: Complete incompetence in pre-operational recon. Led to a diastrious invasion with the ukrainians slap the russian army from Kyiv back to Belarus and making the russian army struggle to advance further than the Dnipro. And making the russian military fail so bad, that they had to partially mobilise. Against an enemy that is way weaker in every aspect. Well, at least on paper... They lost several warships against an enemy that does not have own warships. That happend the last time during the mongol invasion of Japan, in the year 1281. It took almost 750 years to have someone beeing that stupid and dumb again. Not realy surprising that russia is the one earning that price. Prigoschin advanced further into russia within 24h, than the russian army managed to advance in Ukraine within 23 months. The Ukrainians regulary send drones all the way to moscow, showing the russian military beeing unable to protect the homeland properly. They have to send old stuff (partially 50 year old T62´s) to Ukraine, as they cannot produce their modern stuff in significant numbers (About 20 T-14 Armata in service and about 12 Su-57 Felons - ROFL) The list can go on, there are dozens of other examples of why the russian army is NOT a superpower army.

[@gustavmeyrink_2.0]

9:03 Old news. Germany has by now supplied 53 000 rounds with a further 300 000 on their way or already there.

[@bikerdavedave]

Got to watch them on the range. We had Vulcans, Made us look BAD. In the late 80s in Todendorf Germany

[@24tanksalot]

I remember graphinveer.

[@chriscromwell1682]

Agree with you. There in '85.

[@olafspetzki]

@@24tanksalot I needed a second for this one but yes, Grafenwöhr is a beautiful city ;-)

[@Wuestenkarsten]

@@24tanksalot Grafenwöhr ......I guess you ment that US Army Base there?

[@bikerdavedave]

@@chriscromwell1682 3-67ADA

[@trplankowner3323]

A very relevant episode today. Thank you Dark Teck.

[@lieschenmuller2391]

Well done Video. But I may add some comments. To my knowledge, and by that I mean I am not an expert, some aspects should have been "sharpened". The Gepard was not ment as "the anti-aricraft system" of germany. They were designed to be in combat alongside Leopard Tanks etc. to protect them from CAS. When they went out of service, they actually werent "replaced" by anything, the german army simply lost that capability. This was labeled a wrong decision by many inside the "Bundeswehr", and we can somehow say they are now proven to be right. I am really happy they perform that well in the ukraine. They were, as almost all german vehicles, never really tested in battle and noone really knew ho they will perform. Lets hope the other stuff will do so as well.

[@Wuestenkarsten]

That´s one of the Reason why I call the modern Bundeswehr the biggest Kindergarten in Existence.

[@Bob_Adkins]

That's a nasty weapon with a lot of versatility. With fast radar enhanced target acquisition, no low-flying aircraft is safe. If there are 35mm armor-piercing rounds for it, with its high rate of fire it can surely take out tanks or at least de-track them.

[@panpiper]

That's a big and expensive target to expose to tank fire.

[@cube234]

@@panpiper Gepard can fire APDS for self defence. It can defeat everything exept MBT front.

[@panpiper]

@@cube234 My point is that it cannot survive the fire that it would be exposed to if it attempted to engage tanks. The hull armor of a Leopard one is very thin even for a 1960s tank and it's turret is not much better armored than an M113 APC. If ANYTHING with a modern autocannon uncorks on it, it will instantly be very expensive scrap.

[@henner7371]

@Kevin Allies this "antique piece of crap" has been updated several times and the latest version was planned to be in service beyond 2015. So as you can see, it is a more modern weapon system than almost everything Russia is able to bring on the battlefield by now.

[@Bob_Adkins]

@Kevin Allies The radar and other things have been upgraded at least once. The Russians will go after every weapon, not just this one. If the Ukrainians like it, I like it too. If not, I don't.

[@jppagetoo]

Ukraine got a lot more ammo than 6K rounds. That is all there was in the German ammo reserves. The biggest issue was the only country that still manufactured the ammo was Switzerland. As a neutral country the Swiss refused to ship ammo to Ukraine while they were actively engaged in combat with Russia. Germany had to start making it again and it took a little while to restart that manufacturing line up. Norway sent some ammo too though I am not sure if this was ammo that was already made or if they have to make it for this purpose.

[@jean-emmanuelrotzetter6030]

No, its worse. Swiss arms export laws are restrictive, customers are not allowed to deliver arms and ammunition to other countries without Swiss government approval. And Swiss government refused that authorisation to Germany and other countries for delivering 35mm ammunition to Ukraine. They argued with "neutrality" that is not really part of the export restriction laws. Logically Rheinmetall will start production of ammunition outside Switzerland (plans are for in Spain) not only at former Oerlikon-Bührle factory in Switzerland that belongs now to Rheinmetall.

[@jppagetoo]

@@jean-emmanuelrotzetter6030 Thanks! I knew somebody knew more about it than I did.

[@Wuestenkarsten]

So, what did the German Government learn out of this Farce? Never ever thrust the Switzerland Guys with their "Neutrality" which is only good to "make Money" if its not dangerous, but starts coffin when the real Shit hits the Fan!

[@Wuestenkarsten]

@@jean-emmanuelrotzetter6030 So, what did the German Government learn out of this Farce? Never ever thrust the Switzerland Guys with their "Neutrality" which is only good to "make Money" if its not dangerous, but starts coffin when the real Shit hits the Fan!

[@andik859]

​@@jean-emmanuelrotzetter603035mm munition wird jetzt in Deutschland hergestellt und es gab schon das erste Los von 40.000 Schuss für die Ukraine. 300.000 Schuß Produktion sind dieses Jahr angepeilt.

[@davidbuck5864]

So many fools, discontinuing perfectly servicable military assets. Some day, they will come to regret budget cuts, downsizing, and that stupid 'peace dividend.' I only hope their foolishness does not cost the rest of us too much (i.e., our lives and freedoms)

[@effingsix3825]

The Skynex system is the next upgrade, with a seperated truck-mounted platform and radar unit using the same Oerlikon guns and 35mm rounds.

[@0Turbox]

You can order it in 30 mm @ 1.200 rds or 35 mm @ 1.000 rds. It's also in a tracked version available.

[@WhiteWolf65]

The neat thing is the AHEAD rounds... basically ya get to shot-gun blast the targets!

[@panpiper]

Great anti-drone weapon, phased out just before drones became a serious threat. Well done.

[@xandr13]

Don't worry, just look at what Rheinmetall has to offer on that front now.

[@JoaoSoares-rs6ec]

Well it was built to take out helicopters and low flying planes, also perfect for missiles and drones

[@gustavmeyrink_2.0]

They now have MANTIS (stationary) and Skyranger35 (mobile) which can not only kill drones but also incoming mortar and artillery shells at a range of 3km.

[@MACRONOne]

hahaha nonsense.

[@JoaoSoares-rs6ec]

@@MACRONOne not realy

[@jamesfahey4508]

For reference, the updated 35mm of the Skyshield, Skyranger 35, and Millennium Gun systems fire 1000 rpm from a single barrel.

[@robertsolomielke5134]

Nice vid, timely too, as Gepard is so effective in a new role it makes me (and many Germans I bet ) disapointed we don't have the numbers to defend more airspace from a cheap but effective threats.

[@Lonewolfmike]

Some people are saying lasers are the way to go, but until they are cheaper and easier to maintain in the field the Gepard and other similar systems still have the advantage. What's old is new, again.

[@nolongerblocked6210]

Besides being a great working vehicle, it's the coolest looking armored vehicle I've ever seen

[@gazz3867]

Right. It does bonus emotional damage. =P

[@jasonstickitmoore]

I must say german tech is a monster. Allways have made great tech. Respect

[@libertyforall5764]

Hell yeah, that for sure. I'm glad Germany is not with Russia...and glad that Japan is also with us too...and I DEFINITELY CAN NOT forget about Ukraine. 🇺🇦🍻🇯🇵🍻🇺🇸

[@robertvysther833]

As a kid I always knew Germany was top rated in tech and glad to see this weapon being used in Ukraine to punish the Russians.

[@dieselscience]

I grew up in Fulda, in the state of Hessen, 18km (11 miles) from East Germany. Terrain is such that if WWIII were to happen by a communist invasion from the east it would have rolled through the Fulda Gap. The essential idea was Fulda would be the trip wire/alarm for Frankfurt, Heidelberg and every big city to the west. FPG, US Vulcan AA (no longer in service) and several others were DECADES ahead of the communists. We didn't know this until the Iron Curtain fell and we could actually see Soviet and East German equipment up close. This was 1991 and some of their guys saw ours (not legally of course) and they could not believe how good thermal imaging was back then. Some of the young guys who never left the farmland in Russia thought we were playing a TV recording and wired it into the vehicles. A sergeant I met named Yuri said _"You could use three hidden things (meaning tanks, Bradleys, Leopard II) and destroy half our armor company before we know where you are."_ Honestly, firing a tank gives away it's location but range and accuracy NATO equipment has makes his statement true.

[@danforster6525]

Golden era of the arms sales business.

[@joeyjamison5772]

Yes, peace is just not cost effective.😵‍💫

[@MrReymoclif714]

Bingo!

[@Wuestenkarsten]

War is a Business.....that´s for Sure!!

[@danieloehler2494]

the undertaker is making big money, too

[@grimreaper6557]

Absolutely awesome weapon glad it's found a home to show it's metal

[@brianjones3191]

Mettle. 😊

[@markforsyth2721]

There were two weapon systems you wanted on your side. The A10 Warthog to take of the enemy ground vehicles and the Gerard to take out enemy aircraft.

[@josephvisnovsky1462]

Picture the T 249 Vigilante either 120 rpm, or 3000 rpm. The T 249. Short burst 48 rounds. The Gau8A Goalkeeper CIWS mounted on a flatbed, short burst of 65 to 120 respectively. Brrrrrrrt

[@blazer666del]

I would most definitely not want a A10.. they tend to shoot friendlies

[@amazingman63]

Watching this thing track planes and hit cruise missiles is so crazy to watch.

[@gerhardris]

Nice video. I was a conscript Leopard 1 driver being trained as a gunner on the Dutch version of Gepard. The analog version called PRTL. Later akin Gepard 2 as you mentioned updated as a digitilized version Cheetah. (Actually named after an error in the press. The specific tank was called so but the army gave up and the name stuck.) Contrary to what many think the Gepard is not a good ground combat vehicle. Much too high and lightly armoured. The tactick we trained was fire twice two single shot first AA HE rounds and two HEAT rounds. And then two more HEAT rounds. 15 such rounds are in the outer bins storage. Simply try to put a T72 off balance in order to make a run for it behind a smoke screen. Nice to see that the system is cost effective against large drones and cruisemissiles. How the system holds up when used in the stated counter offensive remains to be seen. It will require protection against small kamikazi drones. Yet I guess the Ukrainians know this and don't need Gepard to protect the assault because manpads and Patriot can do so better.

[@ChineseKiwi]

7:42 Jordan got a fire sale bargain! Insane!

[@hp9mm]

I used to be a commander on one,and technically its 1100rd/min (2 guns)

[@brianv1988]

I love this concept I wish they would build the same concept on a modern platform with modern Fire Control Systems and radar and other new tech.. also I never realize they had anti-air rocket on them

[@PattMcCrotch]

Let’s take 3 or 4 of the Gepards on a thunder run thru Bakhmut.

[@iainw5081]

Would not last long.

[@mmdirtyworkz]

That would be a nice firework. Short but nice.

[@iamsorryforbeingrudebefore1626]

Lmao😂. You must be a kid, o a kid man.

[@v4skunk739]

Bakhmut is firmly in Russian hands. You the west are not winning the war because you believe in lgbt and not real men and women.

[@eudaldsans7601]

Look at how steady those autocannons are, now look at the russian Terminator. Enough said.

[@generalrendar7290]

Drones saved the Gepard. West Germany made a better Terminator than the Russians did. I believe that counter-drone operations will be absorbed by IFVs in the future with programmable ammo. The Gepard is finally showing its worth on the modern battlefield.

[@roshanwadasinghe7294]

Bmpt Terminators have better armor better firepower Every thing Russian we hate them lol 😂

[@generalrendar7290]

@Roshan Wadasinghe the Terminator, has tragically short range and is wildly inaccurate. It can't perform the mission it was designed for and the Gepard could perform the Terminator's mission better.

[@bertnl530]

@@roshanwadasinghe7294 The Terminator did not bring what the Russians expect from it. I don't know if that has to do with the quality of the system or with the way the Russians use them. Actually the Terminator is thought for urban warfare where they ought to support motorized infantry units.

[@ScoutPL]

I guess our comparison would be Vulcan. Back in the day, I was a Chaparral Crewman. Chaparral fired essentially sidewinder missiles. Vulcan's were of course a multibarrel gun on a tracked vehicle. The 3rd leg of the SHORAD stool back then was Redeye, repaced with Stinger MANPADS. Basically the thought was Vulcan wasn't going to hit anything, but if it drove them up a little, we'd get them with Chaparral. Stingers could be used to fill in the gaps. I remember us shooting at BATS, ballistic aerial targets. they had styrofoam, winged, propeller driven airplanes that Vuclan would shoot at. Even wrapping them in aluminum foil wasn't enough for the Vulcan radar to pick them up, and the gunners shooting manually couldn't hit them. But Vulcan was useful on ground targets including infantry. Chaparral always hit our targets, I'm surprised they haven't dragged some out for Ukraine. I didn't like the towed Chaps at all, too much work for us crewmen. Tracked ones were much better.

[@ScoutPL]

Then of course was the Sgt York debacle...

[@CorePathway]

I scored a junket to Crete to watch Chapparals and Stingers live-fire. 2/59 ADA. I was attached to 8th ID HQ company. The Chappie could still be useful today, as well as the Vulcan (with modern radar) against new smaller drones. brrrrrrrrrrrrrt

[@mikeellis2025]

I to was a chaparral crewman, but my first permanent duty station they put me in Vulcan. You are wrong about Vulcan gunners not being able to hit their targets. You are right about the radar , it was junk . I never used the radar system when firing and my rounds found their target. By the way I was in all three air defense weapons.

[@CorePathway]

@@ScoutPL shoulda just licensed the Gepard. They tore up A-10s in war games.

[@ScoutPL]

@@mikeellis2025 As I was, haha! I was just reporting what I saw, but obviously I never saw every ADA gunner! Good to hear from you, not many of us around I don't think.

[@makegaminggreatagain3907]

Japan designed a platform similar to the Flug Gepard called the Type 87, better armor and accuracy while firing on the move, similar mobility and the same guns, as a side note: Why reciprocating barrels aren't being implemented on 20+mm guns is beyond incomprehensible, even the Skynex system doesn't have a reciprocating barrel.

[@jackmclane1826]

The Type 87 is pretty much a copy of the Gepard.

[@michaelholden5131]

US fielded a 20mm Vulcan self propelled gun platform; Was mounted on M113 carrier and in use from 60's thru at least the 70's. Sergeant York gun system of twin 90mm auto AA was going to replace Vulcan and Chaparral Air defense systems in Army Divisions during the 1980's but budget and development shortfalls led to then SEC DEF Cheney cancelling the program.

[@jean-emmanuelrotzetter6030]

@@michaelholden5131 DIVAD "Sergeant York" AA gun system was a Ford Aerospace development with Bofors 40mm guns that never worked and was cancelled by Weinberger in 1985 after a series of test with abysmal results. Competition was General Dynamics with Oerlikon twin 35mm guns. After cancellation of "Sergeant York" a new project was started, competition won by Martin Marietta, cancelled after Sowjet Union endet in 1991

[@michaelholden5131]

@@jean-emmanuelrotzetter6030 i should have done some research rather than trying to rely on my poor memory; I stand corrected and also appreciate the information that informs after my miserable misinformation attempt. However; In my defense, I am only a poorly read old Infantryman.

[@ineverexist666]

@@michaelholden5131 seargant york had 2 40mm bofors and was a disaster of an AA vehicle used the chassis of i thing m48 or m60 which where phased out and couldn´t keep up with modern vehicles. It Radar and targeting system was borked so they effectivley where useless, pretty much had to manually operate it more like ZSU 57 2.

[@tylerdurden4006]

Nevermind bcoz of the lack of western ammunition these guns aren't actually used outside of memes and ukraine is mostly using Vickers machine guns from WW1 as main weapons for anti-air.

[@mrscooterdave]

Amazing design by the Germans. The Germans are very good at engineering almost everything these days. Hopefully these are helping ukraine

[@gustavmeyrink_2.0]

These are VERY helpful. One Gepard during one Russian attack shot down 10 drones and one Kh110 semi-stealth cruise missile. On the Gepard radar the Kh110 appears as a grapefruit sized object travelling at around 800km/h.

[@lisov4575]

they are not. Russians are easily destroying them. but thanks for asking

[@Wuestenkarsten]

The Gepard was Constructed in the 1960 to 1970, a Time where West Germany had clever Engineer People. Today......with Generation Z we suck like the Rest of the West. Fuck the Generations upstairs from 2000....all a Bunch of Loosers who proclaim self earned Rights which they don´t deserve.

[@honkdatonk1819]

Gepard was NOT replaced with Wiesel 2 Ozelot! This kind of weapons just disapeard from the Army. The whole "Heeresflugabwehrtruppe" got dissolved.

[@Wuestenkarsten]

That´s one of the Reason why I call the modern Bundeswehr the biggest Kindergarten in Existence.

[@honkdatonk1819]

@@Wuestenkarsten I wouldnt say Kindergarten... I would say Trachtenverein...

[@3v4761]

I'd use them as anti-personnel in the front lines to reduce enemy numbers

[@mikeellis2025]

That would go against the Geneva convention.

[@leopolitan1914]

@@mikeellis2025 Is that the same convention that Putin abides by?

[@mikeellis2025]

@@leopolitan1914 it doesn't matter what Putin abides by. We in the US Army do abide by that convention.

[@leopolitan1914]

@@mikeellis2025 .......and that´s what us `good guys´ do.

[@ockertbrits6907]

Or to clear anti-tank mine fields. Air bursts over the terrain to be driven over to detonate the mines. It will take specialised ammo but is needed now.

[@Lukky_Luke]

6000 ammo delivered for Gepard since september is not correct, just Norway Raufoss delivered 50 000 in september and also Rheinmetal have delivered 300 000

[@ddshiranui]

I recently saw a Ukrainian video showing a Gepard whose crew had started to paint kill marks on the turret -- a bunch of white triangles (for Shahed drones, I assume) and a few stylized rockets (for Kalibr cruise missiles). Great look!

[@spencereagle1118]

I recently saw a video of a Gepard being wiped out by a Russian Lancet loitering munition.

[@ddshiranui]

@@spencereagle1118 If it's the one from 4 weeks ago, as it turns out when watching the full footage, the Lancet-3 only caused minor damage due to detonation in airburst mode. Lucky. :)

[@spencereagle1118]

@@ddshiranui No, it burned.

[@ddshiranui]

@@spencereagle1118 Then I don't know what you have seen, as that's not the footage that was circulating. Maybe it was just another harvester, like those "Leopards" that were destroyed.

[@spencereagle1118]

@@ddshiranui Dude, don't patronise me with 'harvester'. I hate to burst your bubble, it was a Gepard 100%, toast.

[@PowhiroMus]

Thank-you Germany for these Gepards. Many elderly, women and children are alive today in Ukkrainian cities because of these anti-air weapons

[@mmdirtyworkz]

Yes and many are dead because missiles were shot down over civilian areas by the ukros. Every civilian building hit is exactly that, AA damaging the missile so it veers off target. Ukros love it due to propaganda weight and people like you just gobble it up.

[@Wuestenkarsten]

Thank you accepted! And ....Slava Ukraine!!!! May you live in Peace hopefully soon!!!

[@kendallkahl8725]

Its amazing to see these war horses take out drones. After all they were originally calibrated using drones.

[@gustavmeyrink_2.0]

If you read the comments on German channels by those who trained on Gepards in live fire exercises the target was a windsock towed by a drone. After a week of practice they prided themselves in not shooting the sock but cutting the towing cable instead.

[@jonmassey5619]

50 years old and still a BEAST... essential in Ukraine as its a fairly cheap way to bring down Russian drones etc... in action its an awesome sight

[@lisov4575]

Russians use these as target practice to train their warplane pilots!

[@MWL4466]

Doesn't matter what you are in, under or behind, if Gepard is targeting you, you are toast !

[@maxmacdonald7174]

It can take out buildings as well or light armor.

[@Lonewolfmike]

Or if you were to use it against infantry it would shred especially if they were in trenches. Something The Chieftain mentioned when he did a video on a 40mm Bofors. I am paraphrasing here, but he said something along the lines of a "severe emotional event."

[@kingfrett]

And with FAPDS ammo it can take out T-72s also

[@Wuestenkarsten]

Yes but that would be seen as a "Waste" even in the Cold War Time.

[@derauditor5748]

And now, because of the late success of the Gepard, the Rheinmetall Skyranger Line gets some traction... The successor of the Gepard is awesome and the Bundeswehr is considering to purchase it finally.

[@RazorsharpLT]

"30 gepards and over 6000 rounds have been delivered" Wow, so each gepard can fire for about... 20 seconds

[@panpiper]

If they can down a drone with 6 rounds, that's a thousand drones downed.

[@wernerlampe8089]

… they start the new production of Amo already weeks ago.

[@johnridout6540]

They've already delivered an additional 53,000 rounds and have another 300,000 rounds coming soon.

[@RazorsharpLT]

@@johnridout6540 Well, that's nice to hear, because 6000 rounds was pathetic

[@UnCannyValley67]

@@RazorsharpLT don’t you worry your pretty little head off. NATO Provides.

[@petertaylor6384]

Is it that hard to make a big automatic shotgun for drones?

[@coffeecoffee5914]

old tech that can shoot down R/C planes so on paper it looks like we are giving Ukraine lots of support 🤣

[@silverjohn6037]

The main weakness of this kind of gun system is that a modern jet can pass through it's engagement envelope in well under a minute so, unless the gun system has advanced warning, it's hard for them to react fast enough to engage that kind of plane. Also missiles that will home in on the gun's active radar system are pretty cheap and have enough range that they can be fired from outside of the guns effective range so they can't operate their radars constantly to give advanced warning. That said, against drones and low flying cruise missiles, they can still be effective. Not a replacement for other, more advanced missile systems but a cheaper alternative for lesser threats so you can save the higher cost missiles for engaging the fighters.

[@zackzittel7683]

It has an engagement time of 6 seconds and an effective range of 3 miles against high speed aerial targets… with a muzzle velocity of 4,200 FPS it’s pretty capable for a kinetic weapon. But yes it does have its limitations. But also has its strengths… like affordability, and it’s ability to engage a variety of targets on both ground and air.

[@swunt10]

Modern jets are not faster than the jets of the 60's and 70's when the Gepard was build...

[@tasman006]

Even though it was built almost 60 years ago it has been upgraded but good vid on a awsome SPAAG.

[@SteveWalkey]

I love some of our German friends' engineering, awesome. Make the damn shells, swisses. 🇬🇧

[@johnbethea4505]

I like this one. I wish that we would have had them in Vietnam 1966-67 I bet that they could burn up some ammo fast..

[@darthsilversith667]

Yep, $10,000 freedoms a minute.

[@johnbethea4505]

@@darthsilversith667 wow

[@ItsMrAssholeToYou]

Ammo budget-wise, for sure. As for rate-of-fire, even for a single-barrel weapon, 550 is on the modest side of middling. MAC-10s and M-11s are rated somewhere around 1200 rpm.

[@gustavmeyrink_2.0]

From the factory they fire in bursts of 24 shells per target but the Ukrainians have reduced that to 6 with the same success rate.

[@darthsilversith667]

@@ItsMrAssholeToYou How much freedom monies does that take though? 🫡

[@elroyfudbucker6806]

I remember when an American firm developed an anti-aircraft weapon called the Phalanx, which used a gun similar to the one used on the A-10 Warthog. Naturally, it used a tracking radar & computer. It sent up an absolute barrage of 30mm projectiles to intercept the plane.

[@gandalfgreyhame3425]

The CIWS (Close-in weapon system) Phalanx is a 20mm Gatling cannon with automated radar tracking, packaged in a cute round topped canister that makes it look like R2D2 - it's standard equipment on virtually every US Navy fleet size warship. A land based version of the Phalanx was adopted by the US Army to deal with the constant random terrorist mortar and rocket attacks on their bases in Iraq. They called this the C-RAM, counter rocket, artillery, and mortar, designed to shoot down these incoming mortar and rocket attacks. It's basically a Navy CIWS mounted on a very large 35 ton truck. Not quite as mobile as the Gepard in the mud of Ukraine, but I'm sorry the US hasn't sent some of these units over to Ukraine, now that the US Army isn't using them anymore in Iraq and Afghanistan.

[@gustavmeyrink_2.0]

The barrage is the problem. The Gepard successfully shoots down it's prey using as little as 6 shells per target. 24 was the standard default but Ukraine found out that 6 are enough.Another problem with Gatling type guns is that they are externally powered and thus need time to get to full speed. Germany tested those but found that a recoil or gas powered autocannon throws more lead towards the target during the all important first second than a Gatling gun even though the ultimate rate of fire is much lower and still works should the external power source fail.

[@ReZel80657]

The Phalanx uses an M61 Vulcan 20mm cannon found in many westen jets and not the GAU-8 from the A-10

[@pieterveenders9793]

The Phalanx merely uses a 20mm gun. It's the Dutch Goalkeeper CIWS which uses the same 30mm gun as the A-10.

[@dwwolf4636]

The Dutch Goalkeeper CIWS uses the 30mm from the A10.

[@Bob-qk2zg]

Does anyone remember the US Army's "Sergeant York" which was supposed to be an improvement on the German Flakpanzer?

[@ReZel80657]

The case study of how NOT to design anything

[@michaelcanty4940]

1987 saw several M247 turrets at Ft Campbell near the post impact area. Waiting to be dragged out for use as targets for field artillery. They were unassembled but would have been used for the full production of order.

[@kensommers5096]

Warfare has come a long way, but interestingly systems that we thought irrelevant are having a new life. I don't see the Gepard going away for sometime rather I see upgrades.🤠👍🇭🇲 Actually slap a couple of anti tank missiles on it 😉👍

[@prjndigo]

I've seen direct fire tests against T72 with this system of 6 round volleys and it is _nasty_ It can do it but simply isn't designed for it and way way too expensive to send out for the task.

[@pdiddy5186]

Would it not also be effective Against infantry taking cover in a building or against other motorised units?

[@Davidt1066]

it would be very effective against infabbrrrrrtbbbbrrt... sry, against what?

[@blakemcleroy4812]

Hells bells I love this channel

[@Mbartel500]

35mm equals about 1.38 inches….so they are not 90 caliber.

[@wgoulding]

Wouldn't say this is the most controversial war of our time. Feels like that has to go to Iraq '03.

[@larrylyon6695]

Uncle Sams version was named DIVAD and Ford Aerospace/Irvine got the contract beating GD but then couldn’t meet the specifications and was terminated. GD/Pomona upgraded Stinger to fill the void.

[@andyknolls8735]

Hey why don't you play that trailer of the triumphant glory of the Ukraine Counter Offensive. Oh thats right, the Ukraine army was decamated .

[@walkingstreetbistro3197]

Hammering Russia? That's rich, considering it's been the other way 'round since the start of this internal squabble.

[@karl303]

who pronounces chassis like that?

[@joeyjamison5772]

I've always heard it pronounced as: chass-ee

[@geargeekpdx3566]

Some reading off a script and doesn't have a producer and editor and rushing to make absurd deadlines LOL

[@jaymac7203]

He sounds ridiculous.

[@pyrokuda9743]

Always good stuff from you. Thank you for your videos

[@dosunmupelumi7845]

Steer your channel off propaganda,especially a propaganda that is unraveling quickly.

[@Demogrunt]

Flakpanzer Gepard, 47 years in the making is showing it worth. heck ya

[@DrunkenJinger]

Propa propa propaganda.

[@Dave5843-d9m]

We need a smaller gun with similar abilities for taking out cheap drones. 35mm is way bigger than necessary for Shahed type drones.

[@craftscute]

If Gepard is a person it deserves a medal.

[@Peace-ju9us]

Looks like a great ground sweeper

[@guilhermerodrigues-dr7zt]

Gepard is the best in her category, Brazil amry loves this sytem for fire drones and cruze missels

[@RageOperator]

Repeating that an armored vehicle is "all weather" is like saying grass is plant based.

[@Antibackgroundnoise]

And the Black cross still strikes fear. Just glad it's on our side.

[@dareisnogod5711]

Better, more recent weapons are almost useless. This is accurate against immovable targets.

[@mikewinston8709]

Let’s face it, the Germans really are first class technicians, engineers and innovators……..🇬🇧

[@5oa8in2wr]

Whatever a German try to make - he makes a clock. Nice looking, precise, expensive and fragile.

[@mikewinston8709]

@@5oa8in2wr Again in English please.

[@mitchellculberson9336]

One question never answered is"How does it do against fortifications & against infantry? I can guess but would like to see the results of it for myself.

[@FuTuIRe]

1:40 Flugabwehrkanonpanzer translated word by word means flight defense canon tank so its pretty exactly anti-aircraft gun

[@gillbates999]

@3:32 - 35 mm is appr. 1.4" - quite a bit more than .90 caliber.

[@KlausKaiserDB3TK]

A good overview about the features of the Gepard. But why no firing sounds? We want to hear the BRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRT!

[@jimgaul67]

Wow…. This is a mobile A-10 warthog with side by side 30 mm cannons. The rate of fire is lower, but still over 1000 rounds per minute. This still seems to be relevant on todays battlefield…..

[@bertnl530]

It is more then ever.

[@kimmer6]

It fires a 35mm cartridge that makes a Warthog 30mm GAU-8 round look puny.

[@johnsalgir]

I built a model of one when I was a teenager, thought German tanks were so cool. It's interesting that the U.S. tried to develop the SGT York which failed, we should have shared technology.

[@Iskelderon]

Works on other fronts, the Abrams and Leo 2 were designed based on the same call for proposals and the Abrams uses a German-designed barrel.

[@tomhenry897]

The original was a British design

[@brianpeck4035]

60 units for $21,000,000 equals $350,000 per Cheetah. I want one!

[@John14-6...]

They seem like they would be very effective with the guns turned down in an anti-personal type weapon.

[@bobfromsea]

I served in a Geppard Batterie in the late 80's and I am glad that this system is still up to the task .. The issue with the ammunition was not from Norway but from Switzerland! The initial sock of ammo supplied with the 30 tanks was only! 6000 ... you can calculate how many seconds each Geppard could shoot with 1100 shots per minute per tank with this ridiculously low qty.! The Swiss were continuously blocking the sale and final delivery to Ukraine of the Geppard ammunition initially only produced in their country (The Ukrainians needed this ammo only for self-defense against air attacks from Russia). It seems the Swiss prefer to deal with mountains of gold and dollars or rubles from all kinds of sources that were surely honestly obtained in Russia! That really resulted in a lot of blood & lives lost (also that of civilians) on their hands as well! I wonder how they can sleep well and still decline to help! (I wonder what happened with all the conveniently missing Nazi gold back in the 40's ?? or with the treasures of all those rich despots & dictators worldwide under the cloak of so-called neutrality and bank secret)

[@Vibakari]

Japan has their own version of the Gepard based on the type 74 hull called the type 87

[@t_2756]

I'm Japanese but I didn't even know that. Thanks.

[@ReZel80657]

@@t_2756 Nicknamed the Guntank by some in the JSDF

[@MtnBoar]

Smexy all it needs is a further range and force field generator and I’m sold on it.😎

[@lordmopton]

My cat knows more about pistols than this guy and she's not a gun dealer ..!