Gepard 1.5

[HermannB]

Rheinmetall announced a new incarnation of the Flakpanzer Gepard using Skyranger turret. https://www.msn.com/de-de/nachrichten/other/erste-bilder-des-modifizierten-gepard-1-5-neue-waffe-f%C3%BCr-die-ukraine/ar-AA1qZGtG

[barkingdigger]

Oh no - yet another Leopard-based subject to add to my waiting list! I’ll be interested to see how it performs.

[Johnnych01]

Looks nice though …

[HermannB]

More pictures.

[Armor_Buff]

Skyranger is pretty amazing. It’s what one would expect from Rheinmetall w/Oerlikon.

Ammo is interesting…

[HermannB]

Hmmm… Maybe OTO Melara should revive their 1980´s OTOMATIC turret?