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== History ==
 
== History ==
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The Gepard delivered to the German Bundewehr and Belgium where fitted with the Siemens MPDR 12 S-band search radar. It was mounted on the rear of the turret, and it had a swing arm for transport. This provided a 15km hemispherical range. the Ku band tracking radar also made by Siemens-Albis, was mounted on the front of the turret and also had a 15km range of detection in a 180 degree arc.<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flakpanzer_Gepard</ref>
  
 
== Media ==
 
== Media ==

Latest revision as of 19:20, 24 April 2024

Description

The Gepard tracking radar mounted on the front of the Gepard's turret.

The Gepard Tracking Radar is a German ground based target tracking radar. It was designed as the tracking / fire control radar for the Gepard.

Vehicles equipped with this radar

General info / usage

This only a tracking radar, this means it can lock onto targets and provide a firing lead indicator, but cannot by itself detect targets and place them on the radar display. However all vehicles the radar is fitted on in-game are also equipped with various search radars; this allows them to use their search radar to detect targets, while this radar is tracking a target. The Gepard tracking radar can track targets in a 200 degree arc from the front of the turret, out to a maximum range of 15 km.

Tracking Characteristics
Maximum
Tracking
Range
Minimum
Tracking
Range
Azimuth Tracking
Angle
Elevation Tracking
Angle
Minimum
target speed
Maximum
target speed
15,000 m 75 m ±100° -20°/+85° 15 m/s (54 km/h) 1,000 m/s (3,600 km/h)

Comparison with analogues

Compared to other tracking radars, the Gepard's has an average maximum range and a good minimum range. The minimum relative speed is about average. The azimuth tracking angles are slightly wider than some other radars at ±100° (instead of ±90°). The negative elevation tracking angle is best in class, however the positive elevation angle is very slightly (2°) worse than other radars.

Pros and cons

Pros:

  • Decent maximum range
  • Good minimum range
  • Good minimum relative speed
  • Better azimuth tracking angles than 1RL144 and SMA VPG-A06 radars

Cons:

  • Radar cannot track targets through a full 360 degrees
  • Slightly worse positive elevation angle than other radars

History

The Gepard delivered to the German Bundewehr and Belgium where fitted with the Siemens MPDR 12 S-band search radar. It was mounted on the rear of the turret, and it had a swing arm for transport. This provided a 15km hemispherical range. the Ku band tracking radar also made by Siemens-Albis, was mounted on the front of the turret and also had a 15km range of detection in a 180 degree arc.[1]

Media

An excellent addition to the article would be a video guide, as well as screenshots from the game and photos.

See also

External links

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  • topic on the official game forum;
  • encyclopedia page on weapon;
  • other literature.
  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flakpanzer_Gepard