Flakpanzer Gepard
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![A Gepard firing at the German army's Hohwacht Bay training area (1987)](/Images/godic/202502/05/FLAK-Panzer_Gepard_Übungsschießen_Todendorf_19871053.jpg")
![Closeup of the gun muzzle and the projectile velocity sensor](/Images/godic/202502/05/Gepard_1a2_v0-mess1053.jpg")
![Map of Flakpanzer Gepard operators in blue with former operators in red](/Images/godic/202502/05/Flakpanzer_Gepard_operators1053.png")
The Flugabwehrkanonenpanzer Gepard ("anti-aircraft cannon tank Cheetah", better known as the Flakpanzer Gepard) is an autonomous, all-weather-capable German self-propelled anti-aircraft gun (SPAAG). It was developed in the 1960s and fielded in the 1970s, and has been upgraded several times with the latest electronics. It constituted a cornerstone of the air defence of the German Army (Bundeswehr) and a number of other NATO countries. In Germany, the Gepard was phased out in late 2010 to be replaced by "SysFla", a mobile and stationary air defence system using the LFK NG missile and the new MANTIS gun system. The mobile platform of SysFla will likely be based on the GTK Boxer.