The German-made Flakpanzer Gepard is a pair of radar-guided 35-millimeter autocannons in a two-person turret mated with a Leopard 1 tank chassis, which seats a driver. It arguably is the best ...

Germany retired the Gepard anti-aircraft gun years ago, believing its time had passed. But on the battlefields of Ukraine, ...

The new aid package from Germany announced on Dec. 22 includes three Gepard anti-aircraft guns and 30,000 shells for them. The country also transferred 2,500 155mm artillery shells, two Wisent 1 mine ...

One of the most valuable weapons that Ukraine has gotten to help fight Russia is a relatively unsophisticated German system developed in the 1960s: the Flakpanzer Gepard. The Gepard, which means ...

Four years after Berlin's decision to deliver it, it has become clear that the once decommissioned Gepard tank is now a key system in Ukraine's air defence — and one of the most effective "drone ...

3:37 War in Ukraine: Germany’s old Gepard tanks are shooting down Russian missiles and drones On a small clearing, deep in a field in Ukraine where yellow and white wildflowers sprout from the hard, ...

Germany retired the Gepard anti-aircraft system more than a decade ago, believing its battlefield role had come to an end. But in Ukraine, the Cold War-era weapon has become one of the country's most ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Germany announced the delivery of Gepard self-propelled anti-aircraft guns to Ukraine shortly after Russia's full-scale invasion ...