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Old 27th Apr 2022, 16:59
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Yes problem sorted, Brazil will supply 300,000 rounds for the Gerard’s, Germany only had 23,000 and Switzerland wouldn’t supply anymore.
I would imagine the Gepards will munch through that lot quickly. That’s only 6000 per vehicle. Romania also has Gepards and apparently produces ammo for them.

The Gepard is armed with two 35mm Oerlikon KDA autocannon, making it one of the most powerful self-propelled anti-aircraft guns in existence. Each gun fires at 550 rpm and is supplied with 320 HE rounds plus 20 AP rounds for use against ground targets. The effective AA range is 3.5 km with standard rounds and up to 4.5 km with FAPDS rounds. In a normal engagement 20 to 40 rounds are fired at a single target.
Each gun has a firing rate of 550 rounds/min, which gives a continuous fire time of 37 seconds before running out of ammo (with 680 rounds for both guns).
Various sources.


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