There is a Gepard near the city.
Via social mediaWe have seen ex-German Gepard anti-aircraft guns. There is a shock.
The Ukrainians appear to have deployed twin-cannon, tracked Gepards, and shoved them far forward, close to the fighting in northeastern Ukraine.
The Ukrainian army needs air-defenses as the Russian air force ramps up its bombing raids in a desperate bid to blunt a Ukrainian counteroffensive that kicked off earlier this.
The video of the Gepard and Osa duo that was posted online on Sunday helps to explain why the warplanes are falling. Four Russian jets were shot down by the Ukrainians on Saturday.
The German army removed Gepards from service around 2010. The Gepards have arrived inUkraine. This weekend was the first time public images of the vehicles were available.
A video that appeared online Saturday suggests the Gepards are in air-defense battalions. Missiles can be fired up to nine miles out and eight miles up. The Gepard can fire 35 millimeter-diameter shells three miles away.
Two vehicles supporting each other. The Osa is the first one to shoot. The Gepard is after anyone who leaks.
It isn't a new practice to combine guns and SAMs. The Russian army has a weapons system. The old Avenger air-defense vehicle and the newerIM-SHORAD, an air-defense variant of the Stryker fighting vehicle, also do.
It is apparent that the Gepards have been in the thick of the fighting as a dozen Ukrainian brigades push their counteroffensive in the northeast. The Gepard was identified as one of the key contributors to the counteroffensive.
After a couple of weeks in which Ukrainian air-defenses seemed to lag behind the front-line battalions, conditions seem to be good for the Gepards. The army of Russia is leaving. Russia's air force is flying more sorties to cover the withdrawal.
The Russian air force doesn't have a lot of doctrine for using precision-guided bombs. They should be put inside the firing envelope first by the Osas and then the Gepards.
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