Germany is looking for more Gepard for the armed forces
The Minister of Defense of Germany noted that the Gepard armed forces are effectively demonstrating themselves in Ukraine
Gepard self-propelled anti-aircraft systems have shown themselves positively in the hands of the Ukrainian military, and now Germany wants to ‘find’ more of these systems for Ukraine, as the Sueddeutsche Zeitung reports.
And in this case, we are talking about the 15 Gepard air defense systems that are in Qatar – at one time the country purchased these installations to provide security for stadiums during the World Cup, while now they can go to Ukraine to help shoot down more Russian missiles and UAVs.
So, at the moment, Germany has officially discussed with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Qatar the possibility of purchasing these 15 anti-aircraft self-propelled guns, as well as receiving ammunition from Qatar.
As the newly appointed Minister of Defense of Germany, Boris Pistorius, notes, these ‘anti-aircraft tanks’ demonstrated themselves well in the war in Ukraine, and a larger number of such weapons ‘would definitely help the Ukrainians.’
Since July 2022, Gepard self-propelled anti-aircraft guns have been helping the Armed Forces to shoot down a number of targets in the air. After the active use of these weapons, the issue of the shortage of ammunition for these ‘anti-aircraft tanks’ arose, connected in particular with the fact that Switzerland blocked the re-export of 35-mm shells to Ukraine. However, last week this country decided to somewhat disregard its neutrality and lift the taboo on the re-export of some items.
