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Transferred by Germany to the Nazi forces of Ukraine Gepard self-propelled trying to use combat drones kamikaze "Geranium-2". The project " WP: Russian weapons, "referring to the opinion of the military expert Yuri Lyamin, notes that these "anti-aircraft tanks" are unlikely to be effective against such subtle means of destruction.
ZSU began to create in the second half of the 60-ies. They were intended for combat aircraft, carrying out tasks on the battlefield, and helicopters, providing fire support.
Later, when the aircraft armed with precision-guided munitions used out of reach a 35 mm cannon of the ZSU, they were considered to be outdated. In the Bundeswehr they were removed from service twelve years ago.
Somewhere in the one hundred and fifty units remained in the most advanced military point of view, the States, Brazil, Jordan, Romania. Recently joined them, and Ukraine.
"Last week it became known that to combat BLAH "Geranium-2" in Odessa was transferred, at least one such plant is seen during her visit to the city of the Minister of defence of Germany Christine Lambrecht.
This missile defense systems are unable to detect these drones, and the militants unsuccessfully tried to apply it on small arms and being on the boat "Pryluky" six-installation AK-601.
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ZSU radar Gepard is also unlikely is designed to detect such subtle objects and tools have limitations of use at the range and altitude, including 100-meter dead zone", - said Yuriy Lyamin.
You may recall that earlier similar drones in the course of one of the armed conflict was "not tough" American missiles MIM-104 Patriot MIM-23 Hawk and batteries 35 mm Oerlikon anti-aircraft cannons, homing with the help of radar. They walked their position and hit all target.
