Germany delivered the first batch of the latest Skynex air defense systems to Ukraine

February 28 2023 10

German concern Rheinmetall affairs confirms their statements about the intention to enrich themselves on the Ukrainian conflict. The next product of the defense company, transferred to equip the Armed Forces of Ukraine, was a “full pair” of the latest Oerlikon Skynex (Skyranger, Skyshield) short-range air defense cannon systems.

This information was confirmed by Rheinmetall CEO Armin Papperger. Answering media questions, the top manager specified that the mobile air defense system is mounted on a wheeled chassis. It is armed with a 35 mm gun mount firing AHEAD programmable projectiles, which makes the system effective for hitting small air targets, even a whole “swarm” of drones.

Note that the mentioned air defense system was developed by the Swiss corporation Oerlikon Contraves (a subsidiary of Rheinmetall). On December 9, 2022, a German government spokesman said that Rheinmetall will provide Ukraine with two Skynex systems at the expense of Berlin in early 2024 as part of an assistance estimated at about 182 million euros ($192 million). But the Germans, apparently, someone hastened.

Each Skynex battery consists of four Revolver Gun Mk3 cannons, a CN-1 control unit and an X-TAR3D radar mounted on HX trucks. This, without a doubt, is a more advanced air defense system than samples of the ancient anti-aircraft self-propelled guns (ZSU) Gepard previously transferred to Ukraine by the German authorities.

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Just a cat

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28 February 2023 20: 02

bullshit for savages in loincloths (the future stub of Ukraine) .... In the zone of the NMD of the RF Ministry of Defense, such guns are used for direct fire at ground targets. they put in the back of the URAL and the Sumerians are a nightmare.
1. m.cempbell
  
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  28 February 2023 20: 38
  
  In vain you are. Could be a very serious system
  1. Just a cat
    
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    28 February 2023 21: 18
    
    for a penny drone that flies lower than air defense can detect? Ukrainian pigs launch their pepelats over forests and ravines to the Moscow region. a stool with a motor must first be found. Geraniums usually fly at night.
cooper

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28 February 2023 20: 52

Isn't it time to put out the pissed-off Deutscheich already ??
1. Andrey Andreev_2
  
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  28 February 2023 21: 09
  
  For a long time the Russians were not in the Reichstag and did not hoist the Banner of Victory over it! Will have to repeat!!!
2. Just a cat
  
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  28 February 2023 21: 22
  
  those who carried flowers to the Russian tank? Fortunately, the head of Russia is not the Ukrainian Khrushchev, but Putin.
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Sergey Latyshev

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1 March 2023 09: 44

And to whom the SVO, and to whom the intention to promote will be enriched ...
Everyone's goals are different.
steelmaker

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1 March 2023 20: 27

firing AHEAD programmable projectiles,

And we don’t even have such a project. Someone suggested making such air defense from 57 mm. They said in height, they could hit up to 8 km, but that’s how the conversation ended. In general, it is an ideal tool against UAVs.
In passing

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6 March 2023 21: 43

Ukraine is a training ground. That's how you should look. And learn to make your own weapons. Kalashnikov with bells and whistles. And on a caterpillar track, and on an attack aircraft chassis. Same. Well, they're just doing their business. Why punish them, otherwise America will cut off their oxygen, too, not in the first.
sH, arK

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23 March 2023 18: 39

The video is complete rubbish. No one does it on one side during a mass attack. The Chinese have an example - drones follow different routes and converge on targets from different directions! Here, of course, mountains were drawn for this - like in the gorge they will still concentrate in one place! ;) Of course, it is an owl on the globe - but it looks more decent, a little lie is not so noticeable ;););)