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To: Uncle Sam 911; sukhoi-30mki; doorgunner69; thescourged1

I was an artillery FO in Germany in the 70s and back as a Cav Sqdn S-2 in the mid-80s. I recall the French and Germans having the Roland anti-aircraft missile system that worked quite well. I recall that the US bought a battery or two to test out, but Congress said “No” due to it ‘not being designed in USA,” even after they mounted the Roland launcher on a M-109 artillery chassis. The Germans also came out with the Gepard, twin 35mm AA tank during that time frame.

Roland: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roland_(missile)

Gepard: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flakpanzer_Gepard


17 posted on 08/10/2017 6:56:18 AM PDT by GreyFriar (Spearhead - 3rd Armored Division 75-78 & 83-87)
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To: GreyFriar

Gepard was awesome, we did gunnery with them on the Baltic Sea range north of Kiel, a place called Todendorf. They never failed to impress.


22 posted on 08/10/2017 6:24:06 PM PDT by Uncle Sam 911
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