'It's a very good system,' the soldier said of the Gepard self-propelled anti-aircraft guns supplied to Kyiv by Germany.
depends entirely upon it being in the right place."
"It's a tactical weapon, it's not a strategic weapon. It's meant to be something that follows ground troops," Grant said, adding that it can offer"point defense of things like brigade headquarters, logistic areas and maybe artillery composition." "You've actually got to place it in the right place and that means having an understanding of where the enemy is going to fly its drones from and to because it can easily be out of range," he said, as it's only a short-range weapon.
The use of the Gepards comes amid a row between Germany with Switzerland over the supply of ammunition for the weapons. German Defense Minister Christine Lambrecht had asked Switzerland for permission to supply 12,400 rounds of Swiss-made ammunition for the anti-aircraft tank. But this was rejected by Bern, which said it would violate Swiss neutrality. The 35mm shells had previously been supplied by Swiss companies to the German army on the condition that it could not re-export the munitions without Swiss approval.
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