Skyshield
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Skyshield is a modular, light weight, short range air defense system developed by the Swiss corporation Oerlikon Contraves, now a subsidiary of Rheinmetall of Germany. The successor to the Skyguard of
A pair of Indonesian Air Force BAE Hawk 209 flying over a Skyshield revolver gun Mark 2, with a Fire Control Unit in the background, at Supadio AFB
Ammunition used by the Skyshield: AHEAD, Training, and Dummy rounds
At Eurosatory 2018, Rheinmetall displayed a Boxer fitted with the Oerlikon Skyranger 35 air defence system.
The complete Skyshield air-defence array with a SAM module in the back right
MANTIS Air Defence System
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MANTIS Air Defence System, formerly titled NBS-C-RAM, is a very short range air defence protection system, intended for base-protection. It is produced by Rheinmetall Air Defence, a subsidiary of Rhei
Skyshield
…TMX Mk2 and TMKu Mk2, operated in X and Ku band respectively. A modified and improved version of Skyshield with six fully automated turrets, dubbed MANTIS (Modular, Automatic and Network capable Targeting and Interception System) was ordered by the German Army as a stationary base defence system. Two…
A MANTIS turret of the in service with the German Air Force