The Skyranger 35mm
Desperate Times require Timely Innovation
Just a couple days ago at Eurosatory 2024, Rheinmetall unveiled their new Skyranger 35mm, a highly mobile air defense system designed to meet modern battlefield needs. Ground based air defense has become crucial among the ongoing conflict and despite the outstanding performance of the Gepard Anti-Air Platform, the numbers Germany was able to supply to the Ukrainian forces were not enough to protect every city and all its vital infrastructure. A platform that is both efficient and able to be supplied in large numbers is needed to bring much needed relief to the warzone.
Mobility and Firepower
The ability to mount the newly developed anti-air system on pretty much any available vehicle base will make it easy to be supplied in large numbers, one of the main issues plaguing the German supplied arms — while they are immensely effective, there are only so many of them able to be sent. In a modern warzone full of drones and unmanned craft, way more manpower is needed to achieve good coverage.
