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Skyranger 35
On a Leopard 1 chassis · Photo: Defensie · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Hard kill

Skyranger 35

35mm gun-based SPAAG counter-UAS (Rheinmetall)
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Gun-based hard-kill C-UAS for point defence against small drones

A Rheinmetall air-defence turret with a 35mm KDG revolver cannon and programmable airburst ammunition (AHEAD), aimed specifically at small reconnaissance and attack drones. Ukraine received its first systems (on a modernised Leopard 1 chassis) in mid-2026; shown publicly on 3 Sep. 2026.

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Dimensionsfor imagery analysis

Vehicle
No figure for the Leopard 1-based Skyranger 35; reference Boxer Skyranger 30: 8.0 × 3.0 × 3.95 m, 39.5 t
Dimension source
US Army TRADOC Worldwide Equipment Guide (ODIN)

Key data

Cannon
35mm KDG revolver cannon, up to ~1,000 rounds/min
Ammunition
AHEAD programmable airburst against small aerial targets
Effective range
up to ~4 km; covers ~4×4 km per vehicle
Sensors
AMMR AESA radar (360°) + passive FIRST IR/EO (detection without emitting)

Relevance

Role
Creates 'drone-free' zones around infrastructure and logistics nodes
Delivery to Ukraine
Contract Oct. 2025, funded by an EU state from frozen Russian assets; dozens of systems (quantities undisclosed) — source: RU Mil Tracker e-20260904-01 (Defence Blog / UNN / Rheinmetall)
Related
35mm variant of the Skyranger 30 (Germany on Boxer, Austria on Pandur); interoperable with Gepard/Skynex on ammunition and training

Further reading

News archive 1

Analysed reports from the RU Mil Tracker about this system, newest first. Archive since 2026-07-17.

  1. «Northrop Grumman Targets 50mm Raid Hunter Drone-Killer Prototype by Mid-2027 After $100M+ Investment, 5km Range Outguns Skynex» (Source: same title)

    Defense Express (Borys Gulkevych), drawing on a Janes report from the AUSA 2026 conference, writes that Northrop Grumman aims to have a production-level prototype of its 50mm gun-based air-defence system (50mm GBAD, marketed as Raid Hunter) ready by the end of Q2 2027, intended against drones such as Shahed/Geran. The company says its investment will exceed…

    VariantScaleCountermeasureRU Mil Tracker · 1 source
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