Gepard-class Fast Attack Craft
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The Type 143A Gepard-class was a class of missile bearing fast attack craft (German: Schnellboot) and the last one in service with the German Navy before the remaining four operational ships were decommissioned on November 16th, 2016.
It is an evolution of the Albatros-class, the main difference being the replacement of the second 76mm gun by the RAM system. It is planned that Gepard-class vessels will gradually be supplemented by Braunschweig-class corvettes and to be replaced by a new class of corvettes in the 2020s.
The ships in class are named after small to medium-sized predatory animals; Gepard is German for "cheetah".
Unit Run[edit | edit source]
- BMS Gepard (S 71)
- BMS Puma (S 72)
- BMS Hermelin (S 73)
- BMS Nerz (S 74)
- BMS Zobel (S 75)
- BMS Frettchen (S 76)
- BMS Dachs (S 77)
- BMS Ozelot (S 78)
- BMS Wiesel (S 79)
- BMS Hyäne (S 80)