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Type 143A Gepard Class

Name	Builders	Laid down	Launched	Commissioned
S77 / 6127 Dachs	L	9th March 1981	14th December 1982	22nd March 1984
S76 / P6126 Frettchen	L	22nd December 1980	26th January 1983	16th December 1983
S71 / P6121 Gepard	L	11th July 1979	25th September 1981	15th December 1982
S73 / P6123 Hermelin	K	1st February 1980	8th December 1981	28th April 1983
S80 / P6130 Hyane	K	7th December 1981	5th October 1983	13th November 1984
S74 / P6124 Nerz	L	24th July 1980	18th August 1982	14th July 1983
S78 / P6128 Ozelot	L	25th June 1981	7th June 1983	25th May 1984
S72 / P6122 Puma	L	17th December 1979	8th February 1982	15th February 1983
S79 / P6129 Wiesel	K	5th October 1981	8th August 1983	12th July 1984
S75 / P6125 Zobel	L	3rd July 1980	30th June 1982	29th September 1983

Builders:
K : Kroger Werft, Rendsburg, Germany
L : Lurssen Werft, Bremen, Germany

Dimensions:
189' 4" x 24' 11" x 8' 3" / 57.70m x 7.60m x 2.50m

Displacement:
295 tons std / 391 tons max

Complement:
4 + 30

Armament:
All ships:
1 x 76mm L62 OTO Melara Compact gun
4 x MM38 Exocet SSM launchers

Aircraft Facilities:
No aircraft facilities provided.

Armour:
None known.

Powerplant:
Four MTU 16V-956-SB80 diesels were fitted totalling 17960bhp on four shafts. The maximum speed was 40kts and range at 16kts was 3000NM.

Electronics Fit:
Radar:
SMA 3RM20 navigation

Sonar:
None

Other:
HSA WM27 fire control
AEG AGIS action information system
AEG FLI800 ESM

Miscellaneous:
Buck Wegmann Hot Dog and Silver Dog decoy launchers are fitted.