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31: 235:, which is responsible for all air defence tasks. The German Air Force took possession of the first MANTIS system on January 1, 2011. It was first deployed to Mali at the end of 2017, although without the guns. The first two systems cost around €110.8 million, plus another €20 million for training and documentation purposes. In a follow-on contract, worth around €13.4 million, Rheinmetall would also deliver the corresponding ammunition to the Bundeswehr. 295: 274: 216:(capable of firing 1,000 rounds per minute), a ground control unit and two sensor units. The guns fire programmable AHEAD ammunition, developed by Rheinmetall Weapons and Munitions - Switzerland (formerly Oerlikon Contraves Pyrotec). The ammunition carries a payload of 152 223:
The MANTIS radar can acquire a target within two seconds, then engage it with one of the guns firing a 36-round burst. Two guns directed by one radar each can engage multiple targets. After being manually activated, the system operates fully automatically.
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The MANTIS system is intended to detect, track and shoot down incoming projectiles before they can reach their target within very close range. The system itself is based on Oerlikon Contraves'
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ordered a first batch of two systems in 2009, to be delivered in 2013, with two more systems planned to follow later but these were never bought. Both MANTIS systems were transferred to the
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On 7 February 2023, Germany announced it would be donating the two MANTIS systems to Slovakia to strengthen
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Modular, Automatic and Network Capable Targeting and Interception System
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air defence gun system. A MANTIS system consists of six 35 mm
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German Air Force
Rheinmetall Air Defence
Shell
AHEAD
Caliber
Elevation
Traverse
Rate of fire
Counter Rocket, Artillery, and Mortar
short range air defence
German Air Force
Rheinmetall Air Defence
Rheinmetall
Skyshield
automatic guns
tungsten
German Army
German Air Force
Slovak air defences
Armed Forces of the Slovak Republic
Nitra
Ukraine
Germany
Slovakia
CIWS
LFK NG
Phalanx CIWS
Rheinmetall Oerlikon Millennium Gun
"NBS MANTIS Air Defence Protection System"

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