The cars will be divided into anti-aircraft cannon tank and anti-aircraft missile tank, and mixed forms.
The main area of anti-aircraft tanks, the defense of the fighting ground troops and bases near the front of the defense against air attack.
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Antiaircraft cannon tank
The arming of the Flakpanzer consists of machine guns that have been modified for air defense or developed, as at close range the gun is often the most effective means of control of the attackers.In order for the air defense of the Flakpanzer maximize the hit rate, it can be controlled with modern weapons systems from a fire control computer, which makes its data attached to a the vehicle or externally carried radar receives, as in the case of the technology used by the German and Dutch forces Flakpanzers Cheetah or the Russian Shilka ZSU-23-4 .
The first Flakpanzer came during World War II on the German defense against the Allied air superiority. The first model was the Flakpanzer I , on a 2-cm gun was mounted. Its successor was the Flakpanzer IV running on a modified chassis of the PzKpfw IV based. These tanks were called "moving van", the successor was the "East Wind" or "Whirlwind", which had a better armor on the sides. The disadvantage of the vehicles had their height and its open structure, which was resolved only at the "ball lightning".
