a wide-ranging and yet detailed knowledge of air defence correlated with customer visions of future requirements was accepted as a mandate by oerlikon contraves which is now named rheinmentell air defence the task of making a 35 mm gun-based air defence system - which had already been proven successful worldwide - more receptive to present and coming demands led to the development and manufacturing of the oerlikon skyguard3 air defence system
it`s compact design provides the highly advanced and most effective means to meet the demanding requirements of low-level air defence the major elements are two oerlikon twin gun GDFoo7 and the oerlikon skyguard3 fire contral unit