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Skyranger 30

Oerlikon Skyranger 30

A vehicle-mounted turret with its own radar fires 30 mm airburst rounds, and optionally short-range missiles, at drones and low-flying aircraft.

$34,000,000 Per vehicle, derived: Germany's EUR 595 million order (including VAT) for one prototype and 18 series Boxer vehicles, about EUR 31 million each, converted at Defense News's own rate (almost EUR 600 million = $650 million). Includes the Boxer carrier, VAT and first-batch costs; not a turret price. Watson cites about EUR 30 million per unit.

8x8 ARMOURED CARRIERDRIVER, CREWSEARCH RADARELECTRO-OPTICAL SENSOR30 MM REVOLVER / CHAIN GUNPROGRAMMABLE AIRBURST CLOUDSKYRANGER 30R = 3 kmcalibre = 30 mmrate = 1,200 rds/minMOTIONCREED · SYSTEMS STUDYDWG MC-2172REV ASCALE NTSUNITS mSCHEMATIC · CONFIGURATION INDICATIVE, NOT TO SCALE
01234560123456GROUND RANGE, KMALT, KMSHAHED CRUISE BAND, 2 TO 5 KM (2025)3 km effective · reaches 33% of the band overheadSKYRANGER 30
MakerRheinmetall Air Defence
OriginSwitzerland / Germany
BuiltZurich, Switzerland
Calibre30 mm
Rate of fire1,200 rds/min
Max range3 km
GuidanceIntegrated 360-degree 3D AESA search radar (Hensoldt Spexer 2000M on current variants), stabilised electro-optical tracker with laser rangefinders, optional FIRST infrared scanner
LauncherUnmanned turret on Boxer 8x8 (Germany), Pandur EVO (Austria), ACSV and ground mount (Netherlands), Lynx (Hungary), Piranha V (Denmark)

Rheinmetall's brochure gives a 30 x 173 mm KCE revolver cannon at 1,200 rounds per minute (Watson and Wikipedia say 1,250), 252 ready rounds, effective range up to 3,000 m with gun and 6,000 m with missiles, and a turret weight of 1,800 to 2,300 kg with ammunition. Germany ordered 19 with Stinger missiles and an option for 30 more; Austria ordered 36 and the Netherlands a two-digit number with first delivery at end of 2028. No combat use is confirmed.

Sources (9)
  1. Rheinmetall, Oerlikon Skyranger 30 brochure (D994e0222) (rate_of_fire_rpm)
  2. Rheinmetall, Oerlikon Skyranger 30 brochure (D994e0222) (range_km)
  3. Rheinmetall, Oerlikon Skyranger 30 brochure (D994e0222) (calibre_mm)
  4. Rheinmetall, Oerlikon Skyranger 30 brochure (D994e0222) (guidance_or_cueing)
  5. Rheinmetall press release, Bundeswehr ordered Skyranger 30 (27 Feb 2024) (unit_cost_usd)
  6. Defense News, Germany buys Rheinmetall's Skyranger to reinstate mobile air defenses (28 Feb 2024) (unit_cost_usd)
  7. Watson, Europa will Drohnen-Killer Skyranger von Rheinmetall aus der Schweiz (built_where)
  8. Rheinmetall press release, Skyranger 30 for the Dutch armed forces (12 Dec 2025) (status)
  9. Defense News, Germany buys Rheinmetall's Skyranger (28 Feb 2024) (launcher)