: 60 have been received from retired Dutch surplus for 21 million dollars. : In December 2020, it was announced that a license had been issued for the export of a total of 15 Gepard anti-aircraft vehicles to Qatar. Furthermore, four automatic cannons, 30 barrels, 16,000 rounds of ammunition and 45 breechblocks will be delivered as spare parts. These were purchased in order to ensure air security for the 2022 FIFA World Cup. In early 2023, German government officials began negotiating with Qatar the possible purchase of their 15 Gepards to send these to Ukraine. : 43 delivered (36 + 7 for spares), all ex-Bundeswehr stocks. : On 26 April 2022, the German government authorized Krauss-Maffei Wegmann to transfer 50 refurbished Flakpanzer Gepard anti-aircraft vehicles to Ukraine. The first three Gepards arrived in Ukraine on 25 July 2022. By February 2023, 32 Gepards had been delivered, with an additional 5 still being prepared. Former operators : 55 delivered, withdrawn from service and sold to private companies. 38 are currently owned and stored for resale in Belgium by OIP Land Systems. : Former user. Four vehicles delivered in 2008, and returned in January 2011. Equipment originally operated by the Bundeswehr. Order of 30 vehicles canceled due to high overhaul/upgrade costs. : 420 originally built for the Bundeswehr (195 B2 and 225 B2L with additional laser range finder). During the 1980s they equipped the anti-aircraft artillery regiments of the eleven German mechanized divisions with six batteries each and one additional corps level battalion with three batteries for a total of 69 batteries of six Gepard each. About 220 B2L were later modernised to Gepard 1A2 and equipped five active and the same number of reserve battalions of three batteries with seven Gepard each. This number was further reduced with the planned fielding of MANTIS and the change in military strategy to out-of-area missions. The last 94 of these remained in service until 2010 when they were gradually phased out until 2012 due to high maintenance costs. Many of Germany's retired Gepards remain in outdoor storage with KMT's subsidiary Battle Tank Dismantling GmbH Koch in Rockensußra, Thuringia. In light of the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine and Switzerland's refusal to supply ammunition for the Gepard, Germany announced on 14 February 2023 it would restart domestic production of ammunition for the Gepard through Rheinmetall. : 95 delivered, withdrawn from service and placed in storage