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Skynex CIWS loses 6 of 8 guns during Geran salvo; only 2 maintain stable tracking

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A Ukrainian military after-action report cited by Stern documents a significant failure of German Skynex close-in weapon systems during a Geran kamikaze drone attack on a western Ukrainian industrial facility on 1 April 2026. Two batteries — eight 35 mm cannons, two radars and two command posts — were on station, but within minutes three guns dropped out due to a hydraulic fault, a tracking-radar failure and a loading-mechanism jam; a further three failed to sustain stable engagement. Only two of eight cannons maintained effective target tracking throughout the attack, leading Ukrainian operators to assess the system’s technical reliability as fundamentally insufficient for high-tempo air defence.

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