Operators
- Argentina: 50+ GDF-002 units, XABA sight used
- Austria: 74 GDF-005 Army, Air Force 18 GDF-005
- Bahrain: 12 GDF-005 units
- Brazil: 38 GDF-001 with updated Super Fledermaus and Brazilian made Skyguard FC radars
- Cameroon: 18+ GDF-002 units
- Canada: 20 GDF-005 units and 10 Skyguard FC radars, to be phased out. AHEAD modified.
- Chile: 24 GDF-005/007 units. gdf-007 FACH
- China: licensed copy of GDF-002 as the Type 90, 150+ units with Skyguard FC radar
- Cyprus: 30 GDF-005 units used with Skyguard and Aspide SAM
- Ecuador: 30 GDF-003 units
- Egypt: 72 Amoun units used with Skyguard and Sparrow SAM
- Finland: 16 units. Known as 35 ITK 88
- Germany: On the Flugabwehrkanonenpanzer Gepard (self-propelled anti-aircraft gun)
- Greece: 44 GDF-002 units used with Skyguard and Sparrow SAM
- Iran: 92 GDF-002 units. Iran claims it is producing/refurbishing these guns. Used with Skyguard & Super Fledermaus FC radars.
- Indonesia
- Japan: some 70 GDF-001 units, used with updated Super Fledermaus FC radars. Made under a joint venture with Japan Steel Works for the 35mm gun and Mitsubishi Electric Corporation for the rest of the system 52 On the Type 87 (self-propelled anti-aircraft gun)
- South Korea: 36 GDF-003 units
- Kuwait: 12 GDF-005 (Amoun) units, used with Skyguard and Sparrow SAM
- Malaysia: 28 GDF-003 units
- Oman: 10 GDF-005 units AHEAD modified
- Pakistan: estimated 200 GDF-005 units, 60 units AHEAD modified
- Romania: 43 Flugabwehrkanonenpanzer Gepard systems and 72 GDF-003 units
- Saudi Arabia: 128 GDF-005 modified units. Used with Skyguard FC radars.
- Singapore: 34× GDF-001 + 24× GDF-002 units
- South Africa: some 100 GDF-002 + 48 modified GDF-005 units
- Spain: 92 GDF-005 units, being upgraded to 007 standard. Skydor and Skyguard FC radars.
- Switzerland: 45 GDF-007 modified units (from Total of 264 GDF-001/002 units)
- Taiwan: 24 Skyguard “Sky Sentinel” Fire Control radars linked to some 50 GDF-003 35 mm twin guns. Upgraded to GDF-006 to fire AHEAD rounds since 2009.
- Turkey: some 120 GDF-002 units.118 upgraded to GDF-006 AHEAD.
- United Arab Emirates: 30 GDF-005 units
- United Kingdom: Total of 15 GDF-002 35mm twin guns were captured during the Falklands War along with 6 Skyguard and one Super Fledermaus FC Radars. One of the Skyguard radars was destroyed from a Shrike missile strike during the conflict. Currently four Skyguard fire control systems for these guns are being used to catch UK military aircraft exceeding flight restrictions over residential areas. GDF-002 guns now in storage and a few military museums in the U.K.
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