Liberty air defense system.

[Mercurius Cantabrigiensis]

Strange that the West never fielded a tracked air defence system less the Gepard when the Soviet Bloc had the ZSU-24 and later the 2S16 Tunguska.

There was the ill-fated US Roland programme in the late 1970s in which the European SAM system was extensively redesigned at subsystem/module level to conform to US engineering practice. The entire project was steadily given the budgetary 'death of a thousand cuts' until only a handful of units were built and issued only the National Guard. 

[gollevainen]

Is there any images of the cancelled Mauler SAM system, the one that led soviets to developt the OSA (SA-8 Gecko)??

[enrr]

Not sure if this is the same program or a different interation of the same concept but it appears it at least got to hardware and was called "OTOMATIC". 

The OTOMATIC it's re-born as Multifunctional Weapons System on turret for Centauro, Dardo or equivalent. The MWS can fire the new guided ammo DART of naval Davide/Strales system
http://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/aw/dti0908/index.php?startid=20

other picture of the old OTOMATIC

[rickshaw]

Is there any images of the cancelled Mauler SAM system, the one that led soviets to developt the OSA (SA-8 Gecko)??

Yes.



That image appears a bit distorted to me.  The next one is better and clearer:

[GAU-8 Avenger]

Can anybody enlighten me on the relationship of the VT-1 Liberty missile to the Crotale NG system?

Were the twin 25mm autocannons on the definite Libery FAADS hooked up to the radar fire control system? Or where they just intended to be used against helicopters and ground targets?

[Apophenia]

Most sources imply that Liberty and the Crotale NG launch unit are the same thing, both firing the VT-1 hypervelocity missiles developed with LTV for FAADS.