Mowag piranha
The Mowag Piranha is a vehicle concept for wheeled armored personnel carriers developed in the 1970s by the Swiss company Mowag (today General Dynamics European Land Systems - Mowag GmbH ). They were built in the versions 4 × 4, 6 × 6, 8 × 8 and 10 × 10, including various equipment options such as B. an amphibious version. A total of 10,000 piranhas are currently in use worldwide.
The weight of the standard versions varies between 12.5 and 25 tons, with the payload of 3 or 10 tons still having to be deducted. Vehicles based on the piranha are used by the US armed forces under the designation LAV-25 in the US Marine Corps and as a Stryker in the US Army . In the Australian Army , the armored car was introduced as an Australian Light Armored Vehicle.
Romania ordered an unknown number of Piranha IIIs in 2017 in order to expand the stocks of vehicles already procured.
Technical specifications
| Technical specifications | PIRANHA IIIC | PIRANHA V |
|---|---|---|
| power | 336 kW / 450 PS / 1850 Nm | 530 kW / 730 PS / 2000 Nm |
| engine | CATERPILLAR C9, diesel | MTU Diesel and hybridboost power |
| Top speed | 100 km / h | 100 km / h |
| Swimming speed (optional) | 10 km / h | k. A. |
| Empty weight | 14 tons | 17 tons |
| payload | up to 8 tons | up to 16 tons |
| Climbing ability | 60% | 60% |
| Protection (standard) | modular ballistic, mine, IED and RPG protection concepts according to international customer-specific standards | Standard equipment with the highest level of protection against mines and IED threats, modular integrated protection concept |
| Protection (optional) | active protection system, various additional armor | |
| Amphibious equipment (optional) | Sea water cooling system, lockable engine cooling grille, water drive: 2 propellers, steering by means of: 2 twin rudders, automatically operated surge board , bilge pumps | k. A. |
| Armament (optional) | Installation of various weapon systems from 7.62 mm to 120 mm caliber possible | Installation of various weapon systems from 7.62 mm to 120 mm caliber possible |
| Equipment (optional) | Combined ABC air conditioning system, fire extinguishing system for the engine room and crew room, further equipment available | Combined ABC climate system, fire extinguishing system for the engine room and crew room, VECTRONICS, MILCAN, MUMS upgrades possible |
variants
- 6 × 6 (3 axes):
- Tank destroyer 90
- Piranha command tank
-
AVGP
- Cougar - reconnaissance vehicle with the same turret structure as the British Scorpion (76 mm main gun)
- Grizzly armored transport
- Husky - armored recovery vehicle
- Piranha medical tank
- 8 × 8 (4 axes):
- ABC reconnaissance vehicle 08
- Radschützenpanzer 93
- Radio Access Point Panzer (RAP Pz)
- Coyote Reconnaissance Vehicle
- Bison Armored Vehicle
- LAV II
- LAV-25
- ASLAV
- LAV-m
- LAV-AT
- LAV-log
- LAV-c2 (C Square)
- LAV III
- Stryker
Web links
- General Dynamics European Land Systems company website
- Ruedi Baumann: “Everything” that MOWAG has already moved - a detour to global success. SwissMoto. Bildpress Zuerich BPZ
- Works collection MOWAG GmbH Kreuzlingen Swiss Military Museum Full