Mowag Piranha IIIC 10 × 10

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Mowag Piranha IIIC 10 × 10
Mowag Piranha IIIC 10 × 10

Mowag Piranha IIIC 10 × 10
General properties
crew 3: driver, commander, gunner
length 7.45 m
width 2.66 m
height 1.98 m / 2.17 m
Dimensions 18,000 kg
Armor and armament
Main armament Oerlikon GDD-BOE gun turret with 30 mm KDE automatic cannon
Secondary armament Coaxial 7.62 mm MG FN MAG and 6 × smoke throw cups 76 mm
agility
drive Detroit Diesel V6, V6 53TA
350 hp
Top speed 100 km / h on the road
Power / weight

The Mowag Piranha IIIC 10 × 10 is a wheeled armor from the Swiss manufacturer Mowag .

History and Development

With the constant further development of the piranha due to the ever higher requirements and the discontinuation of the Mowag Shark project as a heavy weapon carrier, the capacity limit in terms of payload was reached over time. With the Piranha 10 × 10, built in 1994, attempts were made to take this aspect into account by installing a fifth axle of the same type. Basically, the Piranha 10 × 10 was designed as a heavy weapon carrier, but only a small series was built, e.g. for Sweden as the KAPRIS command tank and the LIRKA transmission tank. The Piranha IIIC 10 × 10 represented an important step in the development of the Piranha IIIC 8 × 8 .

The prototype of the Piranha IIIC 10 × 10, which took part in various tests, including in Sweden, is now in the Swiss Military Museum Full .

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