MOWAG - Armoured Wheeled Vehicles

MOWAG develops, designs and produces technologically superior highly protected vehicles for military applications. As a supplier of cross-country, armoured wheeled vehicles, we offer both land-only and amphibious configurations in the range of 7t to 25t gross vehicle weight. More than 12,000 armoured wheeled vehicles of the type PIRANHA, EAGLE and DURO are in operation worldwide with a large number of armed forces.

MOWAG was founded in 1950 as a private enterprise. Since October 2003, MOWAG is a company within the General Dynamics European Land Combat Systems group and at present employs around 500 highly-skilled personnel at the facility in Kreuzlingen, Switzerland. MOWAG continues to operate as a Swiss company, and is organised and incorporated under Swiss law. General Dynamics European Land Combat Systems is part of General Dynamics Corporation (GD), a fully defence business oriented company, which employs approx. 69,000 people world wide. GD business segments are Combat Systems, Information Systems and Technology, Marine Systems and Aerospace.

MOWAG's high quality products are leaders with numerous forces, such as the US Army (STRYKER), US Marine Corps (LAV), Canadian Army, Swiss Army as well as in Australia, New Zealand, Sweden, Denmark, Ireland, Great Britain, Germany, Spain, Malaysia and some countries in the Middle East, Africa and South America. In addition to production in Kreuzlingen, Switzerland, London / Ontario, Canada and the USA, MOWAG vehicles are also built under licence by leading companies in other countries.

PIRANHA ARMOURED VEHICLE FAMILY

Since the PIRANHA 6x6, 8x8 and 10x10 family of armoured wheeled vehicles was conceived in the seventies, over 6,500 vehicles have been produced and are today in operation. A further 1,700 PIRANHA vehicles are now selected, on order and under production in Canada, the USA and Switzerland. The baseline vehicle, the new generation of the PIRANHA III enables numerous applications and / or weapon system installations as expected of a modern multi-role vehicle, which is well suited to any battlefield or peace-keeping / peace-enforcing mission anywhere in the world. The PIRANHA IV 8x8 offers again higher payloads, modular ballistic protection, superior mine protection and provides increased mobility with its height-adjustable hydro-pneumatic suspension system.

EAGLE 4X4 RECONNAISSANCE AND FORWARD OBSERVATION VEHICLES

A total of 365 EAGLE 4x4 reconnaissance vehicles and 120 EAGLE 4x4 artillery forward observation vehicles have been built in the past eight years and are in service with the Swiss and Danish Forces. With the newly developed EAGLE IV MOWAG has once again set the standard in the segment of armoured 4x4 vehicles for military applications. The EAGLE IV is suitable as reconnaissance, communications and observation vehicle as well as for UN missions and border patrol. The MOWAG development on the basis of the proven DURO chassis is distinguished through a very high payload versus a low GVW, with a high ballistic and mine protection level as well as exceptional mobility both on and off-road. Due to the communality with the DURO family of vehicles, the maintenance and training costs can be kept low in a fleet mission.

DURO 4X4 AND 6X6 VEHICLES

Initially developed for Switzerland, over 3,600 DURO 4x4 and 6x6 vehicles are now in service worldwide. Main customers are Switzerland, Germany, Venezuela, Great Britain and Malaysia. In addition to these, the vehicle is used in many other countries for special purposes. Germany has ordered the DURO IIIP 6x6 ballistic and mine protected version. Large demands for DURO vehicles in various countries are coming up and DURO II and III versions offering latest technology, outstanding payload and mobility are now available to be offered and delivered.

PIRANHA, EAGLE and DURO vehicles are successfully deployed in numerous operations around the world and are combat proven in a wide range of missions, terrains and climatic conditions. Service life extension and re-role programs for PIRANHA vehicles some fielded as early as in the seventies of e.g. US Marine Corps, Canadian and Swiss Forces are currently underway which will allow to extend the service life by many years to come.

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