Mowag Piranha V

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Piranha V
Danish Mowag Piranha 5
Type	Infantry Fighting Vehicle
Place of origin	Switzerland
Service history
Used by	Denmark  Monaco  Spain  Romania
Production history
Designer	Mowag Motor Car Factory, Kreuzlingen, Switzerland
Manufacturer	Mowag ROMARM
Specifications
Mass	33 t (73,000 lb)
Length	8 m (26 ft)
Width	2.99 m (9.8 ft)
Height	2.34 m (7.7 ft)
Crew	3 (+ 8 passengers)
Armor	14.5mm AP resistant.Maximum Add-on ( 25mm AP resistant)
Main armament	1× 12.7 mm MG turret or MOWAG apex mount, or 40mm grenade launcher, or 30 mm autocannon TOW anti-tank missile
Engine	MTU 6V199 TE21 or Scania DC13 430–480 kW (577–644 hp)
Power/weight	15 kW/t
Transmission	ZF 7HP902S or SAPA SW624
Suspension	Hydropneumatic 8×8 wheeled
Operational range	1,000 km (620 mi)
Maximum speed	100 kilometres per hour (62 mph), water 10 km/h (6 mph)

The Piranha V Infantry Fighting Vehicle (IFV) is one variant of the fifth generation of the Mowag Piranha family of vehicles. It was designed by General Dynamics European Land Systems - Mowag GmbH.^[1]

Design[]

Mobility[]

While the Piranha V is available with a MTU 6V199 TE21 diesel engine producing 430 kW, both Denmark^[2] and Spain^[3] have opted for a different Powerpack built by the Spanish company SAPA, consisting of a Scania Diesel engine with 480 kW coupled with the SW 624 automatic transmission, and an auxiliary power unit with 75 kW^[4]

Protection[]

Standard armour (STANAG 4569, Level 4/4b) offers all-round AP protection and 20mm-23mm AP on front. Can offer full protection for the crew if a 10 kg explosive AT mine explodes under the hull. Add-ons can offer all-round protection to 25mm AP rounds and level 5 STANAG 4569.

Operators[]

Map with Piranha 5 operators in blue

• Danish Army - in the process of acquiring 309, first delivered in May 2017, last expected to be in use by 2023.^[5][6]
• Monégasque Carabiniers – 2 Piranha V.^[7]
•  Spain
  • Spanish Army – 5 units acquired in 2015 as prototypes for the VBMR program, in order to replace the existing BMR and VEC cavalry vehicles. First batch of 348 vehicles, to start replacing in 2020 a total of 1200 vehicles of several types. The Spanish variant will be locally known as .
  • Spanish Navy Marines - An undetermined number of Piranha V with 120 mm guns will substitute the M60A3 in service.^[8]
• Romanian Land Forces - The first batch of 36 vehicles, produced at GDELS-Mowag's facilities in Kreuzlingen, Switzerland, they entered the endowment of the Romanian Land Forces in October 2020 at the 26th Infantry Battalion, Red Scorpions, based out of Craiova, Romania.^[9] Another 191 units will be produced in Romania, at Bucharest Mechanical Factory.
• Swiss Army- 32 Mörser 16 self-propelled mortar systems and 12 special vehicles on order to the Swiss Army. The Mörser 16 system consists of RUAG Cobra Mortar System mounted on PIRANHA 5 wheeled vehicle.^{[citation needed]}

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