Piranha V

Piranha V
Danish MOWAG Piranha V
Type	Infantry Fighting Vehicle
Place of origin	Switzerland
Service history
Used by	Denmark Monaco Spain
Production history
Designer	MOWAG Motor Car Factory, Kreuzlingen, Switzerland
Manufacturer	MOWAG
Specifications
Weight	30 t (66,000 lb)
Length	8 m (26 ft)
Width	2.99 m (9.8 ft)
Height	2.34 m (7.7 ft)
Crew	3 (+ 8 passengers)

Main armament	1× 12.7 mm MG turret or MOWAG apex mount, or grenade launcher, TOW anti-tank missile, or Mephisto ATM.
Engine	MTU 6V199 TE21 430 kW (577 hp)
Power/weight	15 kW/t
Transmission	ZF 7HP902S
Suspension	Hydropneumatic 6×6 wheeled
Operational range	550 km (340 mi)
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

The Piranha V is powered by a MTU 6V199 TE21 diesel engine which produces 430 kW.

Survivability

STANAG 4569 Level 4/4a/4b (independently certified) - STANAG 5 also available.

Operators

Map with Piranha 5 operators in blue

Danish Army - in the process of acquiring 309, last expected to be in use by 2023.^[2]
Monégasque Carabiniers – 2 Piranha V.^[3]
Spanish Army – 5 units acquired in 2015 as prototypes for the VBMR program.

References

↑ "Product Range - Wheeled Vehicles - Medium Wheeled Vehicles - Piranha 5", "GENERAL DYNAMICS - European Land Systems", accessed 1 September 2011.
↑ "309 New Armored Vehicles". Forsvaret.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 11 December 2015.
↑ Giletta, Jacques (2005). Les Gardes Personnelles des Princes de Monaco (1st ed.). Taurus Editions. ISBN 2 912976-04-9.

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