Mowag Puma
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| Mowag Puma | |
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 Mowag Puma at Schweizerisches Militärmuseum Full | |
| Place of origin | Switzerland |
| Service history | |
| In service | never entered production |
| Production history | |
| Designer | MOWAG motor car factory Kreuzlingen |
| Designed | 1981 |
| Manufacturer | Mowag |
| No. built | 1 |
| Specifications | |
| Crew | 7: driver, commander, gunner +4 passengers in the rear area |
Main armament | Coaxial armament turret with 20mm machine gun, 7.62 mm MG3 HS |
Secondary armament | 6 smoke grenade cup 2x 76mm 9mm Uzi in spherical aperture |
| Engine | 8 cylinder Mowag M8DV, 10.8 L displacement 235 kW |
| Transmission | MOWAG M13-16S 6 forward and 2 reverse |
| Suspension | 6x6 wheeled |
Operational range | 400 km (250 mi) |
| Maximum speed | 80 km/h (50 mph) on road 42 km/h (26 mph) off-road 12 km/h (7.5 mph) water |
The Mowag Puma is one of the armored personnel carriers produced by Mowag based in Switzerland.
Design
[edit]Emphasized in the Puma vehicles were buoyancy, high payload, high maneuverability and ease of operation in nuclear/biological/chemical (NBC) contaminated areas.
The 6x6 Puma has steerable wheels on the first and the third axles, while the wheels of the middle axle are fixed, which enables a tight turning circle.
Behind the two rear wheels is a ship propeller. The motor is housed in the front.
Grenadiers leave the vehicle through a door behind the turret hatch in the roof or through a large double door at the rear of the vehicle.
History
[edit]The Puma was the first of a family of vehicles including the 4x4, 6x6 and 8x8, which were designed and built in the 4x4 and 6x6 versions with different weight divisions.
The Puma yielded important results for the 8x8 armored personnel carriers weapon carrier Mowag Shark.
A prototype of the Puma, which took part in various trials in Switzerland and at presentations at the Gurnigel, Bruggrugg and Oerlikon-Bührle premises Ochsenboden,[1] is now in the Schweizerisches Militärmuseum Full. The Puma never went into series production.[2][3]
References
[edit]- ^ "Rheinmetall Defence - Testing Centre Ochsenboden (Studen, Switzerland)".
- ^ Militärmuseum Full Switzerland
- ^ Marcus Bauer, Nutzfahrzeuge der MOWAG Motorwagenfabrik AG, Fachpresse Goldach, Hudson & Company, 1996 ISBN 9783857380563