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| Specification | Mowag Piranha | Puma (German infantry fighting vehicle) |
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| Type | Armoured fighting vehicle[source] | Infantry fighting vehicle[source] |
| Place of origin | Switzerland[source] | Germany[source] |
| Used by | see Operators[source] Swiss Army[source]Mowag Piranha family · Swiss Army operator entry expressly scoped to Piranha IIIC; not evidence that other generations share this operator | Bundeswehr[source] |
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Single source6.25 to 7.45 m (20 ft 6 in to 24 ft 5 in)[source]
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Single sourceWidth · source measurement 1
Single sourceWidth · source measurement 3
Single source2.5 to 2.66 m (8 ft 2 in to 8 ft 9 in)[source]
Official specification · puma; 3.7 m
Manufacturer claimSchützenpanzer Puma · Width · Breite
Single sourceHeight · source measurement 1
Single sourceHeight · source measurement 3
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Single source1.8 to 1.98 m (5 ft 11 in to 6 ft 6 in)[source]
for the optics
Single sourcefor the turret roof
Single sourceMaximum; road
Single sourceMaximum; water
Single source100 km/h (62 mph) road 10 km/h (6 mph) water[source]
Maximum; Official specification · puma; 70 km/h
Manufacturer claimMaximum; On road
Single sourceMTU Fried. MT 892 Ka-501 v10 11.1-litre (at 3,800 rpm), 2,200 N⋅m (1,623 ft⋅lb)
Single sourceOfficial specification · puma; 800 kW
Manufacturer claimBars compare reported quantities only. A larger figure does not make a system better; configurations and test conditions differ.
| Designer | MOWAG Motor Car Factory, Kreuzlingen , Switzerland[source] | Krauss-Maffei Wegmann Rheinmetall Landsysteme[source] |
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| Manufacturer | MOWAG[source] | Rheinmetall AG, KNDS Deutschland[source] |
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| Produced | 1972–present[source] | 2009–present[source] |
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| No. built | 12,000+ (incl. LAV and Stryker )[source] | 350 as of December 2022[source] |
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| Variants | Tank destroyer , C3 Command Vehicle, Medevac, APC, police vehicle, pioneer & construction vehicle[source] | — |
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| Armor | quick-mount selection, including defense against RPG , IED , NBC[source] | AMAP modular composite armor composite armour[source] |
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| Main armament | 1 × 12.7 mm MG turret, or MOWAG apex mount, grenade launcher, or TOW anti-tank missile.[source] | Autocanon MK 30-2/ABM ( 30 mm , 200 rounds ready to fire, 200 in storage)[source] |
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| Transmission | Allison MT-653 automatic 6-speed planetary gearbox[source] | Renk HSWL 256[source] |
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| Suspension | hydropneumatic 6×6, 8×8 , or 10×10 wheeled[source] | Horstman hydrostruts[source] |
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| Fuel capacity | 300 L (66 imp gal; 79 US gal)[source] | 900 L (240 U.S. gal; 200 imp gal)[source] |
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| In service | — | 2015–present[source] |
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| Designed | — | 1995–2009[source] |
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| Passengers | — |
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| Secondary armament | — | Base variant: HK MG4 ( 5.56×45mm NATO ) S1 variant: Spike LR (MELLS) ATGM Multishot grenade launcher for close-in defense[source] |
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| Power/weight | — | 18.6 kW/t[source] |
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| Reported occupants | — | 3+6[source]Schützenpanzer Puma · BesatzungSource text · numeric interpretation needs review |
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up-armoured
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Single source3.7 m (12 ft) with base armour 4.0 m (13 ft) up-armoured[source]
3.7 m[source]
4 m[source]Schützenpanzer Puma · Breite
Schützenpanzer Puma · Height · Höhe
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