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Armoured vehicles2015 – present
Wheeled armoured fighting vehicle
Mowag Piranha V is a wheeled armoured fighting vehicle originating in Switzerland. It was built by GDELS Mowag GmbH GDELS Deutschland GmbH Bucharest Mechanical Factory.
SwitzerlandMowag Piranha V
Forsvarsministeriets Materiel- og Indkøbsstyrelse · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Resized · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source ↗ · ModifiedWheeled armoured fighting vehicle
Switzerland
2015 – present
See Operators
General Dynamics European Land Systems
2004 - 2008 (for the FRES programme)
GDELS Mowag GmbH GDELS Deutschland GmbH Bucharest Mechanical Factory
Mowag Piranha IV
Luchs 2 VCR Dragón
By GDELS Mowag: Piranha 6×6 RECCE Piranha 8×8 Mortar Carrier IFV APC Stratcom Sappeur Ambulance C2 CIS/GEO SHORAD Piranha 10×10 AAC HMC Recovery Bridge Layer
30 t (66,000 lb)
8 m (26 ft)
2.99 m (9.8 ft)
2.34 m (7.7 ft)
2 on non turret variants 3 on IFV/RWS variants + Maximum 8 passengers
14.5 mm AP resistant. Maximum Add-on ( 25 mm AP resistant)
APC : RCWS 12.7 mm machine gun with option for anti-tank missile launcher IFV : 30 mm autocannon turret Mortar carrier : 120 mm mortar
IFV : 7.62 mm coaxial machine gun (on turret)
MTU 6V199 TE21 or Scania DC13 437 kW (586 hp), or 480 kW (640 hp)
14.56 kW/t (19.53 hp/t), or 16 kW/t (21 hp/t)
6×6 , 8×8 and 10×10
ZF 7HP902S or SAPA SW624
Hydropneumatic 6×6, 8×8 and 10×10 wheeled
450 L (120 US gal)
550 km (340 mi)
100 km/h (62 mph)
Piranha V
Denmark (309) The Piranha V was selected over the CV90 Armadillo the PMMC G5 and the VBCI in 2015. The contract for the order of 309 Piranha V in 6 variants was signed in December 2015 for USD $600 million. The first Piranha V was delivered to DALO in 2018, and it entered service at the end of March 2019. The variants used are: 131 troop transport, engineering, and mechanic roles 110 command and control vehicles (CIS/GEO, internals delivered by MILDEF AB) 37 armoured ambulances 15 mortar carriers, equipped with the Cardom 120mm mortar system, and the A3MS fire control system delivered by ELSAIT The variants in order include: 16 SHORAD vehicles, equipped with the Skyranger 30 turrets, and the Mistral 3 missiles, to be delivered in 2026 / 2027.
Romania (227) In January 2018, Romania signed a framework agreement with GDELS for the purchase of 227 Piranha V. The value of the agreement reached €868 million. Six variants are part of the contract: 100 Infantry Fighting Vehicles, equipped with Elbit UT30 MK2 unmanned turrets 127 others: Command and control vehicles, equipped with Elbit lightweight 12.7mm RCWS 19 Mortar carriers, equipped with Elbit SPEAR 120mm mortar systems Ambulances ( MEDEVAC ) CBRN reconnaissance vehicles Recovery vehicles The framework agreement is structured in 3 phases: 30 vehicles produced by GDELS Mowag in Switzerland (all delivered) 64 assembled in Romania under the direction of GDELS (all delivered) 133 to be manufactured by UMB in Romania (all delivered) As of January 2026, 216 of the 227 vehicles were confirmed delivered, with the remaining vehicles expected to be delivered by February.
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True scale
Sourced dimensions beside a 1.75 m human reference.
Points represent sourced observations, including revisions. Revisions on the same effective date are not separate inventory events. Ranges appear in the table and are not plotted as exact points.
| Observation / report period | Value | Source | Claim state |
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| 28 Sept 2026 | 8 m | Wikipedia contributors | superseded |
| 28 Sept 2026 | 8 m | Wikipedia contributors | superseded |
| 28 Sept 2026 | 8 m | Wikipedia contributors | superseded |
| 28 Sept 2026 | 8 m | Wikipedia contributors | superseded |
| 28 Sept 2026 | 8 m | Wikipedia contributors | approved |
Mowag Piranha V equipment records. Variants, orders and quantities are shown as reported in each inventory source; coverage is incomplete.
DenmarkArmy exact named equipment holdings: Piranha V. Active, operational-reserve and training units excluding equipment in store; November 2025 IISS assessment. Named service only; no parent-force or national total inferred. Source role: ARMOURED FIGHTING VEHICLES / APC (W). Original estimates, ranges, reporting names, reserve, lease and employment scopes retained; nested included counts are not added. Missile-system quantities mean launchers, not rounds. No readiness, crew, carried weapon, payload, factory-production or future order count inherited.
MoldovaReported count for Piranha V. Service scope: Ground Forces; does not replace a national total. 1 distinct count cell(s) from the same source list; shared rowspan cells counted once. Retired, wholly reserve and on-order rows are excluded; the reported count retains any explicitly mixed stock scope in the quoted row. Count column(s): numbers: 5. Origin: Germany. The listed variants/roles are the scope, not an immediately deployable count. The components do not establish one inventory census date; the stored date is the retrieved source snapshot.
Monaco
RomaniaArmy exact named equipment holdings: Piranha V (incl variants). Active, operational-reserve and training units excluding equipment in store; November 2025 IISS assessment. Named service only; no parent-force or national total inferred. Source role: ARMOURED FIGHTING VEHICLES / IFV. Original estimates, ranges, reporting names, reserve, lease and employment scopes retained; nested included counts are not added. Missile-system quantities mean launchers, not rounds. No readiness, crew, carried weapon, payload, factory-production or future order count inherited.