Mowag

Mowag is a Swiss company founded in 1950, which develops, designs and produces armoured fighting vehicles for military applications in both land-only and amphibious configurations.

[citation needed] Its initial success was the development and production of more than 1,600 troop carriers, the Mowag T1 4×4 for the Swiss Army.

In 1963, vehicles for the Federal Border Guard (Bundesgrenzschutz = BGS), Mowag's production ran for decades.

Among them were the heavy trucks, Mowag M5-16F with four seats, front steering cabin and 16 tons total weight, tow hitch for a double axle trailer and a 149 kW engine in the underfloor.

[2][better source needed] In 1950, Mowag produced 214 local official cars for the Swiss Post, the chassis of this small compact vehicle had sliding doors on each side.

The truck for Swiss Post (PTT) Mowag Einsatzfourgon of which 556 units were built from 1953 to 1988, had also an underfloor engine.

A 8×4-driven four-axle truck with an M8TK diesel engine with eight cylinders, 10.8 litres and 373 kW and Allison automatic five-speed transmission, these are characterised by a very narrow central cab, with two seats.

The hospitals, airports, municipalities, industrial companies and the post office came for a variety of their transportation tasks.

Also Mowag is responsible for spare parts for the Bucher FS 10 Flugzeugschlepper 78/aircraft tugs who are in use by the Swiss Air Force, Pilatus Aircraft and JuAir.

[5] After the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Mowag was already in contact with Germany regarding orders in May 2022,[6] and in the summer of 2023 advertising job openings in administration, engineering and production.

Belgium converted to an all-wheeled force, and replaced all their M113s, AIFVs and Leopard 1s with 268 Piranha IIIC in 7 variants The Mowag Eagle is a lightly-armoured, light tactical vehicle similar, to the American HMMWV.

It can have seating for up to six soldiers while still retaining an in-depth communications system and equipment to fit mission requirements.

The newly developed Eagle IV, based on the DURO, is suitable for reconnaissance, communications and observation, as well as for UN missions and border patrol.

Due to the commonality with the DURO family of vehicles, the maintenance and training costs can be kept low in a fleet mission.

A new version of the Eagle was launched by General Dynamics European Land Systems - Mowag GmbH at EUROSATORY 2010 on 14 June 2010.

The YAK is an armoured and mine-protected transport vehicle produced by the German company Rheinmetall Landsysteme AG based on the DURO IIIP chassis.

Mowag military signals carrier (radio truck) from 1957.
Mowag Dumitank
Mowag Furgeon PTT
Mowag fire engine
Mowag 3M1 'Pirat 18
Mowag Eagle
Mowag DURO Swiss Army
Mowag Tornado 2