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Mowag Piranha IIIC, 8 x 8, 24V, D (Front view, right side)

 
 

Front view, left side

Picture courtesy of Allan Snogdahl, Lille Skensved

 

Here shown is one of the first Danish ambulances in the Piranha series ready for deployment abroad. A total of 16 vehicles have been delivered from Mowag in Switzerland between April and July 2005.
The main difference from the "H"-version is engine and suspension. The "C"-version is powered by a 6-cylinder Caterpillar C-9 EURO III engine developing 400 hp coupled to a ZF 7HP602 automatic gearbox. The suspension is independent for each wheel with coil springs at the front wheels and torsion bars at the rear. The "C"-version will, depending on version, be fitted with an Overhead Weapon Station with a 12.7 mm heavy machine gun.
A total of 91 "C"-versions are to be delivered until July 2007.
The ambulance, which are currently being equipped at the Army Production Facilities in Hjoerring, are expected to supersede the
Sisu XA-185 ambulance in February 2006.
The ambulance can carry 1 patient on stretcher and 5 sitting patients, or 2 patients on stretchers and 1 sitting patient. Air-condition is standard equipment.


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