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  • Noting to say that a Javelin could not be placed on top anything, e.g. like the French Army VBLs 'cars' and the infantry Milan missile launcher plonked on top.

    It may have been mentioned here before, that the Canadian Army previously had Mowag Piranhas 1s, the lighter 6x6 vehicles, with Scorpion turrets with the 76mm gun (short barrel gun) ...named the ‘Cougar’ - don’t know if was successful in its time or not – and I think may have been a retrofit.

    Also, I think I saw somewhere that the 120mm mortar ammunition for the NEMO and AMOS, is unfortunately not interchangeable with normal towed 120mm mortars.

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    • If future army Mowags were armed with a ‘big gun’ and intended primarily for infantry fire support, and not anti-armour, then maybe just a low-pressure 90mm gun (or similar) would do all round, e.g. like the Cockerill III (on some armies APCs), or AML90 type gun (e.g. South African Ratel 90 APC), so not NATO type – but common. I’m not particularly suggesting old stuff be re-used here.

      Or the high pressure version from the ERC90, maybe taken off the French, if they retire them soon.

      If Italian Centauro cast-offs were to be looked at, than maybe they could be compared to South African Rooikats as well.

      Last and perhaps least, there was a short run of Mowag 111s, of a 10x10 wheeled version!

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      • Originally posted by WhingeNot View Post
        Also, I think I saw somewhere that the 120mm mortar ammunition for the NEMO and AMOS, is unfortunately not interchangeable with normal towed 120mm mortars.
        If you go the route of mobile 120mm for arty then, most reasonable solution is to replace hulled versions like for like for the towed ones. Granted an expense initially but increasing capability and mobility massively (particularly for combined arms ops). One vehicle, as opposed to x amount now, fleet commonality for repairs, spares, etc.
        Also one type of ammo instead of multiple for multiple types of mortars.
        Introducing a new type and retaining the current just makes the current obsolete to an extent but increases logs and training chains having both.
        Last edited by X-RayOne; 28 January 2020, 12:51.
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        • We already have this with 40mm grenades. The AGL fires different ammo to the 40mm rifle grenade launcher. They are not interchangeable.
          For now, everything hangs on implementation of the CoDF report.

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          • The 120mm used by the rifled mortar used by France and the USMC is not interchangeable. The fin stabilised stuff should be interchangeable between the RUAG and the NEMO. Wide open to correction on this one.

            On an interesting side note, the Patria AMV as used by the Polish, called the Rosomak (wolverine) has a variant with the NEMO system installed. The Rosomak RAK is the designation for it. While the Rosomak is bigger than the Mowag just going on the specs, both mount the same OTO Melara turret, so there's that commonality when it comes to mounting turrets if the DF were to look at a NEMO.
            Last edited by Captain Edmund Blackadder; 28 January 2020, 14:35.
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            • Dear Santa;

              Swiss have introduced 120mm mortar Piranha3+ (Ruag Cobra 120mm).
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              Last edited by X-RayOne; 28 January 2020, 19:18.
              An army is power. Its entire purpose is to coerce others. This power can not be used carelessly or recklessly. This power can do great harm. We have seen more suffering than any man should ever see, and if there is going to be an end to it, it must be an end that justifies the cost. Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain

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              • Originally posted by X-RayOne View Post
                Dear Santa;

                Swiss have introduced 120mm mortar Piranha3+ (Ruag Cobra 120mm).
                The variant that the DF use for as a mobile workshops was designed as a mortar vehicle

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                • If money becomes available for more Mowags it needs to be spent on what's actually needed, APC and ambulance variants. 120mm SPG and 105mm FSV variants would become garage queens like the MRV's.

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                  • By the time the Mowag Midlife Upgrade is complete we will be about 2 years out from starting the planning phases of replacing the fleet.

                    Go figure

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                    • Originally posted by Fantasia View Post
                      By the time the Mowag Midlife Upgrade is complete we will be about 2 years out from starting the planning phases of replacing the fleet.

                      Go figure
                      Well with the normal rate of procurement process then we'll still get good service out of the upgrade before they are replaced.

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                      • Originally posted by Sparky42 View Post
                        Well with the normal rate of procurement process then we'll still get good service out of the upgrade before they are replaced.
                        Not really. New fleet will be in by 2030

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                        • Originally posted by Fantasia View Post
                          Not really. New fleet will be in by 2030
                          Remind me when the EPV was meant to have been in service for example?I’d put more money on a tender going out in 2030 then actual hardware coming into service.

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                          • ... LAV- M - 120mm mortar in a turret – 8x8 wheeled for Saudi National Guard, in service from c.2002-3, and not sure if a more recent deal for more LAVs from Canada included more of these...


                            and

                            8x8 wheeled LAVs with low pressure/ velocity 90mm Cockerill Mk.3/ Mecar for US trials:


                            Famae & Cardoen made Piranha 8x8 wheeled with 90mm gun for trials, and earlier 6x6 in service(?) with Chile.
                            O Exército do Chile está buscando no mercado internacional adquirir mais exemplares de veículos blindados 8×8 e 6×6. No atual processo de remodelação daquela Força Terrestre, os Regimentos de Infantaria Motorizados serão transformados em unidades de Infantaria Mecanizada. As Forças Armadas chilenas já usam centenas de veículos da família Piranha com várias configurações de armamento, …

                            &
                            *Army-guide.com shows an 8x8 with what looks like a small 90mm, and mentions trials in 1992 with a 90mm gun, and also Famea offering a 120mm mortar version (*Note: not sure if that site is totally ‘ok’ to link to, or to search through (warned my computer!)).

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                            • Originally posted by WhingeNot View Post
                              ... LAV- M - 120mm mortar in a turret – 8x8 wheeled for Saudi National Guard, in service from c.2002-3, and not sure if a more recent deal for more LAVs from Canada included more of these...


                              and

                              8x8 wheeled LAVs with low pressure/ velocity 90mm Cockerill Mk.3/ Mecar for US trials:


                              Famae & Cardoen made Piranha 8x8 wheeled with 90mm gun for trials, and earlier 6x6 in service(?) with Chile.
                              O Exército do Chile está buscando no mercado internacional adquirir mais exemplares de veículos blindados 8×8 e 6×6. No atual processo de remodelação daquela Força Terrestre, os Regimentos de Infantaria Motorizados serão transformados em unidades de Infantaria Mecanizada. As Forças Armadas chilenas já usam centenas de veículos da família Piranha com várias configurações de armamento, …

                              &
                              *Army-guide.com shows an 8x8 with what looks like a small 90mm, and mentions trials in 1992 with a 90mm gun, and also Famea offering a 120mm mortar version (*Note: not sure if that site is totally ‘ok’ to link to, or to search through (warned my computer!)).
                              The latest Saudi deal was to include CMI 105mm turrets, not sure what the status of the deal is at present.

                              However in the EU, France is phasing out both its 90mm and 105mm AFVs, the Italians are replacing their 105mm with 120mm, most likely the Spanish will follow also and the Belgian are going to get rid of their 90mm as well. The 120mm smoothbore has become the standard weapon for AT and direct fire almost all across the EU, so why would we go 90mm? It would be an orphan system.

                              If and it is a massive IF the DF move to the current generation of 8x8 then the only serious option for a direct fire system is the 120mm. And now we will get the usual suspects saying ahh but not many other countries are fitting 120mm to an 8x8. Well there is a simple reason for that, when they have a deployment that would require a 120mm direct fire system they can send a Leopard II or something similar.

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                              • Originally posted by Captain Edmund Blackadder View Post
                                The 120mm used by the rifled mortar used by France and the USMC is not interchangeable. The fin stabilised stuff should be interchangeable between the RUAG and the NEMO. Wide open to correction on this one.

                                On an interesting side note, the Patria AMV as used by the Polish, called the Rosomak (wolverine) has a variant with the NEMO system installed. The Rosomak RAK is the designation for it. While the Rosomak is bigger than the Mowag just going on the specs, both mount the same OTO Melara turret, so there's that commonality when it comes to mounting turrets if the DF were to look at a NEMO.
                                The RaK system is similar to the AMOS system, both are two man turrets the former with a single 120mm mortar and the latter with a twin. The NEMO is a single 120mm in a low profile turret with the crew inside the vehicle body. It has a much smaller turret ring than either the RaK or AMOS.

                                The big advantage of all three systems over conventional vehicle mortars systems like the RUAG Cobra is that they can be used for direct fire as well as in-direct fire.

                                https://www.patriagroup.com/products...systems-120-mm
                                https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I78M2qQSqtI
                                https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Xt2XJt1oM4

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