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Mowag Tornado infantry fighting vehicle

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Type
  
IFV APC

Used by
  
no one

No. built
  
>1

Place of origin
  
Switzerland

Produced
  
1980

Mowag Tornado infantry fighting vehicle

Manufacturer
  
MOWAGmotor car factory Kreuzlingen

The MOWAG Tornado is a armored Infantry fighting vehicle of the company Mowag from Switzerland.

The engine is located in the bow, the driver is on the right side and directly behind him the commander, the armored infantry troops leave the vehicle through a rear door, there is a certain resemblance to the Soviet BMP-1. Different versions of the Tornado with various weapons were tested. The last version was built in 1980. There was never a serial production. The Tornado is with an AC air safety system fitted and an automatic fire detection and extinguishing system fitted in the engine compartment. Also the use SNORA and SURA-D rockets as main weapons was possible. A MOWAG Tornado is part of the Schweizerisches Militärmuseum Full.

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Mowag Tornado infantry fighting vehicle Wikipedia