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BASE MODELMilitary · OtherSwitzerland

T1 (1950s)

The Swiss T1 GW3500 canvas troop carrier, with a semi-forward cab, front winch and longitudinal rear benches.

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MODEL LINET1BUILT BYMowag AG, KreuzlingenPRODUCED1953OPERATED INSwitzerlandPRODUCTION755 troop carriersLAYOUT4 wheels

The record

flat near-vertical front with rounded outside corners/top edge, short upper vertical grille with roughly11 bars, large lower winch cutout, split bumper, round paired headlamps on rectangular service panels, narrow upright amber corner indicators, small left blackout lamp, BODAN nameplate; two-pane inclined screen, low-mounted wipers, small mirrors on stalks; open cab side windows, half doors with hinges/handles; low steel troop bed with two rounded wheel arches per side, long canvas rear cover with rounded crown and sagging sides/rope ties through body rings; cab canvas visor/roof slightly lower, bench seating, rear canvas flap/tailgate and underbody spare only if supported. No police mesh, blue beacons, hard radio roof, luggage rack, or fire-service markings.

Urs Heller catalogue gives4640×2000×2380mm,2600mm wheelbase/1650track,2500kg empty+1000payload=3500gross,75.75kW103PS at3600rpm,256Nm1200rpm,77.7km/h. Overhang numbers sum100mm short of length. Centurion preservation group's1958 vehicle data sheet (https://centurion-verein.ch/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Mowag-datasheet.pdf) gives4830×2000×2280,2600empty/3600gross,94HP and60–80km/h. Queue3500kg is gross rather than empty; preserve requested laden game mass and distinguish it. Published seating differs10 vs12; two cab seats and longitudinal benches without claiming individual seating count. No confident production year end;1953 introduction and755 troop carriers from supplied research. Switzerland manufacture/operator supported.

Game tuning uses the requested laden3500kg mass,77.7km/h,75.75kW and256Nm catalogue figures; grip.81, drag3.2, steering1 and acceleration1 are gameplay coefficients. All eight fields are prefilled. Shared standard road-wheel geometry retains spinning and front steering. No weapon, armour, smoke or emergency lights; front winch is part of the model.

Paint is an approximate photographic Swiss olive, not a verified factory colour code. The canvas fire conversion corroborates the body and rope ties; its service markings are excluded. A plain closed rear flap and tailgate are reconstructed because no exact rear view was established; no unconfirmed spare or rear markings were added.

Specification

MANUFACTURERMowag AG, Kreuzlingen
MANUFACTURED1953 introduction; production end not established
ENGINEDodge T-137, 3770cc side-valve petrol inline-six
PRODUCTION RUN755 troop carriers; 1668 vehicles across seven military versions in supplied research
COUNTRY OF ORIGINSwitzerland
OPERATED INSwitzerland
STATUSout of production
WHEELBASE2600mm
TRACK1650mm
ENGINE OUTPUT103PS /75.75kW SAE at3600rpm in Urs Heller catalogue; preservation sheet quotes94HP
TORQUE256Nm at1200rpm, Urs Heller catalogue
MASS2500kg empty /3500kg gross in Urs Heller catalogue; individual preserved vehicle2600/3600kg
ROAD SPEED77.7km/h catalogue;60–80km/h preserved-vehicle sheet
RECORD KINDBase model
FAMILYT1
WHEELS4
BODY STYLETroop carrier
VARIANTS1
CATEGORYMilitary · Other

Catalogue fields describe the vehicle's structure and body as this registry records it. They are not certified factory measurements, and no performance figures are published here.

Body styles & colours

Factory colours

  • NATO Olive

Codes on hover. Hex values are representative approximations of period paint unless a source states a measured value.

AI rendering impression

An AI rendering impression starts from a 3D model of this vehicle, which an image model then paints into a scene. It is an artist's impression of the type, made to give a feel for the vehicle in its element — not a photograph, and not a record of any particular vehicle.

Proportions, fittings, markings, colours and the setting can all drift from the original in the process. For the vehicle's actual details, rely on the specification, the photographs and the cited sources on this page.

Sources

  1. 1Troop-carrier photographic gallery and technical catalogue ↗Urs HellerSOURCE
  2. 2Preserved1958 GW3500 data sheet ↗Centurion VereinSOURCE
  3. 3T1 family research ↗SOURCE
  4. 4Reference photographs and alternate-body comparisons ↗SOURCE
  5. 5https://militaerfahrzeuge.ch/detail_11_21_189_182.htmlhttps://militaerfahrzeuge.ch/detail_11_21_189_182.html ↗REFERENCE

Registry record updated 2026-09-28T21:43:50.937Z · status: researched