The Piranha was drawn as a modular family — one hull in four, six, eight and ten-wheeled forms — which is exactly what made it licensable. The first prototype was the IB 6×6 of 1972.
Licence production followed in Canada, the United Kingdom, Chile and the United States, and the derivatives long since outnumbered the Swiss-built vehicles: the Canadian LAV and Bison, the Australian ASLAV, the American Stryker. The Piranha V of 25–30 tonnes is what European armies are buying now — 309 for Denmark, 227 or more for Romania, 348 or more ordered by Spain.
First generations (1972–2000s)
3 VEHICLES IN THIS CHAPTERThe IB 6×6 prototype and the I to IV generations, and the Shark that did not follow them.
Registry records · chapter 1
Licence production (1982–)
3 VEHICLES IN THIS CHAPTERThe LAV and Bison in Canada, the ASLAV in Australia, the Stryker in the United States.
Registry records · chapter 2
Piranha V (2010–)
1 VEHICLE IN THIS CHAPTER25–30 tonnes, for Switzerland, Denmark, Romania and Spain.
Registry records · chapter 3
Base models
The structural configurations the registry and the Creator build from; each page carries the researched specification.Sources
- Mowag Piranha — Wikipedia