4×4S.ORGTHE REGISTRY BASE MODEL · 1959–70
BASE MODELSwitzerland

MR 8 (1959–)

The armoured car that took Mowag abroad: about 750 MR 8s built for the West German Bundesgrenzschutz from 1959.

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Sources & evidence
MODEL LINEMR 8BUILT BYMowag, KreuzlingenPRODUCED1959–70OPERATED INGermanyPRODUCTIONAbout 750LAYOUT4 wheels

The record

The MR 8 was Mowag’s first large export contract and its first armoured vehicle in quantity. The federal border guard used them into the 1980s; the design is the ancestor of the wheeled armour the company has built ever since.

Specification

MANUFACTURED1959–70s
ENGINENot published
PRODUCTION RUNAbout 750
COUNTRY OF ORIGINSwitzerland
OPERATED INGermany
STATUSout of production
RECORD KINDBase model
MODEL LINEMR 8
FAMILYMR 8
WHEELS4
BODY STYLEArmoured
VARIANTS1

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Body styles & colours

Factory colours

  • NATO Olive

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Sources

  1. 1Mowag ↗Wikipedia · accessed 2026-09-23SOURCE

Registry record updated 2026-09-23 · status: researched