MOWAG Eagle

MOWAG Eagle
MOWAG Eagle IV of the German Army
Place of origin	Switzerland
Service history
Used by	Germany, Denmark, Switzerland
Wars	War in Afghanistan (2001-present)
Production history
Manufacturer	MOWAG
Produced	2003-
Variants	Eagle I, II, III, IV
Specifications
Weight	8,500 kg[1]
Length	5.37 m (211 in)
length	3.53 m (139 in) (wheelbase)
Width	2.16 m (85 in)
Height	2.0 m (79 in)
Crew	1+4
Armor	STANAG 4569 Ballistic level 2 Mine level 2a
Main armament	remote weapon system
Engine	Cummins ISBe 5.9L 184 kW (250 hp)
Payload capacity	2,200kg (at protection level 2/2a)
Transmission	Allison 2500SP
Suspension	4x4 wheeled
Ground clearance	.4m
Fuel capacity	180 L (48 US gal; 40 imp gal)
Operational range	650 km (400 mi)
Speed	110 km/h (68 mph)

The MOWAG Eagle is a wheeled armored vehicle designed by the Swiss MOWAG corporation. It has gone through several generations of development. The current vehicle, introduced in November 2003, is the Eagle IV, which is based on the Duro IIIP chassis.^[2] The original MOWAG Eagle used the chassis and running gear of the American Humvee, while the Eagle II and Eagle III use the chassis and running gear of the Humvee ECV.^[3]

Users

Eagle I, II, III

• Swiss Army - A total of 329 Eagle I and II are in use as light armored reconnaissance vehicles (Aufklärungsfahrzeug), armed with a 7.5mm Pz Mg 51/71 machine gun and fitted with thermal imaging and radio equipment.^[4] They are known respectively as Aufklärungsfahrzeug 93 and Aufklärungsfahrzeug 97. 120 Eagle III have been acquired as mobile artillery observer vehicles in 2003, with substantial improvements made to communications and surveillance equipment (yet lacking the machine gun of previous versions).
• Danish Army - 36 Eagle I,^[3] known as Spejdervogn M/95. Nowadays, the M/95 is used without the original MKB-2 turret.

Eagle IV

• Danish Army - 90 ^[5]
• German Army - 672 planned (473^[6] have been ordered so far + 20 vehicles as armored ambulance, 90 vehicles will be ordered in 2011^[7]), delivered from 2008 on^[8][9] as part of the GFF program.
• German Federal Police - 10 vehicles.^[10]

Gallery

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  Eagle II: as used by Swiss armored reconnaissance units

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  Eagle III: Swiss reconnaissance vehicle

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  Eagle IV: side view as used by the German Army

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  Eagle IV: rear view

See also

• Iveco LMV
• LAPV Enok

References

1. ^ EAGLE IV 4x4^{[dead link]}
2. ^ MOWAG GmbH - News & Press Releases > Roll-out of the new EAGLE IV in Kreuzlingen^{[dead link]}
3. ^ ^{a b} "Mowag Eagle - Danish Army Vehicles Homepage". Armyvehicles.dk. http://www.armyvehicles.dk/mowageagle.htm. Retrieved 2011-09-17. 
4. ^ Army Technology - MOWAG - Armoured Wheeled Vehicles^{[dead link]}
5. ^ MOWAG GmbH - News & Press Releases > MOWAG EAGLE IV 4x4 vehicles for Denmark^{[dead link]}
6. ^ "defence.professionals". defpro.com. http://www.defpro.com/news/details/20799/?SID=327db31e9b763fb70915dbad404dabd6. Retrieved 2011-09-17. 
7. ^ "Aufrüstung in Afghanistan: Bundeswehr bestellt eilig 60 neue Panzer-Wagen - SPIEGEL ONLINE - Nachrichten - Politik". Spiegel.de. http://www.spiegel.de/politik/deutschland/0,1518,689068,00.html. Retrieved 2011-09-17. 
8. ^ http://dipbt.bundestag.de/dip21/btd/16/070/1607094.pdf
9. ^ MOWAG GmbH - News & Press Releases > Further sales success in Spain^{[dead link]}
10. ^ "Europäische Sicherheit Online!". Europaeische-sicherheit.de. http://europaeische-sicherheit.de/Ausgaben/2010/2010_10/Umschau/2010,10,umschau.html#nav02. Retrieved 2011-09-17. 

External links

• Manufacturer's homepage
• DanskPanser.dk - Eagle I
• DanskPanser.dk - Eagle IV
• Prime Portal - Eagle III walk-around
• Prime Portal - Eagle IV walk-around