Nowak, Daniel Die Schweizer Panzerbrigade 11 - Strike hard and win

This issue of the booklet series "Vehicle Profiles" is intended to provide the interested reader with an insight into the equipment and facilities of the Swiss Armoured Brigade 11. In addition, it provides an overview of the structure and organisation, as well as the exercise operations, in order to convey the challenging tasks of this combat-strong unit.

Overview of the vehicles shown in the booklet: helicopter TH98 "Cougar", motorbike BMW F 650 GS, Steyr Puch GE 230 4x4 Pw 8 Pl gl 4x4 (Mercedes G 230); Bucher Duro truck light WA Verd, 2.2 tons 20 Pl, 4x4 gl; Steyr 1291.320 P43/M truck 5.6 tons gl 4x4 with winch; Saurer 6 DM truck 6 tons, gl 4x4, Iveco Euro Trakker MP190E 35 W truck WA 7.2 tons bridge/verdecl transport 4x4 gl; Iveco MP 260E 44 W Cursor 13 truck WABRA/HA CON 10.6 t 6x6 gl as ammunition transporter; reconnaissance vehicle 93/97 gl 4x47 Mowag Eagle; armoured personnel carrier Mowag DURO IIIP GMTF 11 Pl/2t 6x6; tank destroyer TOW Mowag "Piranha" 6x6; Command Tank 6x6 "Piranha" with weapon station ;1151 Protector; Medical Tank 6x6 "Piranha", "Piranha" IIIC 8x8 as mobile communication platform; Wheeled Infantry Fighting Vehicle Mowag "Piranha" 8x8; M113 A1 (sapper tank 63/05); mine clearing tank 63/00 based on the 63 M113 A1; fire control tank 63/05; tracked transport vehicle 68/05 5.3 t self-propelled howitzer 79/95; infantry fighting vehicle 2000 (CV90300 Mk. II); Panzer 87 ("Leopard" 2); Bergepanzer "Büffel" "Leopard"); Genie- und Minenräumpanzer (G/Mirm) Pz 11 "Kodiak".