Hi
I’m not us vehicles specialist- is it possible to convert trumpeters lav 25 (00349) to swiss piranha? What chanches are needed?
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It depends what you mean with Swiss Piranha? Swiss Army usage? Swiss Army had only Piranha 6x6 in the role of an ATGM carrier.
More infos here.
www.militaerfahrzeuge.ch
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There is the Piranha II 8x8
But you need to build the turret.
For a 6x6 there was a Resin Conversion set, I think to build the Canadian Husky… The 6x6 was first build as a TOW vehicle, now it is rebuild to be used as Ambulance or Command Vehicle
Normally, Swiss made, means a lot of changes
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Both vehicles, Panzerjäger 90/Kommandopanzer 6x6 Piranha and Radschützenpanzer 93 need a lot of work and the right references.
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Thanks guys 
Hermann, do You have more photos/ work relation?
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From both vehicles?
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San Version
And some of mine at warwheels the Command Version
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Of Radschützenpanzer 93
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Hello Mannet,
FYI Piranha is the manufacturers name of a family of WAPC. US vehicles are normally named Light Armored Vehicle. MOWAG of Kreuzlingen now has the Piranha 5 in production. They serve as base for for Panzerhaubitze 25. It´s a Piranha 5 10x10 with a KMW Artillery Gun Module turret. Swiss Army also has 12cm Mörser 16 on Piranha 4 and Pionierpanzer 21, also on Piranha 4.
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The problem is that the basic LAV-25 is 7.62mm armor protection whereas later versions of the LAV, depending on the variant, has up-armored the protection rating to 14.5mm AP and even more (the U.S. Marines’ LAV-25A2, hence “A2 variant.” That means huge changes to the suspension, body armor, bolt-on armor bolt heads, etc. Thus, it may not be as easy to make a Piranha II, III, or later.
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Thank You Hermann, big help!
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Hmm, I’ll compare what I have wit photos/ drawings of original swiss vehicles..
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