Saurer Tartaruga
| Saurer Tartaruga | |
|---|---|
 Saurer Tartaruga at Panzermuseum Thun | |
| Type | Armored personnel carrier |
| Place of origin | Switzerland |
| Service history | |
| Used by | Switzerland |
| Production history | |
| Manufacturer | Adolph Saurer AG. |
| Produced | 1959 |
| No. built | 1 |
| Specifications | |
| Mass | 20 tonnes |
| Length | 6.10 m (240 in) |
| Width | 2.90 m (114 in) |
| Height | 1.80 m (71 in) |
| Crew | 12: driver, commander, gunner +9 Panzergrenadiere |
| Armour | up |
Main armament | 1x 20mm automatic cannon Oerlikon |
| Engine | Saurer CH 5D V-8 cylinder diesel Displacement cm ³ 12670 153 kW |
| Suspension | torsion bar |
Operational range | 300km (0.8 L / km) |
The Saurer Tartaruga (Turtle) was a prototype of an armored personnel carrier from the Adolph Saurer AG. The Saurer Tartaruga was built in 1959. Together with the Mowag Pirat it was tested by the Swiss Army. But unexpectedly the Swiss Army decided to buy the American M113. A prototype is now in the Thun tank museum.
References
[edit]- (in German) Kurt Sahli: Saurer. Geschichte einer Nutzfahrzeugfabrik. Stämpfli Verlag AG, Bern 1987
- (in German) Stefan Keller: Die Zeit der Fabriken. Von Arbeitern und einer roten Stadt. Rotpunktverlag, Zürich 2001
- (in German) Hans Ulrich Wipf, Mario König, Adrian Knoepfli: Saurer. Vom Ostschweizer Kleinbetrieb zum internationalen Technologiekonzern, hier+jetzt, Verlag für Kultur und Geschichte, Baden 2003, ISBN 3-906419-55-X
- (in German) Markus Mäder: Drei Generationen Saurer. Franz Saurer (1806-1882), Adolph Saurer (1841-1920), Hippolyt Saurer (1878-1936). Schweizer Pioniere der Wirtschaft und Technik, Band 48, herausgegeben vom Verein für wirtschaftshistorische Studien, Meilen 1988
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