MOWAG Armoured Personnel Carrier
MOWAG Armoured Personnel carrier
54 x 24 inches, oil on canvas, 2007
This UN marked armoured vehicle was just
back from Africa. It was covered in a fine red dust. They are formidable
vehicles, diving at 70 kph off road and can go straight over an object half a
metre high. The wheels reinflate if punctured and if they are too badly holed
they have solid rubber cores. They carry a section of nine infantry and have a
driver and gunner. The Irish army have 66 of them.