Swiss military vehicles unable to steer or brake
The Swiss army's fleet of 248 M113 armoured personnel carriers has been banned from driving after a steering and braking defect was detected.
A maintenance deficiency was discovered that made the military vehicle unable to steer or brake.
The necessary repair work and the procurement of the necessary spare parts have already been initiated, the Federal Department of Defense, Civil Protection and Sport announced on Monday.
However, due to delivery bottlenecks, the procurement of spare parts could be delayed. For the recruit schools starting on January 15, 2024, training will be guaranteed with restrictions, it said.
The armoured personnel carriers are used as personnel carriers, for fire control or as mine clearing vehicles.
The M113 fleet numbers 248 vehicles and has been in service with the Army for over 50 years. Their replacement is planned in various armaments programs, wrote the defence ministry.
This news story has been written and carefully fact-checked by an external editorial team. At SWI swissinfo.ch we select the most relevant news for an international audience and use automatic translation tools such as DeepL to translate it into English. Providing you with automatically translated news gives us the time to write more in-depth articles. You can find them here.
If you want to know more about how we work, have a look here, and if you have feedback on this news story please write to english@swissinfo.ch.
External Content
Your subscription could not be saved. Please try again.
Almost finished… We need to confirm your email address. To complete the subscription process, please click the link in the email we just sent you.
In compliance with the JTI standards
More: SWI swissinfo.ch certified by the Journalism Trust Initiative
You can find an overview of ongoing debates with our journalists here . Please join us!
If you want to start a conversation about a topic raised in this article or want to report factual errors, email us at english@swissinfo.ch.