PV

Biography

Pierre Lowe Victor was born on April 28, 1961 in Graaff-Reinet, South Africa. He grew up in the historic Boer war town of Ladysmith, Natal, and matriculated in 1978. He was called up for national military service and for the next two years served as an instructor in the SADF School of Engineers in Kroonstad. He studied Civil Engineering and Fine and Commercial Art. From 1986 he was involved in mechanical military vehicle design and logistics, and later became the editor of a military history magazine (VEG) and wrote or co-wrote several books on the South African nuclear programme. In 2006 he returned to the world of vehicle and military design, and is currently Logistics Manager at a military vehicle manufacturing company.