Why do they bother with developing such a state of the art MBT, if you they are gonna leave some parts of it vulnerable? Sideskirts are crucial for a MBT, they should add them no matter how heavy they are. Even adding simple steel plates (which have limited protection) is better than having no...
Does anyone know why they don't add long sideskirts to Altay? Even the first concept has very short sideskirts (looks like i can't add links yet), and the prototypes have no side skirts at all. Look at Tulpar's sideskirts, that's what Altay needs. And why don't they give the turret a more sloped...
You should ask that question to Erdoğan and AKP members, not to Turkish members of the forum. But if we are talking about Syrian issue, my guess is that:
1. They are afraid of the chemical weapons and ballistic missiles Syria possess. Turkey still lacks a good defence system.
2. They...
Actually carry handle is very useful for our soldiers who have to walk very long distances. But that handle must be a joke, they should have designed a handle-scope combination like G36's.
Horrible stock, archaic carrying handle, no optics... Was that the best MKE could do? What a disappointment!
At least our special forces can customize it according to their needs, better than nothing.
I hope this becomes our standard infantry rifle, not the MKEK one. But they should make a gripod and some kind of optic standard as well, but i'm not very optimistic about it. They find money for everything else, but not for equipping our soldiers properly.
By the way are you sure it's 5.56? I...