Altay MBT will not include foreign parts

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Altay MBT will not include foreign parts

Turkey’s first national tank, Altay, which is on display at IDEF’11 – an international defense industry fair in Istanbul, will not include any foreign parts or products, a senior Turkish official said on Wednesday.

Head of Turkey’s Undersecretariat for Defense Industry Murad Bayar said that Altay tanks would be produced fully by national means.

Bayar made his remarks at a signing ceremony between his Undersecretariat and Aselsan, a Turkish defense industry company, which will build electronic systems for the tank project.

Under the deal, Aselsan will produce IFF (identification friend-or-foe) systems for Altay tanks.

The project to build Turkey’s first national main battle tank Altay is carried out by Otokar, a Koc Holding company.

Otokar has completed the concept design of the tank and plans to start works on detail designing which will be followed by production of mockups and tests.

Otokar officials say Altay tanks would be ready for sale by 2016.

Bayar: Altay MBT will not include foreign parts | TR Defence

 

[farhan_9909]

enigne,APS,everything indegenous?

 

[Archdemon]

Sure....

 

[[TR]AHMET]

Armour will produced by Roketsan, 120mm L55 Barrel by MKE, Electro Optic and Fire Control System by Aselsan, Design and integration by Otokar, only engine will produced under license. The government said Turkish companies to develop national tank engine for the future.

Also this design will develop, Otokar exhibited this Mokup only for IDEF exhibition. Toward the end of the year to produce the first prototype.

other Altay Photos Altay Trk Silahl Kuvvetleri (TSK) Fotoraf Galerisi - Turkish Military Photos

 

[turkaholic]

Sure....

What's so funny? Oh I forgot, nothing comes close to what Israel manufactures.

 

[[TR]AHMET]

They are always smiling, this doesn't problem.

 

[AKINCI]

engine probably will be german mtu made and barrel will be again german. he should use a different term may be fully domestic production instead of saying without foreign parts because engines produce in turkey by mtu turkiye and barrels produce under license by mke.

 

[milvipes]

It will contain foreign-designed parts, but not foreign-manufactured parts.