Altay & Turkish Main Battle Tank Programs

[Hakan]

Since Turkey has %70 of the world's boron deposits, our composites must have a greater ratio of it.

Where did you find that information? Just because we have 70% of the worlds boron doesn't necessarily mean our tanks have more boron than others.

 

[LegionnairE]

Or Tungsten Carbide.

Tungsten has seen widespread use in armor piercing bullet cores, But I've never heard of it being used in the armor itself...
Probably because China has most of the reserves

Where did you find that information? Just because we have 70% of the worlds boron doesn't necessarily mean our tanks have more boron than others.

I said "probably"
That should indicate that my statement was an assumption

 

[Hakan]

Tungsten has seen widespread use in armor piercing bullet cores, But I've never heard of it being used in the armor itself...
Probably because China has most of the reserves

he deleted his post but you quoted it before it was deleted.

 

[Worf]

Lmao do you think only you are using Boron? we are using it in our composite armour aswell ... go through the AK info pool thread for more .. my frnd.





Yes the tank itself is "inspired" from the korean K.

Yeeaaaaah it was inspired. Just look at the weight of the K2 and the altay.

Ow wait, there is more than a 10 ton difference between these tanks.

 

[-SINAN-]

ungsten has seen widespread use in armor piercing bullet cores, But I've never heard of it being used in the armor itself...
Probably because China has most of the reserves

Nope i was referring to hardness scale.

1-) Diamond
2-) Tungsten Carbide
3-) Boron Carbide.

 

[-SINAN-]

he deleted his post but you quoted it before it was deleted.

I deleted because of pakistani member saying "We also used boron in our tanks"

 

[Hakan]

Actually hyundai is just providing technical assistance according to wiki.

 

[LegionnairE]

Nope i was referring to hardness scale.

1-) Diamond
2-) Tungsten Carbide
3-) Boron Carbide.

I know, Depleted uranium should be like 6th or 7th hardest material...
Abrams always sucked
@Kaan
Makes sense

 

[Hakan]

Has the Aselsan AKKOR been tested yet?

 

[RAMPAGE]

Since Turkey has %70 of the world's boron deposits, our composites must have a greater ratio of it.
But most of the info about the tank is unfortunately still unknown/classified

Nice logic kardes !!!

But let us not have a ^&^% measuring contest. after all we are brother countries.

If you wan't to compare the two anyway then let us do that when Altay is inducted. by then, our NG AK will also be out.

 

[[TR]AHMET]

Has the Aselsan AKKOR been tested yet?

I wonder that since long time. Even We havent got any photo about Akkor. Isnt it?

 

[-SINAN-]

Has the Aselsan AKKOR been tested yet?

I believe it is still in the RFP process.

 

[Hakan]

I believe it is still in the RFP process.

oh.

 

[LegionnairE]

Nice logic kardes !!!
But let us not have a ^&^% measuring contest. after all we are brother countries.
If you wan't to compare the two anyway then let us do that when Altay is inducted. by then, our NG AK will also be out.

It wasn't my intention to measure &*(% I didn't know you've been using the same materials with us... I thought Turkey could contribute something... but the only thing left that we can offer is Aselsan's volkan series FCS'

 

[waz]

Why would we import a tank when we already have our own programe? IDEAS 2014 isnt far... lets see what those 6 major modifications are ( screw em for cancelling the other 4 ... due to budget restraints) .. my opinion :

Armour
Engine
Sights
APS
??

etc etc

Our tank has issues that very few people want to tackle bro. We can start with storing ammo in the vicinity of the crew. Al-Khalid is good for some things, but we really do need something far reaching and could potentially give us the strongest tank force in South Asia.

You hit the nail on the head regarding the budget and the relatively small numbers of Al-Khalid makes me think the army has other plans. Here in the Altay we have no such budget concerns as the Turks have handled everything e.g. development costs and so forth. We could set up local production and beef up the numbers of Al-Khalids.

Now that would be an armoured formation to be reckoned with.