BMC (Turkish) WILL PARTNER WITH MALAYSIAN AND GERMAN FIRMS

[nadeemkhan110]

The Altay main battle tank is at the center of Turkey's armour modernization roadmap. With up to 1000 units planned for the Turkish Army, the Altay is shaping up to be a very advanced and capable system. Photo credit: Otokar
Aug 4, 2016Bilal Khan -
BMC WILL PARTNER WITH MALAYSIAN AND GERMAN FIRMS
BMC (Turkey), Etika (Malaysia) and Rheinmetall AG (Germany) will partner together to form a new vendor, which will design, develop and produce armoured solutions targeted to prospective markets in Asia and the Middle East (Defense News).

Comment and Analysis

BMC is one of several prominent Turkish vendors involved in offering armour solutions – such as armoured personnel carriers (APC) – to the Turkish armed forces. Its main rivals include Otokar (the developer of the Altay main battle tank or MBT) and FNSS Defence Systems. The latter is working with Malaysian and Indonesian firms to produce 8×8 wheeled APCs and medium-weight tanks, respectively.

BMC is also competing with Otokar for the Turkish Army’s requirement for the Altay, a next-generation MBT designthat may accrue export orders, particularly in the markets this new firm is aiming to enter. According to Defense News, this firm will not only focus on the Altay, other solutions may emerge as well.

If light armoured vehicles (LAV) are included in this new company’s catalogue, then it may compete with NIMR Automotive, a firm belonging to the United Arab Emirates-based Tawazun Precision Industries (which has a number of partnerships with the South African defence giant Denel). NIMR already has a number of APC and LAV designs under production.

In any case, Rheinmetall AG’s inclusion from the onset is a positive indicator for this joint-venture firm. The firm is an industry leader (if not the leader) in the development and production of guns for use on tanks, and can count the Leopard and Abrams series of MBTs in its ranks (along with the Otokar Altay and Hyundai Rotem K2 Black Panther). If there were any doubts in Rheinmetall AG’s interest in having its guns exported along with the Altay, its inclusion in this firm may be a step towards removing that ambiguity.

For the short and medium-term, it is likely this firm will focus on the Turkish and Malaysian markets first and foremost, before branching into more ambitious export initiatives (especially in markets with well established incumbents, such as Saudi Arabia and the UAE).

Source: http://quwa.org/2016/08/04/bmc-will-partner-malaysian-german-firms/

 

[Zarvan]

The Altay main battle tank is at the center of Turkey's armour modernization roadmap. With up to 1000 units planned for the Turkish Army, the Altay is shaping up to be a very advanced and capable system. Photo credit: Otokar
Aug 4, 2016Bilal Khan -
BMC WILL PARTNER WITH MALAYSIAN AND GERMAN FIRMS
BMC (Turkey), Etika (Malaysia) and Rheinmetall AG (Germany) will partner together to form a new vendor, which will design, develop and produce armoured solutions targeted to prospective markets in Asia and the Middle East (Defense News).

Comment and Analysis

BMC is one of several prominent Turkish vendors involved in offering armour solutions – such as armoured personnel carriers (APC) – to the Turkish armed forces. Its main rivals include Otokar (the developer of the Altay main battle tank or MBT) and FNSS Defence Systems. The latter is working with Malaysian and Indonesian firms to produce 8×8 wheeled APCs and medium-weight tanks, respectively.

BMC is also competing with Otokar for the Turkish Army’s requirement for the Altay, a next-generation MBT designthat may accrue export orders, particularly in the markets this new firm is aiming to enter. According to Defense News, this firm will not only focus on the Altay, other solutions may emerge as well.

If light armoured vehicles (LAV) are included in this new company’s catalogue, then it may compete with NIMR Automotive, a firm belonging to the United Arab Emirates-based Tawazun Precision Industries (which has a number of partnerships with the South African defence giant Denel). NIMR already has a number of APC and LAV designs under production.

In any case, Rheinmetall AG’s inclusion from the onset is a positive indicator for this joint-venture firm. The firm is an industry leader (if not the leader) in the development and production of guns for use on tanks, and can count the Leopard and Abrams series of MBTs in its ranks (along with the Otokar Altay and Hyundai Rotem K2 Black Panther). If there were any doubts in Rheinmetall AG’s interest in having its guns exported along with the Altay, its inclusion in this firm may be a step towards removing that ambiguity.

For the short and medium-term, it is likely this firm will focus on the Turkish and Malaysian markets first and foremost, before branching into more ambitious export initiatives (especially in markets with well established incumbents, such as Saudi Arabia and the UAE).

Source: http://quwa.org/2016/08/04/bmc-will-partner-malaysian-german-firms/

I think Turkey will develop a Tank similar to Altay but with maximum wait of 55 tonnes for other countries specially those who can't have 60 tonne plus Tank due to their terrain.

 

[jetstar]

The firm is an industry leader (if not the leader) in the development and production of guns for use on tanks, and can count the Leopard and Abrams series of MBTs in its ranks (along with the Otokar Altay and Hyundai Rotem K2 Black Panther). If there were any doubts in Rheinmetall AG’s interest in having its guns exported along with the Altay

Thats a very good news bmc will learn many things from them

k2 tank

 

[cabatli_53]

I think Turkey will develop a Tank similar to Altay but with maximum wait of 55 tonnes for other countries specially those who can't have 60 tonne plus Tank due to their terrain.

Turkey's current ongoing land vehicle projects:

-New generation Main Battle Tank project: 1000 Altay (Total)
-New Generation Armored Vehicle project max. 40t: 1800 vehicle (Tulpar or Kaplan/ both)
-Special Purpose tactical Wheeled vehicle: 428 vehicle 6x6 and 8x8 (Pars or Arma)
-EGM(Police) vehicle project: 180 Ejder Yalçın, 220 Cobra-2
-EGM(Police) vehicle project: 100 Cobra, 100 Ural, 100 ZPT (New design ZPT to be unvieled)
-Turkish Land Forces vehicle project: 406 vehicle (Cobra-2 and Ejder Yalçın)
-Turkish Land Forces Tactical Wheeled Vehicle-II: 299 MRAP (More armoured vehicle than Kirpi MRAP)
-Turkish Land Forces Anti-Tank Missile Vehicle Project: 260 anti-tank missile vehicle (76 Pars 4x4, 184 Kaplan-10)

Turkey has a huge land vehicle market and It is aimed to meet all requirements thanks to national designs. Foreign institutes just want to be a part of those tenders with collaborating in-house institutes to take some pay on cake. Those are same institutes who wasn't allowed to sell/share their complete products (Leopard2A6/Pzh-2000) to Turkey cause of politic reasons in past.

 

[cabatli_53]

Kirpi MRAP inventory:

614 TSK,
30 EGM,
87 Gendarme

Two strong national power-pack project

-New generation Armored vehicle power-pack(engin+transmission) development project
*It is going to be integrated the vehicles up to 40t
*It is going to generate 450-600kw power

-Main Battle Tank Power-pack(engine+transmission) project
*It is going to be integrated to Altay MBT
*1500hp power (priority)
*A big family of engines are planned to be developed including Firtina howitzer engines and naval engines as well.