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The Kirpi 6x6 nontheless. They ordered a ~1000 BMC Amazons, and recently its revealed that they also order Nurol Ejder Yalcins and NMS as well, and now we are spotting Kirpi in Qatar. Jezus Christ how much can a small country arm itself to such an extent. Along with the orders from Uzbekistan, we can safely say that our APC industry is a succes story.
 
GDA 2017: Qatar reveals Turkish armoured vehicle purchase
17th December 2017 - 02:12 GMT | by Grant Turnbull in London


The Qatar Armed Forces have shown off two new armoured vehicle acquisitions from its close ally Turkey during rehearsals for its national day military parade that will take place on 18 December.

Photos and videos of the parade posted on social media show the Turkish-manufactured Ejder Yalçin 4x4 armoured combat vehicle and the smaller NMS 4x4 vehicle taking part. Both vehicles are built by Nurol Makina, an Ankara-based company.

A Nurol Makina spokesperson declined to comment on the Qatar deal.

However, Shephard understands from one source that the deal with Qatar involves the acquisition of ‘several hundred’ vehicles of both types. The vehicles are specially-configured for the Qatari armed forces, according to the source.

Turkey has been a major supporter of the Doha government since several Gulf countries cut ties with Qatar accusing it of supporting terrorism. The two countries have developed deeper defence ties since the crisis and thousands of Turkish troops are deployed in Qatar for training and to support counter-terror efforts.

Turkey has also supplied fast patrol craft to the Qatari Emiri Navy as part of a 2012 order.

The armed forces are currently going through a significant modernisation that includes the acquisition of German-made Leopard 2A7 tanks and VBCI armoured vehicles from France.

Qatar’s purchase of the NMS vehicle is the first confirmed sale of this vehicle for Nurol Makina, a significant boost for the company’s newest product. The vehicles on display in Doha are likely prototypes as production of the new vehicles has not yet started.

At the recent Gulf Defense and Aerospace exhibition in Kuwait, the Turkish company told Shephardthat qualification of the NMS would likely be complete in the first quarter next year. Officials said that production could begin soon after if a launch customer was found, and deliveries would begin late 2018.

Photos show that Qatar’s Ejder Yalçin vehicles are armed with the Stabilised Advanced Remote Weapon Platform (SARP) Dual, sourced from Turkish company Aselsan. This comprises a .50 cal machine gun, a second 7.62mm machine gun and advanced optics.

The NMS 4x4 vehicles on display were spotted with the IGLA launching system for short-range air defence, and an anti-tank launching system, both also supplied by Aselsan.

According to technical data, the NMS weighs 10t with a payload capacity of 2t. Additional armour plates provided by sister company Nurol Technologies can be added, bringing protection up to STANAG Level 4 levels.

The vehicle’s interior configuration can seat nine personnel in total; five crew in forward-facing seats and four soldiers facing each other at the rear.

The vehicle utilises a Cummins turbocharged 300hp diesel engine, along with an Allison 6-speed automatic transmission and axles from AxleTech. This allows for gradients of 70% to be climbed and can propel the vehicle to speeds of up to 140km/h and gives it a range of 700km.

Meanwhile the Ejder Yalçin has a GVW of 14t with a payload capacity of 4t.

This vehicle, which was first displayed in 2014, has already achieved success in the internal security market and is now building its order book in the military domain with confirmed orders from Turkey, Uzbekistan and Tunisia.
 
soooo what's the plan? an armored vehicle per soldier for Qatar?

also every pilot get to choose which plane he wants to fly today. they will have more aircrafts than pilots soon.
 
This is retweet of @orko_8 . I encourage you all to read it.

MUSTAFA MERT NOTIFICATION

The referendum on April 16th and the crisis created by diplomatic relations in many countries in the next period were also reflected in the audit reports of the Court of Accounts. The Court of Accounts documented that in 2016 and 2017, the Institution's machinery and chemical industry inspections agency (MKE) Audit Report stayed away from the target during foreign purchases. According to the MKE's procurement program, the Court found that there were 60 percent deficiencies in foreign purchases, and criticized the insufficiency of the efforts to ensure domestic production and to fully localize the products. Proposal was made for "intensive efforts and initiatives to be carried out by relevant institutions, organizations and stakeholders and local industrialists, emphasis on AR-GE studies" in order to remove the dependency from the institution having problems due to external dependency.

Some countries do not allow commercials
In the SAI report, it was emphasized that some countries, especially Germany, did not allow their companies to sell raw materials and arms to MKE, especially after the July 15 coup attempt. Underlining that the MKE is negatively affected by this situation, SAI inspectors documented that the contracts with the MKE were canceled due to the fact that foreign sellers who could not get permission from the authorities in their countries were canceled and some of the export permits were delayed for over a year. Noting that some foreign banks avoid mediating payment and performance bond, the Court of Accounts found that all of these had a negative effect on the institution's production and business operations.

The key to the removal of external dependence
The MKE's emphasis on removing the external dependency from the problem of supply in the supply of goods due to the developments created by tension in the foreign policy,

"In addition to researching alternative supply possibilities with regard to the materials and products that have problems in procuring from abroad, we have made intensive efforts with the relevant institutions, organizations and stakeholders with the domestic industrialists in order to ensure the domesticization of the imported products, especially the raw materials and materials used in production activities and to make the products fully nationalized and nationalized. and initiatives, we need to focus on AR-GE work in this regard. "

Delay penalties are rising
Although the obligations MKE has to fulfill from the contracts it signed in the previous period have not continued, new orders have been received due to market share and capacity utilization concerns. It was underlined that the MKE had to delay the ammunition that the MKE should deliver to the Ministry of National Defense because of the problem in supplying the gunpowder that had to be supplied from abroad. The audit report also included information that this situation has increased the penalties paid by the institution. The amount of the delay penalty that MKE had to pay was stated as 1 million 758 thousand 944 TL.

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'MKE is forced to buy from outside'
Member of CHP KİT Commission Ömer Fethi Gürer:
CHP Niğde Deputy and Member of the KİT Commission Ömer Fethi Gürer stated that the technology of the Makina Kimya Institute (MKE) is very old and that it is not modernized during the AKP period. "MKE is forced to make purchases from the outside while having production capacity without producing jobs". Underlining the fact that the institution has survived only with the proceeds from the sale of scrap collected from public institutions, Gürer said, "If the scrapes do not go to the MKE, the institution will suffer. The MKE must be urgently modernized and its external dependence must be reduced. "

'MKE removed from sight'
Noting that some businesses connected to the MKE were shut down, Gürer said, "There are many problems in the operation of the MKE. Such an old and important institution has been put out of sight in recent years. " Gürer emphasized that the institution was forced to buy from abroad or from subcontractors within the country, adding:

"MKE has an agreement with Pakistan four years ago. According to this agreement, the MKE is receiving a tender from there, and the domestic producer makes this bid. The manufacturer delivers the products to the MKE after they have made the goods. When the Agency wants to give the products to Pakistan, Pakistan does not accept it. The products made four years ago are now being kept in the warehouse of the MKE. This is just one example, there are many more examples like this. "

'No AR-GE, no external dependence'
Gurer emphasized that the development of AR-GE activities should be improved in consideration of the size and experience of the capacity of the MKE. "If this warning, which we have repeatedly expressed in the subcommittee and in the SEE Commission, is taken into consideration, external dependency will be reduced." Gürer, who exemplifies modern production ASELSAN, asked, "Why is the MKE in this sense removed from the eye when there is modern production available?" Gürer has been conducting the production of the MKE for many years with the foreign private sector.
 
Why is MKE not getting the Aselsan treatment? Maybe its time to privatize it partly or sell/merge it with another local company.
 
Birgün is PKK outlet, we shouldn't mention them even if they say "earth is globe and not flat".
 
The article was retweeted by @orko_8 . No need to explain who is he and if he retweeted it than he thought to be informational. I respect his work and also wanted to show the article to the people interested.

I am pretty sure he retweeted that guy who linked birgün, not because he thinks birgün is not a PKK outlet, but because orko knows the guy he retweeted personally so he is sure that guy was not intended to make propaganda of PKK outlet o_O
 
So the solution is to smear the tweeter instead of discussing the content ?

I think it's a very important piece of information, and whether it's true or not needs to be researched by journalists, and hopefully by investigative journalists who're not afraid of RTE and AKP. So we can have shed some light on this matter.
 
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