Turkish Land Vehicle Programs

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That's our indigenous modification of good old plain M60A3. Look at the engine block and exhaust. This picture is something bigger than what people realized.

Edit: Just to show the different engine block
M60T-Fırat

They should atleast upgrade the tracks :-/

 

[Blackwolf12]

They should atleast upgrade the tracks :-/

Looks like they added ERA, with sloped armour! Great improvement, now all it needs is AKKOR.

 

[Khagan1923]

https://twitter.com/x/status/976421333486768128

Test Vehicle?

 

[Saithan]

Can anyone explain what the function of the block is

 

[Tsenal]

Ukrainian ERA?

 

[Blackwolf12]

Ukrainian ERA?

Maybe, but Roketsan has the capability to produce it's own ERA armour. So it might be our own armour.
http://www.roketsan.com.tr/en/urunl...ozumleri/balistik-koruma-merkezi-bkm-projesi/

 

[Glass]

These are new right ? They arent the same as sabra ?

 

[Nart]

Courtesy of Tank Mühendisi/Twitter

 

[Glass]

Nice, can u add them to m48 as well ?

 

[Blackwolf12]

Courtesy of Tank Mühendisi/Twitter

imo it looks a little bit sloppy. Some sections aren't protected by the new armour, and it looks like there might be a shot trap in the top picture. That shot trap is especially bad since it would redirect any projectiles into the old armour which is clearly visible around the base of the turret.
Edit see below.

 

[mehmet75]

@ for shot trap ; new kind of atgm's dont redirect when they hit.. they penetrate where they hit to.. and it is good thing to have angled armour. Thus your armour's thickness increases. And also if some old rocket comes (rpg etc.) Old homogen armour is capable to defend to them.

Also ; there is little pieces of armour around the driver's head.. that pieces also closes the aproaching angle of direct hits to neck of turret where the homogen armour seems.

imo it looks a little bit sloppy. Some sections aren't protected by the new armour, and it looks like there might be a shot trap in the top picture. That shot trap is especially bad since it would redirect any projectiles into the old armour which is clearly visible around the base of the turret.

 

[OguzSenturk]

Wait.. This is not M60T, but Roketsan's solution? :O

 

[mehmet75]

Wait.. This is not M60T, but Roketsan's solution? :O

Yes.. but armour is something not everything. There are lots of avareness systems and rcws techno gadgets in this solution.

 

[CAN_TR]

Wait.. This is not M60T, but Roketsan's solution? :O

Yeah, but in the end it's only a better armoured M60A3, while the M60T is nearly a new Tank.

 

[Nart]

It is a stop-gap solution only 40 vehicles.