Turkish M60T Sabra equip Ukrainian active protection complexes
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Turkish Tanks M60T Sabra will be upgraded and equipped with Pulat AKS active protection complex (Aktif Koruma Sistemleri). At the same time, it is reported that work on upgrading and equipping KAZ is already underway and 40 Turkish heavy vehicles will undergo it by the end of the year, the Turkish edition of Defense Turk reports
The installation of KAZ on M60T Sabra tanks will be undertaken by the Turkish company Aselsan, which, in the course of modernization before the beginning of the new year, will equip Pulat 40 tanks with active protection systems. At the same time, the publication indicates that KAZ Pulat AKS (Aktif Koruma Sistemleri) is a licensed copy of the Ukrainian KAZ Zaslon-L, developed by the Kiev-based GP BTsKT Mikrotek.
As the newspaper writes, the issue of insufficient protection of Turkish tanks rose sharply during the operation against the Russian terrorist group IG and Kurdish units banned in Russia in Syria. Especially great losses in the armored vehicles of the Turkish Armed Forces suffered from shots of anti-tank complexes. At the end of the first half of the company, it was decided to equip tanks with active protection complexes.
Agreement on the supply of KAZ "Zaslon-L" Turkey and Ukraine concluded in 2017 year. The Ministry of Defense of Turkey said that the acquired complexes were originally intended for installation on tanks M60-А3 Sabra. In Turkey, the licensed production of the Ukrainian KAZ, which was called Pulat AKS (Aktif Koruma Sistemleri), was established.
https://www.defenceturk.net
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