A video of tests of the new Turkish armored personnel carrier ZAHA appeared on the web

A video of the tests on the water of the Turkish ZAHA armored personnel carrier, designed specifically to equip the TCG Anadolu (L-408) universal amphibious assault ship under construction for the Turkish Navy, has appeared on the Web. The video was posted on its official YouTube channel by the Turkish military department.

The Turkish military conducted a self-correction test of an armored personnel carrier. These tests test the ability of armored vehicles to return to their original position when overturning in water.

The contract for the design, development and production of 27 ZAHA (Zırhlı Amfibi Hücum Araçları) floating combat vehicles was signed in March 2017. Of the ordered vehicles, 23 are to be produced in the form of conventional armored personnel carriers, two - as command and staff and two more - as an ARV.

The ZAHA BTR is a further development of the AAV7 armored personnel carrier for the US Marine Corps (formerly LVTP-7), but with a new armored corps, engine compartment and recycled undercarriage.

Combat weight - 30 tons; in the armored personnel carrier version, the vehicle can accommodate three crew members and twenty-one paratroopers. The body is made of an aluminum-magnesium alloy and reinforced with spaced-apart ceramic armor panels. This provides protection against 14,5 mm armor-piercing bullets. There are elements of mine protection.

Movement on the water at a speed of 7 km / h is provided by two water cannons, while the excitement should not exceed 2 points, when using a special "seaworthy" kit (snorkel pipes, etc.) - up to 4 points.

The armored personnel carrier is equipped with a Turkish-made BIUS. In the basic version, a self-developed FNSS DUM is installed with a 12,7 mm M2 machine gun and a 40 mm automatic grenade launcher.

Comments

[aszzz888]

in the armored personnel carrier version, the vehicle accommodates three crew members and twenty-one paratroopers.

During the test, were they replaced with sandbags?

[Trapp1st]

During the test, they were replaced with bags

Yes, these

just not with sand

[pereselenec]

Quote: aszzz888

During the test, were they replaced with sandbags?

No, because the Turks are stupid (like the Americans). They probably did not guess during the tests on the water to increase the weight of the car, taking into account the full crew and landing. They will take the car into service, it will climb up to swim with a full landing force and blast, blast, it will be "she drowned."

[Doliva63]

in the armored personnel carrier version, the vehicle accommodates three crew members and twenty-one paratroopers.
That is, they have 3 armored personnel carriers per company in total. How are they going to fight?

[Megatron]

Turkey reminds me of Nazi Germany, there were flags with a swastika on every iron, and here - a crescent.

[KVU-NSVD]

I don't know how it will show it as an armored personnel carrier, but the KShM (command vehicle) will probably turn out to be good - large internal volumes, fairly decent protection, the ability to swim. If you add good equipment and a powerful autonomous electric unit, then it's just fire.

[Graz]

an outdated car, it would be better if they looked at the Chinese, there are two heads higher

[loki565]

Well, if they want to use it for landing troops from the sea, now the Chinese and Americans have machines that can go on planing from them and they had to copy. Driving on water at 7 km / h is no good.

[Graz]

loki565, here I am, too, but the Chinese have a car already in the army, and the Americans turned their project down considering it too expensive and apparently there were technical problems

[Mavrikiy]

pretty decent protection, ability to swim

Quite conflicting requirements. But since it floats with protection, it's definitely crap, especially when (large internal volumes) If my grandmother had ..., then she could definitely, but she was no longer her. By the way, the film was called - "Watch your hands." Not out of harm, but simply, it only happens.

[tralflot1832]

Even when I have not been to Greece, the coastline allows the use of this armored personnel carrier for the landing. Erdogan still wants to be a gas sultan. They write that 30 tons, even I have doubts. Archimedes probably too.

[Zaurbek]

They are preparing to land in the Crimea.

[Pavlos Melas]

You shouldn't laugh, these cars are clearly sharpened for the Greco-Turkish conflict. Where else can the Turks send their amphibious assault?

[Zaurbek]

I'm not laughing .... just look at the map. I have been to both Bodrum and Crete ...

[Pavlos Melas]

Crete is far away why send a landing there, and for a long time it will be necessary to conduct hostilities there. The easiest way is to land just the same barmaley on a kind of small island near the coast of Asia Minor.

[Military77]

Fu, some kind of freak. A shed on a psaltery. The armament sucks, only to drive the barmaley.

[Vasyan1971]

Quote: Military77

only to drive the barmaleev.

But they are such barmaley that they themselves, on occasion, whom they want to chase ...

[Military77]

In-in, even barmaleev is not good enough to drive. Mass grave for 24 people.

[Oquzyurd]

For barmaley and other ill-wishers, the Turks have a new system, about which for some reason there are no articles on this resource. After all, this is a very interesting system, and after a long search, I did not even find analogs to compare. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1q14YGjfCsA&t=12s

[Military77]

Is it TRLG-230? You have to search better. MLRS 9K58 "Smerch" + 9M542 - an adjustable rocket projectile with a detachable high-explosive or cluster warhead with a firing range of up to 120 km

[Oquzyurd]

Doubtful accuracy and the principle of aiming is different.

[Military77]

Do not talk nonsense, my pro-Turkish friend. Aiming a projectile using the UAV's laser targeting center is more of a disadvantage than an advantage.

[Oquzyurd]

Firstly, you are chatting my biased friend. Secondly, I talked about an analogue, and a tornado is not an analogue.

[Military77]

Of course not. To use a UAV that itself can carry means of destruction, but is used as an aiming quadcopter is nonsense.

[Oquzyurd]

UAVs themselves carry weapons, in parallel they can point with a laser, from high altitudes and one does not interfere with the other. The quadcopter is a toy in comparison, and even cannot be compared. There is no nonsense, on the contrary, it is cheap, effective, and the accuracy is high.

[Safevi2020]

Quote: Oquzyurd

the Turks have a new system

actually not only among the Turks
On the highway KAMAZ for whom can there be an order?)

[Oquzyurd]

No doubt Azerbaijan will arm itself with this weapon, maybe it has already been bought.

[Vasyan1971]

armored personnel carrier ZAHA, designed specifically to equip the universal amphibious assault ship TCG Anadolu (L-408) under construction for the Turkish Navy.

Contract for the design, development and production of 27 ZAHA amphibious combat vehicles

That is, in fact - a piece, handmade, not involving mass production, it turns out?

[Doliva63]

Quote: Vasyan1971

armored personnel carrier ZAHA, designed specifically to equip the universal amphibious assault ship TCG Anadolu (L-408) under construction for the Turkish Navy.

Contract for the design, development and production of 27 ZAHA amphibious combat vehicles

That is, in fact - a piece, handmade, not involving mass production, it turns out?

27 vehicles, 1 per platoon, is like 2 battalions. By Russian standards - quite a serial production

[Vasyan1971]

Quote: Doliva63

By Russian standards - quite a serial production

And that's all? Well, is it possible to have a pile of repair kits and production can be closed?

[Trapp1st]

Maybe I don’t know the good technical characteristics, but it looks like a huge barn weighing 30 tons. Compared to the T-15, some kind of anachronism, like these

[Alien From]

Imagine the crew doing such water drills .....)

[Doccor18]

Cypriots and Greeks have something to think about ...

[SaLaR]

Interesting .. and with the "advice" something like that was developed? Or was the emphasis on hovercraft?

[Vladimir61]

Quote: SaLaR

Interesting .. and with the "advice" something like that was developed?

Even with the "advice", even with the "commies", depending on the chronic insanity of Russophobia, you should know and remember - it is the USSR that is the pioneer in the development and use of BMPs as a class of armored combat vehicles.

[SaLaR]

Actually, I was interested in whether the developments were or not ... It would be interesting just to compare .. And the question to the "" minusers "" - how did my question hook you .. or is it just another aggravation of yours? There is nothing offensive or humiliating in the word "advice" ... it seems to me that someone should be treated

[Gloomy skeptic]

30 tons for BMP - will not be "little" ??? This carriage on tracks looks very much like the Chinese versions - and this height was invented specifically for better aiming of ATGM (C) weapons ??? Although the Turks have already boasted of their unmanned aerial vehicles, in reality it turned out that these flying "masterpieces" in bulk and in bulk simply filled up the places of their flights in Syria and Libya. Well, this state does not pull on a high-tech power, it does not pull at all.

[Oquzyurd]

"Well, this state does not pull on a high-tech power, it does not pull at all." You are wrong.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1q14YGjfCsA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tUY280CMjhA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4llpFg2Mm4w
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3kvw3pHaHTs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W5SQJKYah50
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JoktKENgWxU
This is a very small part of what they are doing. There are hundreds of examples, that the military-industrial complex of this country and the industry as a whole is technologically advanced, developing at a very, very fast pace.

[Alvis07]

Turkey has made clear progress in terms of the military-industrial complex. Pantsir-S1 and Buk-M2E in Syria are ready to confirm.

[Safevi2020]

Quote: Alvis07

Pantsir-S1 and Buk-M2E in Syria are ready to confirm.

aha
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