Turkey began testing a domestic fire control system for tanks

Turkey continues to make attempts to get rid of foreign dependence in the supply of components and technologies for the production of its own military equipment. The head of the Directorate of the Defense Industry of Turkey Ismail Demir announced the next Turkish development.

According to a tweet by Demir, Turkey has developed its own fire control system for tanks and has already started testing it. The system called VOLKAN-M was developed by the Turkish company Aselsan, tests are carried out on M60TM tanks.

At the moment, the system has been tested in several firing modes, tests are ongoing. According to the plans of the developers, testing of VOLKAN-M should be completed by the end of this year. In the future, the system will be installed on T60TM tanks, as well as the Leopard II A4 with an installed turret from the Altay tank, the so-called "Altay kuleli Leopard 2A4 tankı" project.

But the problems with foreign components for the Altay MBT developed in Turkey have not yet been resolved, which does not allow the tank to be put into mass production and put into service with the Turkish army. Attempts to obtain a German engine were unsuccessful, and not all is well with the South Korean engine. Recently, information has appeared about the beginning of the development of its own engine, when it is not known when serial samples will appear, it is currently undergoing bench tests.

Comments

[rocket757]

Turkey began testing a domestic fire control system for tanks

Everything is logical ... oh yes, and what is their domestic MBT ???

[Anzhey V.]

Turkey has domestically produced light tanks. For them, the new LMS may also be relevant, why not?

[rocket757]

Everything is logical, light is so light.

[svp67]

Quote: rocket757

... oh yes, and what is their domestic MBT ???

Tank "Altai"

[rocket757]

Quote: svp67

Tank "Altai"

Yes, yes, but is there a lot of their own in that MBT ???
I understand that not right away, but they will collect it from OWN .... when?

[svp67]

Quote: rocket757

I understand that not right away, but they will collect it from OWN .... when?

So they are moving towards it ... great practice

[rocket757]

So I wrote that it is LOGICAL!

[Murmur 55]

That is, I understood correctly that Turkey wants to abandon its dependence in terms of weapons and imports? And so he is developing a fire control system for tanks. Aren't there any Turkish tanks yet? Are there American and German ones?

[svp67]

Quote: Murmur 55

Are there American and German ones?

Yes. almost it is. Because they have an American-Israeli and a German tank in service. They will begin to install a new system on old machines during modernization work.

[OgnennyiKotik]

The M60TM is a very good upgrade from the Israeli Sabra. KAZ, all modern electronic systems, control systems, anti-cumulative armor protection at a high level. An interesting block of optical and laser systems on a telescopic lift. The tank was clearly modernized for the conditions of the fighting in Syria and Iraq.

The Leopard 2A4 has two modernization options, which one they chose is not available.

The Turkish Navy company signed an agreement with the South Korean companies Doosan and S&T Dynamics on the supply of DV27K engines and EST15K transmissions for Altay tanks.

The problem is that the South Korean automatic transmission is not very reliable. Apparently, the Turkish side considers this option as an intermediate one - for the production of the first 250 tanks.

[Thrifty]

Aha, it is highly reliable on vehicles, not on tanks! The problem is in technologies and patents, military technologies belong to third countries, and the South Koreans simply have no right to transfer them to the Turks!

[voyaka uh]

"An interesting block of optical and laser systems on a telescopic lift." ///
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A useful thing!

[OgnennyiKotik]

Yes. They put such blocks on all developed armored vehicles (in the series that they will buy). A very useful thing, it seems to be on Bradley too.

[Synoid]

Well, I'm not sure about a good one, rather they did what they could for little money.
In fact, the Kurds burned them in bundles.

[TermNachTer]

The system is assembled from Chinese parts?))) And if tomorrow the Chinese do not sell components, as now Canada and Geyropa?)))

[Free wind]

Altai, quite good tanks. Only the name is alarming.

[Sergey Ui]

It has nothing to do with our Altai. This is in honor of the commander Fakhrettin Altai

[TermNachTer]

Why are they good? Constructor "crazy hands", assembled from a heap of imported units. One supplier, like the Germans, refuses and fssseeee)))) an excellent tank, with a bobby under the tail.

[Earnest]

Turkey began testing a domestic fire control system for tanks

Every time I read the word "domestic" in relation to another country and its developments, I internally cringe. All the same, the word "Fatherland" I refer to my Motherland, therefore the phrase "established a domestic system" is interpreted as "established a system of Russian production." For me, there is only one fatherland, so I urge you not to put yourself in the shoes of a foreign citizen / subject when describing certain events, but to call things by their proper names: "Turkey has begun testing its own tank fire control system."