Turkish company intends to launch serial production of Altay tanks
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Turkish company Otokar spreads a message about filing an application for mass production tanks Altay Earlier, representatives of Otokar signed an agreement on the creation of such a tank with the Turkish Ministry of Defense and the secretariat for the defense industry.
Based on the submitted application, Otokar plans to begin production of a series of 250 Altay tanks. At the same time, the company offers integrated logistics support for the program. The next stage from Otokar is the production of tanks "with modernized segments." Reports about it Anadolu.
The company's press service quotes Otokar CEO Serdar Goryuch:
After the accelerated implementation of the program, Turkey will receive a series of its own new tanks. Our company will help Turkey significantly reduce dependence on external factors in terms of the production of armored vehicles. All copyrights for design works and intellectual property rights to Altay will belong to the Republic of Turkey. Otokar as a manufacturer is ready to use all the human resources, experience and technology to implement the project, which is fully funded by Turkey.
At the same time, the company hopes that new tanks will show interest in other NATO countries. According to Goryuch, Otokar may consider extending production to other countries in case of interesting proposals from foreign investors.
The first official display of the Turkish tank was held in Istanbul last year in the format of the exhibition IDEF-2015. It is known that the mass of the tank - 60 t, and the manufacturers had serious problems with how the engine to place in a combat armored vehicle. Problems with the creation of the tank arose with the automatic loader. We thought for a long time, then decided to simplify everything, adding “instead of a new automatic loader” an additional crew member. The Turkish Altay has the 120 mm cannon as its main weapon. Cruising approximately 180 km far inferior to the most modern tank T-90.
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