The 12-cylinder, V-type, water-cooled, turbo diesel engine will produce 4,600 nanometers of torque.Įight units of Altay tanks are planned to be delivered a month as part of the initial batch of 100 units, BMC Defense General Manager Mehmet Karaaslan said in late October.

“Once the BATU developed by BMC Power is ready, we will hopefully continue to take the new Altay into the inventory with our domestic engine.” “We will start mass production of our tanks immediately after our army completes the tests,” Erdoğan said. Instead of being content with what they had, Erdoğan said, “We worked hard to produce a better, more modern one, compatible with the technology of tomorrow, not today.”Īmong the new capabilities added to the new Altay tank are an active protection system, improved armor system, renewed fire control system, renewed vehicle control system, concentrated power group, localized systems (speed reduction, gunner’s second-degree sight system, track and turret ring gear), fuel and hydraulic pumps, mobile concealment net, periscope and rotor. Despite all the attacks we have been subjected to, we have not been intimidated, we have not given up, we have not taken a step back,” Erdoğan said.

“They wanted to sabotage the process with informal and open embargoes. The embargo followed Türkiye’s counterterrorism operation in northern Syria that targeted both Daesh terrorists and the PKK terrorist group and its Syrian branch, the YPG.Īnkara has long criticized European states, including Germany, for not taking serious measures against the PKK, which is listed as a terrorist organization by Türkiye, the United States and the European Union.

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