Their Altay main battle tank, built and (mostly) designed in Turkey, ... It also has a .50 caliber heavy machine gun and a 7.62mm medium machine gun as secondary weapons.

Turkey’s Altay main battle tank seems to be standard fare in the world of main battle tanks. ... It also has a .50 caliber heavy machine gun and a 7.62mm medium machine gun as secondary weapons.

The defense industry within Turkey has specialized in 4x4, 6x6 and 8x8 armored platforms, tracked infantry fighting vehicles as well as main battle tanks and weapon systems are manufactured by ...

President Erdogan said Ankara aims to boost the deterrence level so that ‘no one would dare to even challenge us’.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan ordered officials to increase the production of medium and long-range missiles in light of the Israel-Iran conflict, an acceleration of plans to develop a strong ...

That was no surprise: a concrete manifestation of the defense cooperation cited by both sides has been the joint production of the KAPLAN medium-weight battle tank, which Turkish armored vehicle ...

The first Kaplan Armoured Personnel Carrier (APC) is due to be completed by FNSS in Turkey next year, with the second rolled out in ... Turkey’s FNSS turns to a tank for its new armoured ... This ...

ANKARA, Turkey — Turkish armored-vehicles manufacturer FNSS and its Indonesian partner PT Pindad have signed a contract to co-produce scores of medium-weight, new-generation battle tanks for the ...

Turkey exploring massive UK arms deal involving planes, ships and tank engines The C-130J Hercules transport plane is part of the package (Royal Air Force) By Ragip Soylu in Ankara ...

ISTANBUL -- Even as the Turkish government moves ahead with its selection of a new battle tank in a deal expected to be valued at least $7 billion (7.35 billion euros), the government may seek ...