The newly developed Altay tank in Türkiye will go into service with the country's army by 2025. This has been announced by the head of the Haluk Haluk Haluk Hergun, Daily Sabah's report.
This year, as we promised, we will put the first continuous tanks of our Heroic Army. Our current plans include opening our factory in August and the beginning and continued of the process of producing all of our armored vehicles, he said on the visit to the company. BMC in Ankara.
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Gergun said that in 2025, the military will receive three cars. In total, they plan to collect 85 altay in T1 configuration. In 2026, 11 tanks will be transferred and the rest of Altay T1 will be shipped in the following years. According to him, by 2028 at the Arsenal of the Turkish army, there will be 165 altay tanks.
The new machine was developed as a replacement of Leopard Germany and the US M60 in the Turkish army. The first model of Altay was presented in 2011. A vehicle weighing more than 60 tons received a 120 mm coober -bim and protected tanks providing combined reservation.
In February 2024, Türkiye Otokar Company introduced an easy tank with a 120 mm barrel gun at the 2024 World Defense Exhibition in Riyadh. The machine is built on the battle vehicle of Infantry Tulpar.