Guys stop acting like a kids. despite of some keyboard warriors here. we have very good ties to the arabic countries, what we had never before. i am sure, if all the developments are matured. we will more collaborations between the countries like Saudia Arabia, Qatar and Agypt.
It is normal to take some components from shelf to accelerate the development of the prototyps. Development of Anka began many years ago. At this time it was not essential to develop every thing from scratch until the anka is matured. Nowadays Aselsan is Producing many Mission/Flight computers...
I think it is not scheduled the replacing of the l44 barrel. it would require a huge modification of the turret. the modernised leopard4 witout l55 barrel is more than sufficient.
i think nearly for the same price like a super copra is the t129 a better option. with all turkish elektronics, avionics and weapons it is more reliable than u.s or european gunships.
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SOM is an;
High precision,
Long range,
Low detectable,
Lethal,
Mission flexible,
All-weather,
Affordable,
Air to Surface Missile Family, designed to operate in hostile environments and to be used against heavily...
Dude this is a Leclerc MBT which was offered long time ago. before the tender was canceled.
Arkadaslar birseyler yazmadan az arastirin yanlis bilgi vermeden.
that's how it will be finally look like.
it is a unfinished pre prototype. otokar will use it for speed test under various conditions. they will test engine transmission and other equipments. i think more prototypes will follow this for other tasks. Next one for fire tests.
It seems that TAI is on the way to developing a new HALE Class UAV. The new UAV will have Take off weight of 5 t and with 1 t Payload Capability. It will have new design with much bigger body. Dört kasli said it will have the capaability to carry weapons under the wings. As well as satcom...
I think this was the first of the two prototypes .We can assume that the end product will look like the longbow Radar. And it will have of a cylindrical form.
http://www.defence.pk/forums/turkey-defence/158908-mildar-project-t-129-successfully-completed-time-within-budget.html
I think Otokar got technical assistance in some areas like barrel and Armor. If you compare both tanks, you can see it they are totaly different ,technically and optically. Most of the electronic systems are domestic made .