He is not making up numbers but confusing numbers, just like the journalist. The current cost of the PV's are around 13-14m euros. It is something expected. The very first SARP RWS units for Altay were 270k euros. AFAIK they managed to lowered it 120k price range thanks to the increased production. 5.7m dolars FFS really, does anyone know how expensive TAKS is? SSM expects a price range between 8-9m euros.
On the other hand "The armor of other tanks" does not come from Israel because only M60T uses Israeli armor an its mostly Blazer ERA there are very few new ballistic steel parts on those tanks and they are mostly around the gun mantlet. The rest of tank is RHA as it's used to be.
We import our ballistic steel, mostly from Slovakia and Sweden.
Also, the suspension is neither Turkish nor Korean, it has been officially stated by SSM in 2013.
On the other hand "The armor of other tanks" does not come from Israel because only M60T uses Israeli armor an its mostly Blazer ERA there are very few new ballistic steel parts on those tanks and they are mostly around the gun mantlet. The rest of tank is RHA as it's used to be.
We import our ballistic steel, mostly from Slovakia and Sweden.
Also, the suspension is neither Turkish nor Korean, it has been officially stated by SSM in 2013.