Local Violence Boosts Turkish Armor Market

[Zarvan]

By: Burak Ege Bekdil, November 29, 2016 (Photo Credit: BMC)
ANKARA, Turkey — More than 10,000 Turkish security personnel, civilians and Kurdish rebels, mostly militants from the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), have lost their lives since clashes resumed in July 2015 after a three-year ceasefire, forcing Ankara to spend more on various types of armored vehicles.

The military regularly buys scores of armored vehicles as part of its anti-terror campaign. Most recently the police force has joined the army by preparing a sizable shopping list.

Speaking at a parliamentary panel, Interior Minister Suleyman Soylu said his ministry would acquire a total of 2,684 vehicles for anti-terror fight before the end of this year. Of those, 231 will be armored vehicles.

Soylu said that in 2017 the Interior Ministry will buy 440 tactical armored vehicles in addition to 50 anti-riot vehicles. The Gendarmerie, armed public security forces, in 2017 will buy 200 armored vehicles and 100 mine-resistant, ambush-protected armored vehicles (the Kirpis).

He said the police force also would be augmented with an unspecified number of drones, manned reconnaissance aircraft and helicopters.

Nearly 40,000 people have died in clashes between the Turkish military and the PKK since violence broke out in 1984. Turkey, the United States and the European Union consider the PKK a terrorist organization.

An Interior Ministry official said the minister’s armored vehicles shopping list for 2017 would “most likely” grow, as clashes will likely intensify after next spring.

Procurement officials say there is big demand, both from the military and the police, for “almost all types of armored vehicles.”

“We are still far from a saturation point,” he said.

Three armored vehicles manufacturers control Turkey’s market: FNSS, a Turkish subsidiary of BAE; Otokar; and BMC. A fourth producer, Katmerciler, a specialist in anti-riot water cannons and other trucks, recently joined the competition by launching new armored vehicles.

http://www.defensenews.com/articles/local-violence-boosts-turkish-armor-market

 

[TrMhMt]

Fckturd Bokdil says rebels... Bokdil they are terrorists not rebels.

I even didn't read the rest. My friend this Bokdil guy is a bitch of his masters, especially jews. So his brain fart has no value for us Turkish people. So posting his brain farts nothing but useless effort...

 

[Suff Shikan]

I really love Turkish Armored Vehicles

 

[-SINAN-]

Kurdish rebels

What a cunt this Bokdil is.....

 

[Zarvan]

What a cunt this Bokdil is.....

How Kirpi has performed against IEDs ?

 

[TrMhMt]

How Kirpi has performed against IEDs ?

so far soooooo good my friend. I would to share a picture of EjderYalcin which got hit by land mine and rpg but saved all of our guys.

 

[-SINAN-]

How Kirpi has performed against IEDs ?

Combat Proven....Kirpis are exceptionally good against IEDs...but can't do well against 500-1000 kg explosives which buried directly under the road....no MRAP could withstand that.

 

[EgyptianAmerican]

Combat Proven....Kirpis are exceptionally good against IEDs...but can't do well against 500-1000 kg explosives which buried directly under the road....no MRAP could withstand that.

Really? wow, it's truly a shame Egypt and Turkey aren't friends. I imagine those would do good in Sinai.

 

[Attila the Hun]

I always try my best to avoid Bekdil's articles(Crap).

 

[-SINAN-]

Really? wow, it's truly a shame Egypt and Turkey aren't friends. I imagine those would do good in Sinai.

Yeap.

Tunisia also uses them.

IED attack by Al-Qaeda. As you can see crew compartment is still intact. All personnel survived the blast.

Some more from Turkey.

^^^Crew compartment still intact. On all these attacks, no deaths occurred.

 

[Zarvan]

Combat Proven....Kirpis are exceptionally good against IEDs...but can't do well against 500-1000 kg explosives which buried directly under the road....no MRAP could withstand that.

Well that it would great for Pakistan. We maximum face 50 to 60 KG IED or 20 to 25 KG suicide jackets

 

[-SINAN-]

Well that it would great for Pakistan. We maximum face 50 to 60 KG IED or 20 to 25 KG suicide jackets

Yeap, definitely would protect soldiers....

But i wanna stress out that MRAP isn't an invincible vehicle.

15 ton IED.

Not even a 70 ton tank can withstand against such an explosion.

 

[AKD]

Yeap, definitely would protect soldiers....

But i wanna stress out that MRAP isn't an invincible vehicle.

15 ton IED.

Not even a 70 ton tank can withstand against such an explosion.

Good God man!!!!! No vehicle in world can withstand this

 

[Kebapçı Erhan]

so far soooooo good my friend. I would to share a picture of EjderYalcin which got hit by land mine and rpg but saved all of our guys.

 

[TrMhMt]

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Yes bro this is what I mentioned earlier.