Tulpar Infantry Fighting Vehicle, Turkey

[Bilal Khan (Quwa)]

Anyone has an info on how much these impressive Tulpar infantry fighting vehicles cost?

It'll be expensive since there's more overhead (for R&D) and no economies-of-scale (no serial production). But if Otokar can get a strong (1,000+) domestic order and split the overhead via a second turnkey manufacturer from Turkey (or an export user), it could become affordable.

 

[Hassan Al-Somal]

It'll be expensive since there's more overhead (for R&D) and no economies-of-scale (no serial production). But if Otokar can get a strong (1,000+) domestic order and split the overhead via a second turnkey manufacturer from Turkey (or an export user), it could become affordable.

It is sold to more than 30 countries according to publicly available information, so serial production has been conducted. I was just checking how much that each of these light Tulpar tanks cost.

 

[Philip the Arab]

It is sold to more than 30 countries according to publicly available information, so serial production has been conducted. I was just checking how much that each of these light Tulpar tanks cost.

What has been sold to 30 countries? Only 2 Tulpars have been built...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tulpar_(IFV)

 

[Hassan Al-Somal]

What has been sold to 30 countries? Only 2 Tulpars have been built...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tulpar_(IFV)

Source: http://defenceandtechnology.com/2018/11/05/tulpar-takes-the-field/

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TULPAR Light Tank developed by Otokar engineers is being tested in two different countries.

The TULPAR Light Tank, which Otokar exhibited for the first time at Eurosatory 2018 in Paris, France, performs ’durability’ and ’fire tests covering different field and climatic conditions in two countries.

Otokar General Manager, Serdar Görgüç, said, “Considering the continuously changing combat conditions and threats, light tanks, effectively serving as reconnaissance and fire support vehicles in modern armies are taking more important role in the world. By getting inspired from different requirements of our clients in different parts of the world, we combined our experience with our engineering and R&D capabilities, and debuted newly developed TULPAR Light Tank in Paris. We believe that light tanks will be more apparent in the inventories in the upcoming years. New TULPAR Light Tank is targeting several markets. Otokar is known in the global markets as a company that designed, developed and qualified Turkey’s main battle tank and our most important reference in new purchases is our armored vehicles used in more than 30 countries in five continents. We are in talks with the countries that need and demand the light tank in particular.”

 

[truthseeker2010]

It'll be expensive since there's more overhead (for R&D) and no economies-of-scale (no serial production). But if Otokar can get a strong (1,000+) domestic order and split the overhead via a second turnkey manufacturer from Turkey (or an export user), it could become affordable.

Any idea of the current cost?