Turkey's National Main Battle Tank Project (ALTAY)

[Babur Han]

Inducting Altay MBT would be a logistic Nightmare for Pakistan Army, MBT in pakistani Invertory are based on soviet Technology. Altay MBT fullfill NATO Standart, that means a several Training and Maintinance Infrastructure must be built for Altay MBT. It's the better way when Turkey provide new Armour and FCS Technologies to Pakistan for the AK-2 Project instead of providing Altay.

 

[cabatli_53]

Aselsan is one of the top Electronic-FCS developer institue of the World and have a great prestige around Defence markets. Aselsan engineers have developed various type FCS's for different platforms.


Aselsan, Tanks Fire Control Systems History...


-According to SSM officials, Altay MBT will be a 3+ generation Tank of World cause of Aselsan electronics and FCS.

-Raytheon-Samsung Techwin and Aselsan team have been cooperating to develop Aussie type Land-17 Self Propelled Howitzers and competing with Pzh-2000. In This tender, Aselsan guaranteed Australian authorities to develop a FCS having capability of firing the targets with a range from 57km preciously. When German authorities meet such an assertive offer, They have to declare off their PZH-2000 offers from Aussie tender...

-Aselsan is helping Samsung Techwin to modernizate their K-9 FCS's with a new generation one in those day...

-Aselsan has developed Volkan-I FCS to modernizate Turkish Leo-1A4 Tanks. It is also declared that Aselsan has signed a new agreement with Chilian authorities to modernizate their 100 Leo-1 Tanks with Volkan Fire Control System.

-Aselsan has developed Volkan-II FCS to modernizate Leo-2A4's locating in Turkish inventory.