"The newly Turkish Medium Tank Tulpar" Topic
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| Tango01 | 06 Nov 2014 3:22 p.m. PST |
"Otokar, the largest privately owned and national land platforms manufacturer of Turkey, participates in the 6th IndoDefence 2014 Exhibition, in Jakarta by presenting its wheeled armoured vehicle Kale, and a model of its newly developed tracked armoured vehicle, Medium Tank Tulpar. General Manager of Otokar Mr. Serdar Gorguc said that ‘being Turkey's leading design & production centre for armoured tactical vehicles the aim of Otokar in this exhibition is to seek the opportunities to serve the Indonesian Armed Forces through an extensive collaboration with Indonesian Defence Industry' and added: "We as Otokar, apart from serving 50 different end users in 30 countries and being a listed NATO & UN manufacturer, are naturally the main supplier of the Turkish Military and Security Forces for wheeled tactical vehicles. Today around 28 000 Otokar military vehicles are in service in 4 different continents of the world with an outstanding performance. We believe Indo Defence is an important event to seek new cooperation opportunities in Indonesia and also the entire South Eastern Asia. Besides, we are more than happy that we will have chances to meet the valuable leaders, commanders, and members of Indonesian military, listen their requirements, profit from their experiences and hopefully serve their needs with our vast and capable product range."…"
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| Katzbalger | 06 Nov 2014 5:27 p.m. PST |
Looks kind of like an M114 with a real turret. Rob |
| MCV 80 | 07 Nov 2014 7:35 a.m. PST |
This is not a medium Tank but an AIFV. The chassis may become the base for a vehicle family as we already have seen with the Warrior and CV90 to name two examples. Kind regards,
Benjamin |
| Lion in the Stars | 07 Nov 2014 10:57 a.m. PST |
Slap the remote turret with the South African G7 105mm/52cal gun on it and I'd call it a light tank! |
| MCV 80 | 07 Nov 2014 1:02 p.m. PST |
For sure Lion, if you add a turret with a 90, 105 or 120mm gun you will get what is generally known as Light Tank. Similar to the CV90105 or CV90120 variants.
Still I would not call this a medium tank, especially if the AIFV version is shown. Cheers,
Benjamin |
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