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Modern equipment and uniform of the Turkish Army
Infantry weapons[]
Infantry weapons include the Browning M2,[1] a Heavy Machine Gun along with previous small arms.
Explosives, rockets and missile systems[]
Name | Type | Quantity | Notes |
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RPG-7 | Rocket-propelled grenade | 5,000+ | Captured from the PKK or purchased from former East German inventory. |
HAR-66 | Anti-tank rocket | 40,000+ | Turkish version of the M72 LAW produced under license by MKEK |
MILAN | Anti-tank guided missile | 11,250 | Although there have been rumors that Turkey is interested in buying more MILAN anti-tank guided missiles from France. |
Cobra | Anti-tank guided missile | ||
ERYX | Anti-tank guided missile | 3,312 | After Dispute between MBDA and Turkey, Turkey Sign a new agreement to buy 632 New Launchers [2] |
BGM-71A/B and C TOW I/II/A/B | Anti-tank guided missile | 12,386 | |
AGM-114 Hellfire | Anti-tank guided missile | 300 | |
Kornet-E | Anti-tank guided missile | 800 | 80 launching posts purchased with an option of 72 more. |
9M113M Konkurs (AT5 Spandrel) | Anti-tank guided missile | 70 | |
FIM 92B/C Stinger | Man-portable air-defense system | 5,269 | Built under license by Roketsan |
FIM-43A Redeye | Man-portable air-defense system | 1,089 | To be phased out. |
9K38 Igla | Man-portable air-defense system | 40 | To be replaced by FIM-92 Stingers. |
Vehicles[]
Logistics, utility, and engineer vehicles[]
Name | Type | Quantity | Notes |
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Otokar Defender | Light Utility Vehicle | 9,800+ | Licensed production of the Land Rover Defender by Otokar |
Jeep Wrangler[citation needed] | Light Utility Vehicle | 5,700 | |
Otokar Engerek | Special operations vehicle | 550+ | Special Operations variant of the Land Rover/Otokar Defender |
Unimog 4000-5000 | Light utility truck | 5,500 | Produced under license in Turkey (Mercedes-Benz Türk A.S., Aksaray Truck Factory) |
BMC 185-09 B[3] | 2.5 ton truck | 706 | 4x4 Tactical Wheeled Vehicle |
BMC 235-16 P[3] | 5 ton truck | 282 | 4x4 Tactical Wheeled Vehicle |
BMC 380-26 P[3] | 10 ton truck | 403 | 6x6 Tactical Wheeled Vehicle |
MAN 26.372 | Heavy utility truck | 6x6 cargo truck | |
Mercedes Axor | Medium equipment truck | Produced under license in Turkey (Mercedes-Benz Türk A.S., Aksaray Truck Factory) | |
Mercedes Actros | Heavy equipment truck | Produced under license in Turkey (Mercedes-Benz Türk A.S., Aksaray Truck Factory) | |
Scania 124 | Heavy equipment truck | Produced under license in Turkey (Dogus Otomotiv Servis ve Ticaret A.S., Çayırova District, Kocaeli Truck Factory) | |
AZMIM | Amphibious armored earthmover | First delivered in January 2013.[4] | |
Husky VMMD | Mine detector | 4 | Replacing manual mine detection techniques[5] |
Main Battle Tanks[]
Name | Type | Quantity | Notes |
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Leopard 2A4 | Main battle tank | 354 | Surplus German 2A4s. Purchased in 2005.[6] Aselsan has developed a radical upgrade for the Leopard2A4 tank system, known as Leopard Next Generation (NG). The Turkish army will receive the upgrade for 354 tanks. The NG upgrade contains the Next Generation fire control system similar to the Volkan FCS, electrical gun and turrets drives, laser warning systems and ballistic and mine protection modules.[7][8] |
Leopard 1 | Main battle tank | 391[9] | 171 Leopard 1T Upgraded by Aselsan with the Volkan (volcano) fire control system, bringing the tanks to the 3rd generation standard.[10] |
M60T | Main battle tank | 170 | upgraded M60 Patton to 3rd generation standard. Upgrades completed in Turkey with Israeli sabra package. |
M60A3 TTS | Main battle tank | 658 | To be phased out with introduction Altay tank |
M60A1 RISE Passive | Main battle tank | 104 | To be phased out with introduction Altay tank |
M48A5T1 | Main battle tank | 619 | M48A5 with passive night vision and MTU engine. Upgrades completed in Turkey. Probably phased out of active service. To be Completely phased out by introduction Altay tank |
M48A5T2 | Main battle tank | 758 | Further upgrade of the M48A5T1 with thermal sights, stabilized 105mm gun and laser rangefinder. To be phased out with introduction Altay tank |
Altay (tank) | Main battle tank | 4 Prototypes[11] | 4 prototypes undergoing acceptance tests by the Turkish Army. 1000+ are planned during serial production phase. |
Armored fighting vehicles and Armored Personnel Carriers[]
Name | Type | Quantity | Notes |
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ACV-AIFV | Infantry Fighting Vehicle | 650 | ACV-300 equipped with either a turret mounted GIAT 25mm M811 cannon, or Oerlikon KBA-B02 on an external weapon station. |
ACV-AAPC | Armored personnel carrier | 1,381 | ACV-300 armed with one 12.7mm machine gun, and one 7.62 machine gun in a one man turret. |
M113 | Armored personnel carrier | 3,162 | Mostly upgraded to Turkish standards. M113A1/A2T1/A2T2 variants in service. |
FNSS Pars | Armored personnel carrier | 1.000 on order [12] 6x6 8x8 wheeled APC. | |
Otokar Cobra | Armored personnel carrier | 1200+ [13] | 4x4 wheeled APC. |
Otokar Akrep | Armored personnel carrier | 370 | 4x4 wheeled APC. |
BTR-60PB | Armored personnel carrier | 300 | |
BTR-80 | Armored personnel carrier | 214 | |
BMC Kirpi | MRAP | 293 | 468 originally ordered. 175 were late for delivery, production stopped |
Dragoon AFV | Armored personnel carrier | 150 | |
ACV-ATV | Tank destroyer | 48 | ACV-300 equipped with TOW Under Armor (TUA) turret. |
M113A1 TOW | Tank destroyer | 173 | M113-based vehicle with pintle mount BGM-71 TOW anti-tank guided missile system |
Aircraft[]
Rotary Transport/Attack[]
Name | Type | Quantity | Notes |
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Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk | Utility helicopter | 90[14] | S-70A17/19: 56, S-70A28: 20 and S-70D28: 30 helicopters. |
TAI/Sikorsky T-70 | Utility helicopter/Attack (Convertible at short notice) | 0 | Built under license by TAI.[15] US Ambassador to Turkey has confirmed that Turkey will now license produce 600 T-70 instead of the 150 originally planned.[16] |
Eurocopter AS-532UL Cougar | Utility helicopter | 48[14] | Built under license by TAI |
Agusta-Bell AB206B3 JetRanger | Utility and training helicopter | 25[14] | Bell 206 JetRanger produced under license by Agusta. To be Phased out by Arıkopter |
Agusta-Bell AB205A1 | Utility helicopter | 69[14] | UH-1 Iroquois produced by Agusta in Italy, To be phased out by New Utility Helicopter |
Bell UH-1H/2020-ASAM | Utility helicopter | 52[citation needed] | |
Agusta-Bell 204 | Utility and training helicopter | 15[14] | To be phased out by New Utility Helicopter |
Bell UH-1H | Utility helicopter | 85[14] | To be phased out by New Utility Helicopter |
Bell AH-1P Cobra | Attack helicopter | 23 | Upgraded to AH-1F standard. To be phased out by T-129 ATAK |
Bell AH-1W SuperCobra | Attack helicopter | 9 | 3 purchased in the 2012. Equipped with Hellfire II K2. |
TAI/AgustaWestland T-129 | Attack helicopter | 6 (54 on order) | 6 undergoing acceptance tests by the Turkish Army. Equipped with Roketsan Cirit and UMTAS weapons systems. |
Bell OH-58B | Observation helicopter | 3[14] |
Unmanned Aircraft Vehicles[]
Name | Type | Quantity | Notes |
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Bayraktar Mini UAV | Mini UAV | 200+ [17] | |
Malazgirt Mini UAV | Mini UAV | 4 [18] |
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Artillery and missile systems[]
The Turkish army has various artillery and missile systems, including the Roketsan Cirit Air-to-Surface Laser-Guided anti-armor missile.[19]
Anti-aircraft Weapons[]
Anti-aircraft weapons include the Zıpkın, which has pedestal mounted Stinger missiles carried by a Land Rover Defender 130.[20] 20 mm Rheinmetal cannons, 20 mm Oerlikon Cannons (3 km range), 35 mm Oerlikon Cannons, Stinger missiles (8 km range max.) with improved hit capacity of ultraviolet and infrared sensors by Aselsan
Future procurements[]
Name | Type | Quantity | Notes |
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Milli Piyade Tüfeği | Assault rifle | National Infantry Rifle Under development by MKEK and Kalekalip, 7.62mm Round NATO | |
UMTAS | Anti-tank guided missile | In use with T129 and AH-1W Super Cobra helicopters. | |
Bayraktar-Çaldiran | Tactical UAV | 12 | to be delivered in 2014 |
Roketsan Cirit | Air-to-Surface Laser Guided Rocket | In use with T129 and AH-1W Super Cobra helicopters. | |
BMC Kirpi | MRAP | 468 | 4x4 Mine protected vehicle.[21] |
FNSS Pars | Tactical Wheeled Vehicle | 1,075 | MILAN(344), OMTAS(152), TOW(350) missile carriers, and fire support vehicles with automatic grenade launcher (229) to be produced. |
NBC Protection Vehicle Project | NBC protected vehicle | 336 | Nurol Ejder / Otokar Arma |
Altay (tank) | Main battle tank | 4 | First tank will be delivered in begin 2015. It is planned that a total of 1000 Altays will be produced. |
Tulpar (IFV) | Infantry fighting vehicle | 2 | The vehicle has been reportedly manufactured to augment Turkey's new generation Altay MBT in operations and to safely transport infantry to the front lines while providing fire support for other armored units. |
Light Utility Helicopter Project | Light Utility Helicopter | TBD | It is planned that the ITU Arıkopter will be acquired. |
Turkish Indigenous Helicopter | Mid-Size Utility Helicopter | *** | Under Development by TAI [22] |
CH-47F | Heavy-lift helicopter | 6 | 5 to Land Forces Command, 1 to Special Forces Command,[23] expected to be produced by 2014 [24] |
T-129 ATAK | Attack helicopter | 51+9(+40 Optional) | Turkish version of Agusta A-129 with indigenous missile systems and upgrades. 6 helicopters in 2013 will be received.Total 60 helicopter ordered.51 T-129 production commence date is mid-2013 over 5 years till 2018. |
Insignia[]
NATO Code | OF-10 | OF-9 | OF-8 | OF-7 | OF-6 | OF-5 | OF-4 | OF-3 | OF-2 | OF-1 | OF(D) | Student Officer | |
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Non-Turkish speakers might like to know that OF3, OF2, & OR4 literally translates to "Head of 1000", "Head of 100" & "Head of 10" respectively,
See also[]
References and notes[]
- See the Turkish Government, Undersecretariat for Defense Industries website for an official list of Turkish military procurement projects.
- ↑ Jones, Richard (2009). Jane's Infantry Weapons 2009-2010. Jane's Information Group. pp. 897. ISBN 0-7106-2869-2.
- ↑ http://www.ssm.gov.tr/anasayfa/hizli/duyurular/kurumsalDuyurular/Sayfalar/2009FaaliyetRaporu.aspx
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 "ASD-Company Center > Turkey > BMC". 2009-08. http://www.asdsource.com/source_detail_small/3063/BMC.htm.
- ↑ AZMIM AACE Amphibious Armoured Earthmover delivered to Turkish Army - Armyrecognition.com, January 14, 2013
- ↑ Husky mine clearing vehicle enters in service with the Turkish army to replace manual systems - Armyrecognition.com, 3 August 2013
- ↑ "Germany to Sell 298 Leopard 2 Tanks to Turkey". DefenseIndustryDaily.com. 2005-11-11. http://www.defenseindustrydaily.com/germany-to-sell-298-leopard-2-tanks-to-turkey-01473/.
- ↑ http://www.cnnturk.com/2011/turkiye/05/07/aselsan.leopard.tankini.yeniden.yaratti/615838.0/
- ↑ "Aselsan shows off two new tank systems". Jane's International Defence Review. 2005-11-04. http://www.janes.com/articles/International-Defence-Review-2005/Aselsan-shows-off-two-new-tank-systems.html. Retrieved 2010-12-28.
- ↑ http://mehmetcik.tc/kkk.php?sayfa=22[dead link]
- ↑ http://www.aselsan.com.tr/content.aspx?oid=636&mid=375
- ↑ http://www.worldbulletin.net/?aType=haber&ArticleID=98699
- ↑ http://www.defensenews.com/story.php?i=4615111&c=EUR
- ↑ http://ekonomi.haberturk.com/teknoloji/haber/795543-yeni-cobra-siparisi-geldi
- ↑ 14.0 14.1 14.2 14.3 14.4 14.5 14.6 "Directory: World Air Forces". 2009-12-15.
- ↑ http://web.archive.org/web/20140221130206/http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5gvXaLDRDR-99EpYeL5wSuBi61WNQ?docId=CNG.f200d840762d38e872f6b5b7882d5a5d.3b1
- ↑ http://www.defensenews.com/article/20120729/DEFREG01/307290002/Can-Turkey-Afford-Its-Extensive-Defense-Plans-?odyssey=tab%7Ctopnews%7Ctext%7CFRONTPAGE
- ↑ http://www.baykarmakina.com/en/MiniUAV
- ↑ http://haber.gazetevatan.com/iste-heronun-turk-rakibi/313476/1/Gundem
- ↑ http://www.zaman.com.tr/haber.do?haberno=1316729
- ↑ "ASELSAN - ZIPKIN Pedestal-Mounted Air Defence missile System (PMADS)". http://defenceproducts.ssm.gov.tr/content/productDetails.aspx?ID=89.
- ↑ http://www.bmc.com.tr/indexx.php?l=1&sayfa_id=101&g_id=2706&id=12558
- ↑ http://www.trdefence.com/?p=1411
- ↑ http://www.hurriyet.com.tr/gundem/18342422.asp?gid=381
- ↑ http://www.trdefence.com/2011/05/12/turkey-nears-chinook-agreement-idef/
- ↑ http://rewreward.blogspot.com/2012/01/turkiye-atakna-kavusuyor.html/
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