I've spent some hours now "
chasing a ghost" called the Turkish
KAPLAN sort of.
1.
Turkey does not have or operate the
KAPLAN 105mm tank.
2.
Turkey does have and operate the
KAPLAN ATGM tank which I found about 1.5 hrs. ago along with the missile it's using which is a fire and forget and also can be used as Direct Fire (Lgt. Armor)
OR Top Attack (Hvy. Armor) modes.
3.
Indonesia does have and just recently declared FOC of the
KAPLAN 105mm because COVID delayed production and set back deliveries by
+2 yrs. It looks
really good.
All my refs. are lined up now, no thanks to "
BOooo!!" who's no "
Casper the friendly Ghost"!
When I saw the second ref. I remember reading about the situation and even posted on it regarding a change in manufacturers plus
COVID delays again didn't help the
ALTAY. Each number will align with its Turkish ref., and it was "
female dog" of a search to get this much as far as a reliable source is concerned.
Also you'll need to use your translator function, mine Win 10 current EDGE browser.
1.
How Many? The 2
original ALTAY PROTOTYPES from
2013 when completed and delivered. After extensive testing they were incrementally updated to what is known now as the "
NEW ALTAY".
https://www.savunmasanayist.com/bmc-...slim-edilecek/
2. It seems that last month they just started production of the
new ALTAY. These tanks are highly technical in nature, if we use a
similar timeline to ABRAMS, we are looking at almost at something around
16 months before the first tank rolls off the assembly line. With postproduction factory testing before the army gets them, along with the Armies own testing to
IOC and
FOC, WITH NO DELAYS, I'm thinking just over
+2.5yrs at least until
FOC.
https://www.trtworld.com/turkiye/tur...tanks-18167627
I guess we can "
push it back" again for about the 4th time to
JUN 2025 and
track it. I'll be in no hurry to update it anytime this year for sure as design changes can occur again.
Back to the
KAPLAN I'm done at this point. At least the ref. search is fully done and finished. As I start back tomorrow hoping I can get this to you by next Mon. or Tue.
if this works for you.
Regards,
Pat
