Altay (main battle tank)
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Altay (English: Red horse/colt) is a Turkish fourth generation[31] main battle tank designed by Otokar based on South Korean K2 Black Panther to be produced by BMC under design assistance and technology transfer by Hyundai Rotem.[6][7][8][9][10] It is named in honor of Army General Fahrettin Altay[32] who commanded the 5th Cavalry Corps in the final stage of the Turkish War of Independence. With a unit cost of 13.75 million dollars, the tank design cost is on par with and competitive when compared with relative projects.[33] The first mass production of Altay will be combined with MKE made 55 calibre 120 mm main gun, Roketsan made both advanced composite and reactive armor package along with Aselsan made electronics such as active protection, remote controlled weapon and fire control systems while using HD Hyundai Infracore engine and SNT Dynamics transmission.[27][28]
Altay | |
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Type | Main battle tank |
Place of origin | Turkey |
Service history | |
In service | 2025 (expected)[1] |
Used by | Turkish Land Forces[2] |
Production history | |
Designer | BMC (main contractor and responsible for further developments)[3] Aselsan (sub-systems and fire control system)[3][4] MKEK (main gun system)[2][3] Roketsan (armor package)[2][3][5] HAVELSAN[3] Hyundai Rotem (design assistance and transfer of technology)[6][7][8][9][10] Hyundai WIA (transfer of 120 mm 55 caliber smoothbore gun production technology)[6][7] [8][9] Samyang Comtech (technology transfer of armor package)[8][11][12] Poongsan Corporation (armor package design assistance)[8] Otokar (design and development including prototypes)[13][14] |
Designed | 2008–2016 |
Manufacturer | BMC[3][15] |
Unit cost | USD $13.75 million[16] |
Produced | November 2018 |
No. built | 5 + 2 prototypes. 2 prototypes are delivered to TAF out of 100 units, remaining 98 are expected to be delivered in 2025.[17][18] |
Specifications | |
Mass | 65 tonnes (72 short tons; 64 long tons)[19] |
Length | 7.3 metres (24 ft) (hull), 10.3 metres (34 ft) (gun forward)[20] |
Width | 3.9 metres (13 ft)[20] |
Height | 2.6 metres (8.5 ft)[20] |
Armor |
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Main armament | MKE 120 mm smoothbore tank gun[25] |
Secondary armament | 1 × Remote controlled weapon station equipped with 12.7 mm / 7.62 mm machine gun[26] 1 x 7.62 mm coaxial machine gun[26] |
Engine | Lot 1: HD Hyundai Infracore DV27K 4-long stroke, 12-cylinder water-cooled diesel, dry weight: 2550 kg 1,500 hp (1,110 kW)[27][28] Lot 2: BMC Power BATU V12 4-short stroke, 12-cylinder water-cooled diesel 1,500 hp (1,100 kW)[27][28] |
Power/weight | 23 hp/t (17.15 kW/t) |
Transmission | Lot 1: SNT Dynamics EST15K (6 forward, 3 reverse gears), dry weight: 2500 kg[27][28] Lot 2: BMC Power BATU V12 Cross Drive (6 forward, 2 reverse gears)[27][28] |
Suspension | Non-active in-arm suspension unit (ISU) with automatic track tension system (ATTS)[29] |
Operational range | 450 kilometres (280 mi)(Altay T1 with 1,500 hp engine)[30] |
Maximum speed | On road: 65 km/h (40 mph) Off road: 45 km/h (28 mph) (Altay T1 with 1,500 hp engine)[29] |