Summary and Main Points: Turkey, which maintains one of Europe’s largest tank fleets, is set to modernize its armored force with the Altay main battle tank (MBT). -The Turkish Defence Industry Agency ...

Türkiye's main battle tank, named "Altay," will be powered by a homegrown power pack, eliminating the need for foreign assistance in operating the vehicle. The test and development phases for the ...

Key Points and Summary - Turkey boasts a massive tank fleet—Leopard 2/1s, M60 variants, and M48s—yet much of it is old, diverse, and maintenance-heavy. -Recent wars show tanks die quickly without APS, ...

An early version of Turkey's Altay tank participates in a military parade in Ankara, Turkey, on Aug. 30, 2015. (Burhan Ozbilici/AP) ISTANBUL — Turkey launched serial production of its Altay main ...

The TSK received its first two Altay MBTs for testing from BMC during a ceremony at the manufacturer's plant at the Turkish Ministry of National Defense's Arifiye Campus on 23 April, in the presence ...

ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkey signed an agreement on Friday with military vehicle producer BMC for the mass production of the Turkish-designed Altay battle tank, part of the country's efforts to expand ...

President Lee Jae Myung and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan held a summit Monday and agreed to expand economic ...

The mass destruction of tanks on both sides in the conflict in Ukraine has raised doubts in certain circles about the utility of tanks in modern warfare. However, most defense analysts agree that this ...