The serial production date of the Altay tank has been announced!

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan gave information on many subjects from the Altuğ 8×8 armored personnel carriers to the modernization of the Leopard 2A4 tanks at the new generation Fırtına howitzer delivery ceremony he attended today. The most striking one among them was the serial production date of the Altay tank.

The serial production date of the Altay tank has been announced!

Erdogan said that the 2 prototypes of the Altay tank, which have been interrupted for many years due to various reasons such as changes, additions and embargoes in the project, will be delivered next May and the testing process will begin.

He said that there will be no negativity or delay in the project and that they will radically resolve the license issue. According to the calendar shared for now, the serial production date of the Altay tank has been determined as 2025. Here is everything known about Altay…

The Altay tank is probably the most awaited land vehicle in the history of Turkey, having returned from the brink of mass production several times, even if it is not yet in the inventory and has not been used in active duty, it is the most well-known land vehicle in the public.

The expectations on the main battle tank Altay, which was developed as a 3+ generation, are quite high. Because, as we can see from the videos shared over the years, when these vehicles, which bring many new technologies with them, are delivered to our army, the other tanks in the inventory will remain as antiques.

Moreover, in addition to the planned production of 1000 units with T1 and T2 configurations, an unmanned and turreted version called T3 will be developed for the Altay tank. Of course, there is no information about the engine of this unmanned configuration yet.

But precisely for this reason, the TAF has sent new demands over the years, causing the project to be prolonged. For example, although the first prototypes were at the delivery stage in 2013, the vehicle was repeatedly returned to the construction phase as additional capabilities were requested. In fact, as a new power group was required at the last stage, it was redesigned and a second Altay tank emerged.

However, this time, the project bounced once again when its ally with Germany, which established strategic cooperation and partnerships in the field of defense industry, put an engine embargo. However, new power units came from South Korea last March and their tests started immediately.

As a result, everything seems to have gone well until now, good news came from BMC. According to the statement, the Altay tank, which is expected to continue its tests until 2025, will enter the TAF inventory in 2023. But there will only be 2 of them. The rest of the testing process will be completed quickly while in the TAF inventory.

This will speed up the testing process. In addition, according to BMC, as soon as these tests are completed, mass production will be started for the Altay tank and the remaining 98 tanks will be delivered quickly. Thus, the first batch of tanks planned to be produced in total 1000 will be ready for duty.

Here, we also need to open a parenthesis to the power units coming from South Korea. Because there are some rumors that it is not at the expected level. However, the authorities say that Turkish engineers have taken over the project, so to speak, and that the necessary developments and integration works have been carried out without any problems.

Altai tank features

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