How Will Turkey Build Its Own Battle Tank?
Caleb Larson
Tank, Middle East
Perhaps tired of depending on foreign tank procurement, and exacerbated by Turkey’s many recent kerfuffles with NATO allies, Ankara has turned inward.
Here’s What You Need to Remember: Despite strong assertions to the contrary, the Altay won’t be a purely-domestic initiative.
Putting it simply, Turkish armor isn’t exactly the most modern. In addition to early Cold War-era American M48 and M60 tanks, Turkey also fields several German-built Leopard 1 and Leopard 2 main battle tanks. Читать дальше...