lol Arjun is a tank with potential, just needs some vision, dedication......and lotsa loving. :loveThat elaborate prank is Arjun ..........courasy DRDO:nutkick
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lol Arjun is a tank with potential, just needs some vision, dedication......and lotsa loving. :loveThat elaborate prank is Arjun ..........courasy DRDO:nutkick
Potential .......yes(Every scam do have one)! But the mentioned requirements are in short supply with DRDO.lol Arjun is a tank with potential, just needs some vision, dedication......and lotsa loving. :love
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That article does not even mention the new tank program In Turkey. ATILLA MAD. Anyway does anyone know how many new Turkish made tanks are going to be bought and what are they going to do with the old M60 tanks sell them?According to Forecast International, 6700 mbts worth $27.9 billion until 2017 will be procured by world armies:
http://www.defencetalk.com/news/pub..._T-90_Dominate_World_Tank_Market110015374.php
They report 60% of all new tanks rolling out until 2017 will be Al-Khalid (Pakistan), Type 98 (PRC), T-90 (RF and India), making up 53% of the market worth. With M1 and Leos following.
A forecast group, that makes calculations on 6900 tanks to be built globally until 2017, and not mentioning the 1000 Turkish Altay tanks which happen to make up 15% of the new tank figures Forecast International claims, perhaps its in the fine print.
Anyway, I always found organizations that make reports in return for financial gains to be fishy. But thats just me. :alian
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Your first question is answered by the Sekiz's Quote in your message, 1000 Altay Tanks, The M60s will either be scraped or put in storage just in case we need them for future wars (old machines can always be useful).Atilla [TR];137682 said:That article does not even mention the new tank program In Turkey. ATILLA MAD. Anyway does anyone know how many new Turkish made tanks are going to be bought and what are they going to do with the old M60 tanks sell them?
Correct could we also sell the upgraded (by Isreali's) ones to Turkic nations they really badly need new arms.Your first question is answered by the Sekiz's Quote in your message, 1000 Altay Tanks, The M60s will either be scraped or put in storage just in case we need them for future wars (old machines can always be useful).
then why dont they signe it what are they waiting forThe contract hasn't been signed yet = no prototype this year or in 2009.
I think preliminary design studies are being made in Otokar but the contract hasn't been signed yet.Isn't the Tank in design phase ?
So the project has started, but just hasn't been signed for.I think preliminary design studies are being made in Otokar but the contract hasn't been signed yet.
Good newsAzerbaijan May Join Turkey's New Tank Manufacturing Project, Bureaucrat
A senior Turkish bureaucrat said on Friday that Azerbaijan might join Turkey`s project to manufacture new tanks.
Murad Bayar, the undersecretary for Turkish Defense Industries, said that Turkey aimed to manufacture new tanks for the Turkish Armed Forces.
"Some of these tanks could be manufactured in Azerbaijan, and some can be produced in Turkey," Bayar told "Milaz" news agency --the first private military information agency in Azerbaijan.
The bureaucrat expressed thought that a related agreement could be signed and the project could be launched within this month.
Bayar said that Turkey also planned to modernize its actual tanks including "Leopard" (Germany) and "M-60" (USA), and told the agency that Turkey proposed Azerbaijan to modernize its T-72 tanks.
"We may make joint production with Azerbaijan in line with this country`s needs in the future," Bayar also said.
Bayar enumerated the areas in which Turkey and Azerbaijan could cooperate as manufacturing military ships, unmanned aircraft and infantry rifle.
The Turkish bureaucrat said that Turkey was cooperating with not only Azerbaijan but also with Kazakhstan, Georgia, Balkan countries, former East Bloc countries, particularly Poland, in the area of defense industry.
Accompanied by representatives of several Turkish defense industry institutions including ASELSAN and Roketsan, Bayar paid a visit to the Azerbaijani capital of Baku between July 7th and 11th.
During the visit, Bayar visited Azerbaijani Ministry of Defense, Ministry of Defense Industry, Ministry of National Security and some military facilities.
"Milaz" is a news agency founded recently by a few Azerbaijani non-governmental organizations and research institutions. It is dealing with military and defense issues in Azerbaijan and its vicinity.
One of the main tasks of the Undersecretariat for Turkish Defense Industries is to re-organize and integrate the existing national industry so as to satisfy defence industry requirements, encourage new enterprises and channel them according to the integration and requirements, seek possibilities for foreign capital and technology contribution, guide enterprises and make plans for state participation in this respect.
The Turkish defense industry is forecast to have an annual export figure of 1.5 billion USD within three years.
http://www.turkishpress.com/news.asp?id=242528
i heard thus designe might be built the one like in my avator i heard news of the designer being invited to otokars project thats i heard heres the infohas anyone got info about this Turkish new tank !!??
i got the pix from another forum and unfortunately there wasn't a link...