Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said that the first national Altai tanks were delivered to the armed forces of the republic for testing. reported that twitter.
We are delivering the new generation Altay tank, which will be Turkey’s modern main battle tank, to our heroic army.
The tests of the Turkish tank are planned to take about two years.
Altay will replace the German Leopard and American M60 tanks serving in the Turkish army.
In May last year, CNN Türk announced that it will be in Turkey in the next two years. will begin serial production of the main battle tank Altay. It has been announced that the weight of the tank will be 65 tons, it will be equipped with new armor and an active protection system from Aselsan that is resistant to damage from modern anti-tank missile systems.