In May 2018, Turkey granted 1.4 billion liras (U.S. $236.8 million) in incentives to BMC for its Altay tank program. (Chris McGrath/Getty Images) ANKARA, Turkey — When businessman Ethem Sancak in 2014 ...

An early version of Turkey's Altay tank participates in a military parade in Ankara, Turkey, on Aug. 30, 2015. (Burhan Ozbilici/AP) ANKARA, Turkey — Turkish armored vehicle-maker BMC has reached an ...

The Altay tank is based on South Korea’s famed K2 Black Panther MBT—but has many adaptations to better tailor it to Turkish conditions. The Turkish military took delivery of its first domestically ...

Turkey is forging ahead with ambitious plans to field a fourth-generation main battle tank (MBT). Ankara’s interest in designing a next-generation MBT stems back to the 1990s. The project, spearheaded ...

An Altay MBT on show in 2023, with the tank due to enter service soon. Credit: gd_project via Shutterstock Türkiye’s development of its Altay main battle tank (MBT), conducted with significant ...

Turkey is developing a slew of indigenous weapon systems including stealth fighters and armed drones, seeking to reduce its dependency on foreign countries in an era when the domestic and foreign ...

The Altay is a 65-ton monstrosity that is meant to counter the best tanks in the world, notably the American M1 Abrams and ...

The German Leopard battle tank is one of Europe’s most important such machines. Introduced way back in 1979, it is still in service in most of the continent’s countries, with around 3,600 of them made ...

Turkey’s new third generation+ main battle tank has passed all acceptance tests, a Turkish defense contractor claims. Turkey’s first indigenously-designed, third generation+ main battle tank (MBT), ...

Turkey’s tank fleet is currently made up of American M-48s and M-60s, some of which have been modernized with Israeli cooperation into M-60 Sabra tanks, plus a large contingent of German Leopard 1s ...