Altay (main battle tank)
Altay (English: Red horse/colt) is a Turkish fourth generation main battle tank designed by Otokar based on South Korean K2 Black Panther to be produced by BMC under design assistance and technology transfer by Hyundai Rotem. It is named in honor of Army General Fahrettin Altay who commanded the 5th Cavalry Corps in the final stage of the Turkish War of Independence. With a unit cost of 13.75 million dollars, the tank design cost is on par with and competitive when compared with relative projects. The first mass production of Altay will be combined with MKE made 55 calibre 120 mm main gun, Roketsan made both advanced composite and reactive armor package along with Aselsan made electronics such as active protection, remote controlled weapon and fire control systems while using HD Hyundai Infracore engine and SNT Dynamics transmission.
| Altay | |
|---|---|
Altay T1 demonstration | |
| Type | Main battle tank |
| Place of origin | Turkey South Korea |
| Service history | |
| In service | 2025 (expected) |
| Used by | Turkish Land Forces |
| Production history | |
| Designer | Otokar (design and development including prototypes) BMC (main contractor and responsible for further developments) Aselsan (sub-systems and fire control system) MKEK (main gun system) Roketsan (armor package) HAVELSAN Hyundai Rotem (design assistance and transfer of technology) Hyundai WIA (transfer of 120 mm 55 caliber smoothbore gun production technology) Samyang Comtech (technology transfer of armor package) Poongsan Corporation (armor package design assistance) |
| Designed | 2008–2016 |
| Manufacturer | BMC |
| Unit cost | USD $13.75 million |
| Produced | November 2018 |
| No. built | 5 + 2 prototypes. 2 prototypes are delivered to TAF out of 100 units, remaining 98 are expected to be delivered in 2025. |
| Specifications | |
| Mass | 65 tonnes (72 short tons; 64 long tons) |
| Length | 7.3 metres (24 ft) (hull), 10.3 metres (34 ft) (gun forward) |
| Width | 3.9 metres (13 ft) |
| Height | 2.6 metres (8.5 ft) |