Turkish Land Forces
Turkish land armed forces
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2025 | Expected entry into inventory of UMTAS/LUMTAS-GM Block-2 long-range anti-tank guided missile system, capable of day/night firing with expanded range of 1-32+ km from land vehicles and 1-50+ km from helicopters. |
2025 | Additional deliveries planned to begin for HISAR O+ medium-range surface-to-air missile systems, continuing through 2028. |
2025 | Additional deliveries planned to begin for HISAR A+ autonomous low altitude air defence missile system, continuing through 2028. |
2024 | Expected entry into inventory of UMTAS/LUMTAS-GM Block-1 long-range anti-tank guided missile system, featuring infrared imager or semi-active laser seeker with 1-16 km range from land vehicles and 1-20+ km range from helicopters. |
2023 | 2 Altay tanks were delivered as part of the planned 250-tank order. |
May 29 2023 | TAYFUN Short-Range Ballistic Missile (SRBM) entered mass production. |
2022 | Aselsan developed the EIRS (Early Warning Radar System), a new generation S-Band radar with AESA and digital beamforming technology, capable of target detection up to 470+ km and operational up to 600+ km distance. |
2022 | Meteksan Defense developed the Retinar FAR-AD, a domestically produced drone detection radar system designed to counter mini/micro unmanned aerial vehicles and ground-based threats. |
2021 | Aselsan EIRS radar-integrated variants of the Anadolu ISUZU Seyit trucks entered the military inventory. |
2020 | Deliveries of Anadolu ISUZU Seyit armored truck for vehicle recovery began, configured for heavy-duty military logistics support. |
2019 | During Operation Claw (2019-2020), Turkey captured Strela-3 man-portable air-defense systems from the Kurdistan Workers' Party. |
December 2019 | Delivery of 72 BMC TUĞRA 8×8 tractor and lowbed tank transporter trucks completed for the Land Forces, with each truck capable of transporting very heavy tanks up to 70,000 kg. |
2018 | BA 40, a 40mm single ambidextrous loading grenade launcher produced by Ata Arms, was delivered to the Turkish army by the end of this year. |
2013 | TÜBİTAK MAM began delivering 160,000 pieces of CBRN (Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear) protective clothing sets, including camouflage and plain variants, boot covers, and gloves as part of the NBC-KET Project. |
September 14 2011 | FNSS Samur armoured vehicle-launched bridge project completed, with four units delivered in Ankara after six years of development. Additional 50 units were ordered. |
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