An early version of the Altay participates in a military parade in Ankara, Turkey, in 2015. (Burhan Ozbilici/AP) ISTANBUL — Production of Turkey’s first indigenous battle tank, the Altay, in ...

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 ...

An early version of Turkey's Altay tank participates in a military parade in Ankara, Turkey, on Aug. 30, 2015. (Burhan Ozbilici/AP) ANKARA — A South Korean manufacturer, SNT Dynamics, said this week ...

Türkiye is moving towards serial production of the Altay MBT. (SSB) Türkiye signed a contract on the serial production of the Altay main battle tank (MBT), the Turkish Defence Industry Agency (SSB) ...

The Altay is a 65-ton monstrosity that is meant to counter the best tanks in the world, notably the American M1 Abrams and German Leopard-2 MBTs. Beginning in the 1990s, Turkey recognized that their ...

The TSK received its first two Altay MBTs for testing from BMC during a ceremony at the manufacturer's plant at the Turkish Ministry of National Defense's Arifiye Campus on 23 April, in the presence ...