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 ...

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 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 ...

The prototype of Turkey's first indigenous main battle tank (MBT) ALTAY will be introduced on Thursday. The debut ceremony will be held at the contractor firm Otokar's facilities in Sakarya, ...

Turkey's indigenous battle tank Altay will be used by the nation’s armed forces on the ground 24 months later, the head of the producer company BMC said on Thursday. Altay tank and all sub-products -- ...

A South Korean firm will supply Turkey's national tank project Altay with transmissions to be used in its engines. SNT Heavy Industries announced on Monday that it will supply Altay producer BMC with ...

Technologies used in the delay-plagued Altay MBT programme will be installed on Turkish Leopard 2A4s in a new modernisation programme. A partial modernisation programme has begun for the Turkish Land ...

A new defense industry project to produce high-tech military tanks moves Turkey up to the ranks of a select group of nations that have the ability to design and manufacture combat tanks, Prime ...

Now that the Altay program has had its Kodak moment, industry sources and experts are questioning the tank's future. ANKARA, Turkey — More than two decades after the program was officially launched, ...