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 ...
Here’s What You Need To Remember: Zaslon has the major drawback of being fatal to friendly infantry surrounding a tank, which can pose problems in situations where infantry and tanks work in close ...
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) – Turkey’s state-run news agency says Turkish tanks have crossed into Syria as part of a military operation to free a border town held by the Islamic State group. In its report ...
ISTANBUL – Turkish tanks crossed into Syria to the west of a frontier town seized from the Islamic State group last week, in a “new phase” of an operation aimed at sealing off the last stretch of ...
Key Points and Summary - Turkey boasts a massive tank fleet—Leopard 2/1s, M60 variants, and M48s—yet much of it is old, diverse, and maintenance-heavy. -Recent wars show tanks die quickly without APS, ...
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 ...
BEIRUT (Reuters) - Turkish tanks entered the Syrian town of al-Rai near the border on Saturday in support of a new insurgent attack against Islamic State, a rebel spokesman said. "They (the tanks) ...
The resurrection of a contest to purchase several hundred "third-generation" battle tanks by the Turkish army has confounded skeptics who thought it would never happen. Turkey in 2002 shelved plans to ...