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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. An early version of Turkey's Altay tank participates in a military parade in Ankara, Turkey, on Aug. 30, 2015. (Burhan Ozbilici/AP ...

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) ...

Summary and Main Points: Turkey, which maintains one of Europe’s largest tank fleets, is set to modernize its armored force with the Altay main battle tank (MBT). -The Turkish Defence Industry Agency ...

President of the Turkish Presidency of Defence Industries (SSB) Haluk Görgün announced on X, formerly Twitter, on 24 February that mass production deliveries of Türkiye's new Altay main battle tank ...

Turkey has taken a significant step in its defense industry by starting serial production of the nationally developed Altay main battle tank. The first delivery took place in Kahramankazan during a ...

ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkey signed an agreement on Friday with military vehicle producer BMC for the mass production of the Turkish-designed Altay battle tank, part of the country's efforts to expand ...

ISTANBUL - Turkey launched serial production of its Altay main battle tank this week, delivering the first two units to the Turkish Armed Forces during the opening of BMC's Ankara Tank and New ...