MoD Hulusi Akar adressed the Parlament.
He announced that in 2021 a initial batch of T-155 Firtina II SPH have been built.
The Article with additional Info.
"Record production at the Tank Pallet Factory! 6 Storm howitzers were produced at the factory this year
."
Ambargo ve karalamaya en güzel cevap üretimle geldi. Tank Palet Fabrikası’nda 40 milyon dolarlık üretim yapıldı. 319 tank ve obüsün motoru yenilendi. Detayları A Haber muhabiri Hakan Suer aktardı.
www.ahaber.com.tr
> Why do they announce 6 Firtina II like its a record ?
If we look at the previous statements by a MoD Rep. the production of 6 SPHs were expected.
Article from 04/2021
Milli Savunma Bakan Yardımcısı Muhsin Dere, 2022-2027 yılları arasında Türk Silahlı Kuvvetleri'nin envanterine 140 adet "T-155 Fırtına 2 Obüsü" alınacağının müjdesini verdi.
www.yeniakit.com.tr
Muhsin Dere, Deputy Minister of National Defense, shared the latest situation in the Firtina II project.
"The production of 3 New Generation Storm Howitzers was completed in December 2020, and it is anticipated that 3 more will be completed by June 2021."
"We plan to include 155 Self-Propelled Storm Howitzer into the inventory between 2022 and 2027"
I think its very important to read carefully because these now 6 were BUILT and not put into Service!
I assume the Low rate initial Production of
6 SPH were done with MTU 881 Ka-500 water-cooled diesel developing 1,000 hp coupled to an Allison X-1100-5A3
like the Previous ones in order to decrease pressure by the public.
But the real Serial Production with actual Transfer of Howitzer to the Land Forces will be done in
mid 2022 until 2027 with a diffrent Engine and updated Allison X-1100-5A4
The new Engine was announced in 19.03.2020 by Yusuf Akbaba
Türk Silahlı Kuvvetleri’nin en stratejik ateş destek vasıtalarından biri olan T-155 FIRTINA Obüsü’nün yeni modeli olan FIRTINA-II, seri üretime geçiyor.
www.savunmasanayist.com
"The engine that will power FIRTINA will be supplied from a western country excluding Germany and Ukraine."
in 18.08.2021
at IDEF21 it was announced to be L3Harris with AVDS1790.
> The Timeframes and Context seem logical.
So the Decision of Integrating the 1790 Engine was done before BMC POWER UTKU Engine was Ignited for the first time.
Note: The AVDS 1790-9A has gross Power Output of 1200HP but a Net Power Output of 1000HP like the MTU or UTKU
