Thank you.There are some existing MTU Europowerpacks (kept as spare engines for LEO2 fleet and some from the Altay prototypes). There are plans to start production with those engines. Like the Fırtına 2s. 3 delivered, 3 more will be delivered in June. 140 will be delivered between 2022-2027.
The second half of 2023 is a very optimistic date for the 1500hp powerpack. It can happen but there are no guarantees that the project won't face problems and delays. It is the "earliest possible availability date" if everything goes smoothly. And things rarely go perfect when developing a high-tech product. So there are plans to produce ~50 tanks with the Doosan powerpack but it is not %100 done deal they are looking into the possibility.
What Ethem said is partially true. He was given tank palet factory (he probably knew this before bidding for the tender) that is state-owned (the state pays for all the salaries of the factory staff). So he won't be investing anything neither in machines nor in human resources. 50 million $ investment is peanuts. Otokars' offer was to build a new tank factory setup serial production line hire staff etc. on top of producing Altay and developing its utility variants.
They turn a beauty to an ugly weird creature with skirt!.. ❤Leopard 2 NG ❤ will always be on our hearts.
They turn a beauty to an ugly weird creature with skirt!.. ❤Leopard 2 NG ❤ will always be on our hearts.
Since I have had less time to actively participate in the design of our forum (job, studying, etc.), I still want to post something every now and then:
> 380 hp engine worked.
> 600 hp engine worked.
> 1.000 hp engine worked.
> 1.500 hp engine worked. Testing is currently in progress.
> The transmission (of the 1,000 hp engine) worked. In testing.
it seems that some engines, with different powers e.g. already being tested - the Altay program seems to be slowly manifesting itself
I hope you all are fine!
DBSantasalo.com1500hp powerpack production target date is 2024. Transmission has a large British input(probably from CAT)