TR Altay Main Battle Tank & Related Programs

[Huelague]

The Altay was designed from the beginning to have much better protection from top-down attacks than those tanks. But it would still be good to put an extra radar panel on the roof facing upward and replace the commander's gun with something that can elevate 90+ degrees. Current drone mounted AT munitions wouldn't be able to penetrate Altay's roof but heavier ones in the future might.

Or a kind of top cage.

 

[boredaf]

Or a kind of top cage.

Russia tried that and those cope cages has done fuck all for them, other than turning into a meme.

 

[Saithan]

I think people are moving too far away from the core discussion.
It's pretty clear that you need to clear away artillery in order to advance with tanks and the likes with minimum casualty.

So I think most people are thinking of APS against ATGM, drones, loitering ammo and such which makes sense.

 

[Kartal1]

Apart from ASELSAN's active protection systems such as Akkor, Pulat and Kama, Otokar also received a patent for the Modular Active Protection System. Otokar's system has a structure similar to Akkor, with 4 soft-kill launchers in addition to 4 hard-kill ones in the ammunition turret.

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1715852748778836440

 

[Windchime]

Apart from ASELSAN's active protection systems such as Akkor, Pulat and Kama, Otokar also received a patent for the Modular Active Protection System. Otokar's system has a structure similar to Akkor, with 4 soft-kill launchers in addition to 4 hard-kill ones in the ammunition turret.

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Very interesting design. Though as with other APS designs composed of soft-kill and hard-kill, I wonder how the system will decide what to use, since a soft-kill system interrupts RF and IR wave transmission, basically disrupting APS' own sensors. I think the most basic solution would be algorithm based on threat detection distance, but this is also not perfect. Also, soft-kill needs longer detection distance compared to hard-kill for early warning, so I wonder how Otokar is going to implement this. Korea for example simply went with two separate radars, one of which was L-band for long-distance early warning. Would Otokar also pursue two-radar system? Maybe newer generation AESA radars for APS have enough range and discretion resolution that they could be used for both the early warning for soft-kill as well as projectile tracking for hard-kill.

Anyways, thanks for introducting the interesting design.

 

[Huelague]

Apart from ASELSAN's active protection systems such as Akkor, Pulat and Kama, Otokar also received a patent for the Modular Active Protection System. Otokar's system has a structure similar to Akkor, with 4 soft-kill launchers in addition to 4 hard-kill ones in the ammunition turret.

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Now, we have to add this type of system.

Shtora-1 - Wikipedia

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[boredaf]

Now, we have to add this type of system.

Shtora-1 - Wikipedia

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It was pretty useless against newer atgms though.

 

[Kartal1]

Very interesting design. Though as with other APS designs composed of soft-kill and hard-kill, I wonder how the system will decide what to use, since a soft-kill system interrupts RF and IR wave transmission, basically disrupting APS' own sensors. I think the most basic solution would be algorithm based on threat detection distance, but this is also not perfect. Also, soft-kill needs longer detection distance compared to hard-kill for early warning, so I wonder how Otokar is going to implement this. Korea for example simply went with two separate radars, one of which was L-band for long-distance early warning. Would Otokar also pursue two-radar system? Maybe newer generation AESA radars for APS have enough range and discretion resolution that they could be used for both the early warning for soft-kill as well as projectile tracking for hard-kill.

Anyways, thanks for introducting the interesting design.

The soft kill may be activated after receiving warning from a Laser Warning System of the armored vehicle. I don't think it would be effective against dumb rounds or fiber optic-guided ATGMs and some of the newer generation ATGMs. We could be talking about algorithm based on some kind of sensor fusion that allow the APS to take the decision depending on the mode of operation choosed.

 

[Huelague]

It was pretty useless against newer atgms though.

Not all of them have newer ATGMs. It’s just an addition to other protection systems.
Maybe we can combine it with a laser system.

 

[Windchime]

The soft kill may be activated after receiving warning from a Laser Warning System of the armored vehicle. I don't think it would be effective against dumb rounds or fiber optic-guided ATGMs and some of the newer generation ATGMs. We could be talking about algorithm based on some kind of sensor fusion that allow the APS to take the decision depending on the mode of operation choosed.

That's one possibility, but most 3rd gen ATGMs simply doesn't need LRF or are F&F (so not laser beam-riding). It will only work against some Russian and Chinese designs that use laser beam-riding, their gun-launched missiles and US Hellfire. US will soon transition to JAGM with multi-mode seeker so ATGMs requiring laser for guidance is only decreasing at this rate.

Despite it's issues, distance based discretion still is one of the most credible way of discriminating ATGMs from AT rockets, simple due to maximum effective range of AT rockets, which usually aren't any longer than 200m and minimum launch distance of missiles.

Though I agree that some sort of machine-learnt sensor fusion algorithm could help the target recognition and discrimination problem. Also, as you've said, they could employ different operating modes that could be chosen manually based on operational environment (hard-kill only in urban environments or soft-kill priority in countryside.

Not all of them have newer ATGMs. It’s just an addition to other protection systems.
Maybe we can combine it with a laser system.

Still mostly useless, since it basically only works against SACLOS missiles using IR flares. It made sense for the Soviets which developed Shtora at the time, since their biggest adversaries used TOW, HOT and MILAN, which were all optically tracked SACLOS. Now they are decreasing in numbers. It might be helpful in Syria, where there are still a lot of SACLOS missiles in use, but why not just use hard-kill at this point. Even Russians are ditching Shtora.

 

[boredaf]

Even Russians are ditching Shtora.

Iirc, they stopped putting them on T-90s before war in Ukraine even started.

 

[Quasar]

Very interesting design. Though as with other APS designs composed of soft-kill and hard-kill, I wonder how the system will decide what to use, since a soft-kill system interrupts RF and IR wave transmission, basically disrupting APS' own sensors. I think the most basic solution would be algorithm based on threat detection distance, but this is also not perfect. Also, soft-kill needs longer detection distance compared to hard-kill for early warning, so I wonder how Otokar is going to implement this. Korea for example simply went with two separate radars, one of which was L-band for long-distance early warning. Would Otokar also pursue two-radar system? Maybe newer generation AESA radars for APS have enough range and discretion resolution that they could be used for both the early warning for soft-kill as well as projectile tracking for hard-kill.

Anyways, thanks for introducting the interesting design.

long distance detection seems to be vital not only for soft kill but also against drones as well...in addition to hard kill for incoming projectiles, jamming, detection and a separate hard kill system against drones become a necesity. current AESAs of hard kill systems and 360 degree EO surveillance seems to be inadequate to detect and deal with all threats for now.

 

[Windchime]

long distance detection seems to be vital not only for soft kill but also against drones as well...in addition to hard kill for incoming projectiles, jamming, detection and a separate hard kill system against drones become a necesity. current AESAs of hard kill systems and 360 degree EO surveillance seems to be inadequate to detect and deal with all threats for now.

Yes, I guess for the interim, going dual band is the most reliable solution afterall, although it makes the whole system more bulky, more expensive and complicated. That's the price you pay to pack all that situational awareness to a damn tank.

 

[boredaf]

Yes, I guess for the interim, going dual band is the most reliable solution afterall, although it makes the whole system more bulky, more expensive and complicated. That's the price you pay to pack all that situational awareness to a damn tank.

Or, since tanks aren't supposed to operate alone after all, you specialise some UGVs as SHORAD and have them accompany tanks whenever they are on the field. Sort of like a mobile CIWS, it would be more expensive, but having a dedicated system for aerial threats against a tank could increase tanks survival rate.

 

[Ravager]

Or, since tanks aren't supposed to operate alone after all, you specialise some UGVs as SHORAD and have them accompany tanks whenever they are on the field. Sort of like a mobile CIWS, it would be more expensive, but having a dedicated system for aerial threats against a tank could increase tanks survival rate.

It's hardly work against an enemy who could field a mass small kamikaze UAV swarm tactics tho' ...because that is the potential future enemy .

 

[boredaf]

It's hardly work against an enemy who could field a mass small kamikaze UAV swarm tactics tho' ...because that is the potential future enemy .

It would most certainly work better than APS systems with limited hard kill capacity, not to mention you'd include some sort of soft kill capacity on it as well. It is pretty much a necessity for any modern SHORAD platform.

 

[Ravager]

It would most certainly work better than APS systems with limited hard kill capacity, not to mention you'd include some sort of soft kill capacity on it as well. It is pretty much a necessity for any modern SHORAD platform.

Until laser became portable and reliable enough . We all stuck in this scissor - rock - paper situation . Even if CIWS type of hard kill system were close enough comparison for an open warfare . Urban combat would only rendered them useless ...

 

[Huelague]

Russia tried that and those cope cages has done fuck all for them, other than turning into a meme.

Israel are using this right now.

 

[boredaf]

Israel are using this right now.

And I'm sure it would be just as useless as the Russian's if it came up against proper ATGMs.

 

[Huelague]

And I'm sure it would be just as useless as the Russian's if it came up against proper ATGMs.

Against modern Atgm's, it is useless, right.

Btw, can someone post new TRT-Belgesel video about Altay tank?