TR Altay Main Battle Tank & Related Programs

[Pokemonte13]

It means BMC is blatantly lying. We have photo evidence. They are not isolated ammunition racks. The first 40 tanks will probably be delivered without those capabilities in line with existing plans.

What they are saying is partially true because the ammo racks in the turret are isolated also that picture is more than 5 years old

 

[Strong AI]

It means BMC is blatantly lying. We have photo evidence. They are not isolated ammunition racks. The first 40 tanks will probably be delivered without those capabilities in line with existing plans.

Can you please enlighten us why/how that one picture proofs your point? How did you determine from that picture that it won't be in the final product? Which mechanical parts are missing from doing it? Why can't it be added further down the production line?

 

[Sanchez]

What they are saying is partially true because the ammo racks in the turret are isolated also that picture is more than 5 years old

Ammo racks on the turret being isolated is a 60 year old design, that's not the point of the discussion. Photo was shared today by Güngör's twitter account during his visit to the factory.

Can you please enlighten us why/how that one picture proofs your point? How did you determine from that picture that it won't be in the final product? Which mechanical parts are missing from doing it?

All of it. There's nothing to argue here. We knew for 6 years that T1 would come with open hull stowage. An isolated stowage would be isolated, it's not an add-on.

 

[Strong AI]

Ammo racks on the turret being isolated is a 60 year old design, that's not the point of the discussion. Photo was shared today by Güngör's twitter account during his visit to the factory.


All of it. There's nothing to argue here. We knew for 6 years that T1 would come with open hull stowage. An isolated stowage would be isolated, it's not an add-on.

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So are you saying that isolated rack is a whole module which has to be assembled outside of the tank and then put inside the hull as a whole module?

 

[Pokemonte13]

Photo was shared today by Güngör's twitter account during his visit to the factory.

That date looks like 2018 or 2019

 

[boredaf]

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That date looks like 2018 or 2019

What are you talking about mate? The photo is literally from the tweet from yesterday, shared by SSB president:

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1974122631528910978

Here it is from a different source, and below is the full photo. This fits with what was on that board.

 

[Pokemonte13]

What are you talking about mate? The photo is literally from the tweet from yesterday, shared by SSB president:

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1974122631528910978

Here it is from a different source, and below is the full photo. This fits with what was on that board.

Im not denying that i meant the graphic that was shown about the program development is a old picture

 

[Sanchez]

So are you saying that isolated rack is a whole module which has to be assembled outside of the tank and then put inside the hull as a whole module?

Yes. This is how it looks on M1, though M1 carries most of its load on the turret:

Im not denying that i meant the graphic that was shown about the program development is a old picture

But still mostly up to date.

 

[Strong AI]

There are twelve ammunition racks each on the right and left sides of the driver’s compartment in the chassis. In light of lessons learned both from operations conducted by the Turkish Armed Forces and from the Russia–Ukraine War, necessary precautions have been implemented on the new ALTAY tank (an isolated-hull ammunition configuration) so that, in the event of a hit, the ammunition in the turret and chassis will not detonate and cause the tank’s destruction.

The turret roof armor of the new ALTAY tank has been manufactured taking into account modern ATGM threats that have a top-attack capability—either a direct dive strike or an effect from above caused by a directed blast while passing over.

İlk İki Adet Yeni ALTAY Tankı Testler için TSK’ya Teslim Edildi

Cumhurbaşkanlığı Savunma Sanayii Başkanlığı projesiyle BMC Savunma tarafından üretilen iki adet Yeni Altay Tankı, Cumhurbaşkanı Recep Tayyip ERDOĞAN’ın katılımıyla Sakarya Arifiye’de düzenlenen törenle kapsamlı testler için Kara Kuvvetleri Komutanlığı’na teslim edildi. Milli Savunma Bakanı...

www.defenceturkey.com

 

[Anmdt]

Which New Systems Have Been Integrated into the Altay Tank?

Active Protection System
New Powerpack (or New Power Group)
Tank Crew Training System
Isolated Hull Ammunition Rack
Crew Escape Hatch

BMC - ALTAY TANKI

Türkiye’nin lider askeri araç üreticisi BMC tarafından geliştirilen YENİ ALTAY Tankı ülkemize ve milletimize hayırlı olsun.

www.bmc.com.tr

BMC didn't add a single bolt to 'new' Altay, it was subcontractors updating the design of their system to compensate for what has been obsolote. All they did was to integrate powerpack, which also mainly carried out by the manufacturer itself. Mechanically, it is the same Altay.

They have promises for T2, which i highly doubt if they will succeed in any. I won't be surprised if remaining 200 will be ordered in T1 configuration + what other subcontractors may offer.

 

[boredaf]

In light of lessons learned both from operations conducted by the Turkish Armed Forces and from the Russia–Ukraine War, necessary precautions have been implemented on the new ALTAY tank (an isolated-hull ammunition configuration) so that, in the event of a hit, the ammunition in the turret and chassis will not detonate and cause the tank’s destruction.

İlk İki Adet Yeni ALTAY Tankı Testler için TSK’ya Teslim Edildi

Cumhurbaşkanlığı Savunma Sanayii Başkanlığı projesiyle BMC Savunma tarafından üretilen iki adet Yeni Altay Tankı, Cumhurbaşkanı Recep Tayyip ERDOĞAN’ın katılımıyla Sakarya Arifiye’de düzenlenen törenle kapsamlı testler için Kara Kuvvetleri Komutanlığı’na teslim edildi. Milli Savunma Bakanı...

www.defenceturkey.com

That's what they said, but the photo from yesterday shows they did fuck all. This is M-60s ammunition storage, does that look all that different to you?

 

[Strong AI]

That's what they said, but the photo from yesterday shows they did fuck all. This is M-60s ammunition storage, does that look all that different to you?

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I just want to understand why that photo from the assembly line indicates that it won't have isolated hull ammunition racks? What in that photo indicates that it will stay the same all the way until the end of the assembly line? According to @Sanchez it had to be installed as a whole module, but i am not statisfied with that answer. Like why, only because it was done by other manufacturers or what are the limitations to do it that way? I don't give a fck about BMC.

 

[Sanchez]

I just want to understand why that photo from the assembly line indicates that it won't have isolated hull ammunition racks? What in that photo indicates that it will stay the same all the way until the end of the assembly line? According to @Sanchez it had to be installed as a whole module, but i am not statisfied with that answer. Like why, only because it was done by other manufacturers or what are the limitations to do it that way? I don't give a fck about BMC.

An isolated rack is a whole module. Tank's internal design must be fitted to it. It's not an add-on or something that can be modernized into an existing design easily. Germans only did it with the Leo2 RC 3.

Altay T1 doesn't have it, T2 will. It doesn't have it in T1 because our army saw Leo2 as the pinnacle of tank engineering, a 50 year old design; so it was seen as a not that important of an upgrade. Then our Leo2s blew up in Syria.

 

[Strong AI]

An isolated rack is a whole module. Tank's internal design must be fitted to it. It's not an add-on or something that can be modernized into an existing design easily. Germans only did it with the Leo2 RC 3.

Altay T1 doesn't have it, T2 will. It doesn't have it in T1 because our army saw Leo2 as the pinnacle of tank engineering, a 50 year old design; so it was seen as a not that important of an upgrade. Then our Leo2s blew up in Syria.

Thanks

 

[OPTIMUS]

What are you talking about mate? The photo is literally from the tweet from yesterday, shared by SSB president:

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1974122631528910978

Here it is from a different source, and below is the full photo. This fits with what was on that board.

Where is the driver's hatch?

 

[Sanchez]

Where is the driver's hatch?

Seen more easily here. Front compartment and the main part of the hull are not flush.

 

[OPTIMUS]

What are you talking about mate? The photo is literally from the tweet from yesterday, shared by SSB president:

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1974122631528910978

Here it is from a different source, and below is the full photo. This fits with what was on that board.

One must not forget. ALTAY is largely based on K2. In the K2, the ammunition storage is also to the left of the driver.

It was anticipated that in the ALTAY T1, 12 shells would be stored on the right and left of the driver, respectively. But in the picture, we see 10 slots on the right and left. The rectangular empty slots (4 pieces) should make us think about whether these gaps are planned for countermeasures for possible fire suppression systems?