What does he mean by "The export license applications for the Altay Tank power group supply failed"?
Were they going to build new Altay producto. Facility or did they skip that and decided to use the funds on existing production facilities ?
Arifiye is still spitting out F2
German Government didn't grant Export License for EuroPowerPack to MTU Friedrichshafen in order to ship them to Turkey.What does he mean by "The export license applications for the Altay Tank power group supply failed"?
Were they going to build new Altay producto. Facility or did they skip that and decided to use the funds on existing production facilities ?
Arifiye is still spitting out F2
May be giving the Altay production to MKEK as a hybrid engined variant is a good idea.In first quarter of 2022 the Firtina T-155 self propelled artillery systems will be tried with hybrid drivetrain. After the successful testing of M113-ZMA hybrid engine which led to their first 50 serial modernisation/production , the T-155 will be the second armoured vehicle with hybrid drivetrain.
View attachment 37836MKE AŞ, 2022'nin ilk çeyreğinde 'elektrikli Fırtına'yı yürütecek
MKE AŞ Yönetim Kurulu Başkan Vekili ve Genel Müdürü Akdere, “Elektrik zırhlı muharebe aracını bitirdik, siparişimizi de aldık. 50 adet seri imalata geçmiş durumdayız ama hedefimiz elektrikli Fırtına Obüsü’nü ilk çeyrekte tamamlamak.” dedi. Makine ve Kimya Endüstri AŞ Yönetim Kurulu Başkan Vekili...m5dergi.com
ps. The range given as 50km for the diesel version is an error. It should be 480km.
Like sh5, yugo m09, and korean 105 mm truck (sorry I don't know it's name). With high mobility, they can be very useful for us.Can we mount Boran-105 on any vehicle?
What is CEP of Boran-105Can we mount Boran-105 on any vehicle?
I don’t know. I reed elsewhere it is very just accurate.What is CEP of Boran-105
Not really specified! There is a lot of technical info at below site though.What is CEP of Boran-105
I read months ago that it completed all tests and is ready for mass production .. i think no purchase orders were made yetDoes Boran even exist. It was supposed to be delivered months ago and still no news. How long now has it been since the project has started? 12-13 years?
Pathetic.
Sorry but i made mistake .. there is already a mass production orders for 106 pieces .. but the mass production phase is 54 monthsI read months ago that it completed all tests and is ready for mass production .. i think no purchase orders were made yet
Well, this is expected. It fills a very specific role (air portable howitzer) so the order is relatively small and MKE wants to keep the production line open for as long as possible as export orders might come from foreign countries.Sorry but i made mistake .. there is already a mass production orders for 106 pieces .. but the mass production phase is 54 months
https://en.defenceturk.net/the-best-in-its-class-boran-105mm-towed-howitzer/
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."
Tank Palet Fabrikası’nda rekor üretim! Fabrikada bu yıl 6 Fırtına obüsü üretildi
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
TSK envanterine 140 adet Fırtına 2 alınacak
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
FIRTINA-II’nin motor problemi çözüldü | SavunmaSanayiST
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
This 155 truck mounted Howitzer sounds effective and fast, what is the cost of unit ?"MKE Yavuz 155mm" Arty