Forgotten Designs: The Turkish Cemal Tural APC

Combat-Master · Nov 10, 2021

By Stijn Mitzer and Joost Oliemans

"For the conversion to an APC, the turret and the 75mm cannon inside it was removed from the M24 and an armoured cabin was installed on the rear of the tank. The infantry cabin that resulted was reportedly large enough to hold ten passengers and two crew for a total of twelve occupants. The boxy structure was fitted with a gunner station with a pintle-mounted 12.7mm M2HB heavy machine gun and two hatches farther to the rear, with infantry dismounting from either a single or two rear doors. It is unknown to what extent these modifications changed the performance of the vehicle, but the M24's original range of 160km and speed of 56km/h was likely retained if not improved on due to a reduction in weight."

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