But it begs the Question. Why do it?
I mean don't get me wrong I am not an Expert but why the Diversity of Vehicles by a country that is already lacking funding ?
Every NATO Partner is selecting 1 Platform and Building different Variants of it. (Modularity)
The GTK BOXER is great Example and they intend to Decrease Costs of Maintenance and Readiness, while increasing Commonality.
But the Turkish Armed Forces seem to be very Mixed.
Propulsion:
-Cummins Engines, Deutz Engines, Ukrainian Engines, BMC Power Engines, TÜMOSAN Engines, Detroit Diesel, MTU Engines, Mercedes-Benz Engines, SCANIA DT, Caterpillar Engines etc.
Even Multiple MRAPs in the Same Class.
- BMC Amazon, Katmerciler Hizir, OTOKAR Cobra 2, Nurol Ejder Yalcin,
> Correct me if I am wrong but that likely requires huge Logistics and Costs.
You are right , because of that the turkish land forces are taking time acquiring new infantry fighting vehicles .
I know that aselsan is doing its best modernizing the current fleet of fnss zma , it should add power to the land forces but its not enough , we cant blame the army because the same point you mentioned , they want the domestic powerpacks to mature and to enter mass production like tumosan powerpack and bmc power powerpack .
So i think they did right by signing a cpntract with fnss to produce pars 6x6 armored vehicles which is great and even the best in its category .
Bmc kirpi was a great example filling the gab , back when brave turkish soldiers suffered ied attack and it cost a lot of soldiers life , bmc kirpi saved a lot of lives but now since turkey grew and new battlefields started with different situations , so a tracked infantry fighting vehicle is must , so until the domestic powerpacks get matured fnss contract is a great solution with high domestic rate (without powerpack) and great performance and also you can add more firepower to it which kirpi mrap cant do .
And also we should mention that next year fnss will start to deliver pars izci as well with tumosan engines .
So i think right now all major companies such otokar fnss and bmc is developing tracked fighting vehicle with domestic engine and transmission maybe the utku powerpack since it will be mass produced in 2023 which is soon .
And also the wheeled ifv with domestic powerpack like pars iv and bmc 8x8 and maybe otokar arma if they focus more on adding the tumosan powerpack and that is not hard since they changed the whole arma vehicle shape for the uae to accept russian made turret .
And who knows maybe other companies can join the tender like tumosan it self since we saw 8x8 armored vehicle project by them during last idef .
So the answer is by 2030 turkish land forces will have domestic powerpacks which will help with repairing and maintenance and also will open the export door for turkey .
We all se how turkish defence products are spreading even with the west putting obstacles , so soon when turkey will be free of these obstacles like engines and transmission turkey will be a huge competitor to other huge defence seller countries .
And with that comes more power and responsibility since turkey is a moral country not like other bloodthirsty countries
