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35mm AP round development signed. Knew MKE didn't produce any in house. We didn't have anything that can be used on ground vehicles except ATOM and older HEI-T for Oerlikons. That will now change for future AFVs.

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Just thinking loud out, instead of pouring plenty of money into dumb R&D projects, why wouldn't MKE do the R&D for obviously necessary items?
 

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I imagine it's because MKE is a production facility and not a R&D institution. It's so ingrained in it's DNA that it is impossible to change it. Just like how Sümer holding disappeared something like ASSAN should have devoured MKE and morph into something better.
 

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Why we didn't try to develop such system using Firtina turret on a truck?
We tried to sell T-155 couldn't because of engine issue. This would be solving some problems.
Azerbaijan bought both DANA and DITA from Czech Republic, Nora from Serbia.
Because of MKE... Although it has accelerated some work since becoming a joint-stock company (A.Ş.), it still hasn't achieved the desired performance. The wheeled howitzer issue hasn't been resolved for several years.
 

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Why we didn't try to develop such system using Firtina turret on a truck?
We tried to sell T-155 couldn't because of engine issue. This would be solving some problems.
Azerbaijan bought both DANA and DITA from Czech Republic, Nora from Serbia.
We have Arpan 155mm but nothing about orders just prototype same as alot of other Turkish defence projects 😡
 

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Why we didn't try to develop such system using Firtina turret on a truck?
We tried to sell T-155 couldn't because of engine issue. This would be solving some problems.
Azerbaijan bought both DANA and DITA from Czech Republic, Nora from Serbia.

wasn't there a model of Firtina mounted on the back of the truck project at IDEX 2025? anyone have that photo?
 

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With the engines and transmissions from Tümosan and BMC Power, could we develope all kinds of wheeled or tracked armored vehicles?
 

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Engines can be optimized for the generator role. Transmission investment is dead as hybrid propulsion is right around the corner. 1500hp engine can be used as a marine engine for small vessels and a generator for big vessels. A 1500hp engine will be overkill for ground vehicles.
 

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Mraps already are top heavy and have a high center of mass, making them even more heavy at the top will make them topple at the slightest corner

Like our soldiers show from time to time, when they drive them to fast..
 

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