An important statement was made today on the Altay tank, which started work in 2007 under Turkey’s National Tank Production Project, and for which the foundations were laid in 2018 for development, prototype production, testing and mass production programs. Military factory and shipyard operation Joint Stock Company and Muhsin Dere, Deputy Minister of National Defencespoke about the situation of the Altay tank in the KIT committee of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey.

In his statement, Dere stated that BMC Power has started and continues to work on the production of domestic engines and transmissions, but these investigations are not yet completed. Dere also serves on the Defense Industry Presidency. He tried to buy a power pack, engine and transmission from Korea. expressed.

Statement from the Deputy Minister of National Defence:

“BMC Power has started work on the production of engines and transmissions, it continues, not yet finalized. Apart from that, our defense industry presidency is trying to buy power units, engines and transmissions from Korea. We also have works for the Storm howitzer and tank from the USA. But We don’t have the engine and transmission at the moment. Therefore, this is the answer to ‘why is there no tank?’.

Meanwhile, in Arifiye, we built and tested the second-generation Altay tank with the reserve troops taken over from the Germans. In addition, the Storm production continues. A certain amount of 50 million dollars was invested in the factory. The factory’s partners have not changed, BMC’s partners have changed. It has nothing to do with factory status. The factory is under our control, this year 6 Storm howitzers have been produced, ready for delivery. It continues its activities by keeping all its talents.”

The final statement on Altay: