IDEF 2017: Nurol unveils modular 4x4
The latest Turkish company to develop a new armoured vehicle is Nurol Makina.
It has put on display its NMS 4x4 vehicle at IDEF 2017 for the first time and to be fair it looks like they have done a good job, it certainly looks the part.
Nurol is better known for its civil security vehicles decorated in the usual black and it is different from the company’s Ilgaz and Ejder vehicles parked next door. Nurol did produce a 6x6 Ejder APC ten years ago that secured sales to Georgia.
But even though the NMS is built to a more
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