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Land Warfare
SAHA 2026: Armour, artillery and autonomous systems on display
12th May 2026
The array of platforms on display at SAHA 2026 showcased the diversity of equipment now provided by the Turkish defence industry.
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Land Warfare
CSG’s new CFL-120 Karpat medium tank demonstrates move to modularity
14th May 2026
Built using proven parts across three countries, the CFL-120 uses a Turkish chassis, an Italian turret and Czech integration to reflect a modular approach to tank design.
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Land Warfare
Malaysian Army vehicle renewal slowed by politics, scandal and economic strain
6th May 2026
Despite political and economic headwinds, companies are positioning themselves for current and upcoming Malaysian Army requirements. Shephard spoke with some of them at DSA 2026.
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Land Warfare
Why Middle Eastern markets demand bespoke AFV solutions
6th March 2026
In this expert analysis, Christopher Foss looks at how armoured vehicle suppliers to the Middle East are increasingly tailoring platforms for the region’s specific operational requirements.
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Land Warfare
World Defense Show 2026: Saudi Arabia’s record defence spend highlights uncertain times
6th February 2026
Saudi Arabia’s investment in its land forces, notably in the area of air defence as recently as 30 January, is a sign of the challenges the Gulf State faces, particularly the threat from Houthi rebels in Yemen.
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Land Warfare
World Defense Show 2026: Middle East remains focused on US equipment and local industry involvement
10th February 2026
Vehicle procurement in the Middle East continues to target big-ticket main battle tanks, with lighter platform purchases also potentially on the horizon including tactical, infantry fighting and armoured personnel carrier vehicles.
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Land Warfare
FNSS adds punch to Pars to increase appeal
23rd September 2025
FNSS’s Pars family of vehicles is looking to capitalise on export growth as it increases the punch of its 4×4 Wheeled Armoured Combat Vehicle (WACV).
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Land Warfare
Fenris 6x6 emerges as first joint vehicle from John Cockerill-Arquus partnership
6th July 2026
The new 6x6 wheeled fire support vehicle is armed with a 105mm NATO-standard high-pressure rifled gun, positioning it for the French Army and wider potential allied requirements.
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Land Warfare
World Defense Show 2026: Large vehicles and counter-drone systems take the limelight
17th February 2026
Visitors who attended the first World Defense Show four years ago continue to speak of the difficulties they faced with poor facilities and power problems. This year’s event emphasised its status as one of the major defence expositions and as a place where regional players and those less welcome at other shows could take centre stage.
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Land Warfare
SAHA 2026: Is the Turkish Army’s Altay MBT finally ready?
12th May 2026
At SAHA 2026, the Altay was proudly on display. But has the platform finally overcome the problems that have left it repeatedly late?
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Land Warfare
Combined arms the Turkish way – showcasing new tech at an amphibious exercise
10th July 2026
New Turkish weapon systems and operational capabilities continue to evolve, as the recent EFES 2026 event clearly demonstrated.
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Land Warfare
February land forces roundup: ST Engineering and Russia lift the lid on new platforms
27th February 2026
This month we saw a major presence from Turkish, Russian and Chinese companies at the World Defense Show with new vehicles from major suppliers, while elsewhere there were evolving mortar programmes and artillery modernisation efforts.
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Land Warfare
IDEF 2025: FNSS reveal new tracked fire support and reconnaissance vehicle
21st July 2025
FNSS Kaplan Fire Support and Reconnaissance Vehicle (FRSV) is based on the chassis of the Kaplan Medium Tank (MT) and is armed with a Northrop Grumman 30 mm MK44 dual feed gun.
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Land Warfare
Engineering and design mean smaller vehicles can be tank killers but is it a good idea?
29th September 2025
The eulogy for the dedicated tank hunter or buster appears to have been written with most armies putting them out to retirement in the face of alternatives like longer-range missiles or uncrewed aerial systems (UAS). However, arming infantry fighting vehicles (IFVs) or armoured personnel carriers (APCs) with medium-range missiles seems to indicate some kind of tank killer is required.
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Land Warfare
Turkey’s latest IFV takes shape as key subsystems revealed
25th August 2025
First deliveries of the SARP 100/35 remote-controlled turret (RCT) for Altuğ, developed as a private venture by Aselsan, will be made in 2027.
Programme Results - Defence Insight
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APCs/IFVs - tracked
ZAHA [Turkey]
Background The Turkish Navy required a tracked amphibious assault vehicle to support ship-to-shore beach landings carried out from its TCG Anadolu-class Landing Helicopter Dock (LHD). ...
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APCs/IFVs - 6x6, APCs/IFVs - 8x8
New Generation Light Armoured Vehicles - Wheeled (Future batches) [Turkey]
Programme background The NGLAV is an umbrella programme that will be composed of three phases and 2962 units of tracked and wheeled vehicles. Phase I ...
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APCs/IFVs - 6x6, APCs/IFVs - 8x8
New Generation Light Armoured Vehicles - Wheeled (Batch 1) [Turkey]
Programme background The NGLAV is an umbrella programme that will be composed of three phases and 2962 units of tracked and wheeled vehicles. Phase I ...
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APCs/IFVs - tracked
Kaplan-10 STA (First Batch)
Programme Background The STA programme was initiated in 2008, when the Undersecretariat for Defence Industries (SSM) released an RfP for the procurement of 1,075 wheeled ...
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APCs/IFVs - tracked
Kaplan-10 STA (Second Batch)
Programme Background The STA programme was initiated in 2008, when the Undersecretariat for Defence Industries (SSM) released an RfP for the procurement of 1,075 wheeled ...
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APCs/IFVs - 8x8
Pars Scout 8x8 ÖMTTZ
Programme Background The SSB first outlined its requirement for special purpose vehicles around 2010, but the decision to formally launch the ÖMTTZ programme did not come ...
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MPVs - 4x4
Pars 4x4 STA (First Batch)
Programme Background The STA programme was initiated in 2008, when the Undersecretariat for Defence Industries (SSM) released an RfP for the procurement of 1,075 wheeled ...
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APCs/IFVs - 6x6
Pars Scout 6x6 ÖMTTZ
Programme Background The SSB first outlined its requirement for special purpose vehicles around 2010, but the decision to formally launch the ÖMTTZ programme did not come ...
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MPVs - 4x4
Pars 4x4 STA (Second Batch)
Programme Background The STA programme was initiated in 2008, when the Undersecretariat for Defence Industries (SSM) released an RfP for the procurement of 1,075 wheeled ...
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APCs/IFVs - 6x6
Pars IV 6x6 MKKA
Programme Background The Turkish Special Forces Command is understood to have launched its MKKA programme to meet a requirement for 6x6 mine-protected vehicles. These will provide ...
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APCs/IFVs - 6x6, APCs/IFVs - 8x8
Pars III
Eight different configurations of the 145 8x8 Pars III 8x8s will be delivered to Oman. Some of them will be equipped with the Saber-25 one-man ...
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APCs/IFVs - 8x8
AV8 Gempita
Programme Background Under this contract, a total of 12 different variants of the AV8 Gempita will be produced. These include 68 equipped with a two-person ...
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APCs/IFVs - tracked
New Generation Light Armoured Vehicles - Tracked [Turkey]
Programme background Background The Turkish Armed Forces have approximately 4000 wheeled and 4500 tracked APCs and IFVs in its inventory, many of which are ageing ...
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Main battle tanks
Harimau Medium Tank (Indonesia)
Programme Background According to plans outlined for Phase 3 of the Indonesian Army's modernisation programme, 106 Harimau will be procured between 2020 and 2024. This ...
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APCs/IFVs - tracked
VCI replacement [Ecuador]
Background Ecuador currently operates a fleet of 82 AMX-VCIs as tracked APCs. As they are increasingly obsolete and do not appear to have received any ...
Equipment Results - Defence Insight
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Heavy UGVs
Shadow Rider
Unveiled for the first time at IDEF 2019 and showcased with improvements at IDEF 2021, the Shadow Rider is a UGV developed and built by ...
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APCs/IFVs - tracked
ZAHA/MAV
The Armored Amphibious Assault Vehicle (ZAHA), also known as the Marine Assault Vehicle (MAV), is being developed by FNSS to meet the requirements of the ...
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Land: RWS
Çaka
The Çaka RWS is optimised for use in marine environments. Designed for the Turkish Navy's Amphibious Assault Vehicle (ZAHA), it can also be integrated on other ...
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APCs/IFVs - 6x6
Pars IV 6x6
Unveiled in July 2020, the Pars IV 6x6 was developed to meet the requirements of Turkish SOF units for a highly manoeuvrable yet well-protected armoured ...
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APCs/IFVs - tracked
Kaplan APC
The Kaplan APC is an armoured transport manufactured by FNSS. It was unveiled at IndoDefence 2025. Continuing FNSS' partnership with PT Pindad, the Kaplan APC ...
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Light tanks
Kaplan MT
The Kaplan Medium Tank (MT) is a purpose-built light tank developed by FNSS. Equipped with a John Cockerill Defense C3105 turret, it is armed with ...
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APCs/IFVs - 8x8
Pars Alpha 8x8
Unveiled at the World Defense Show 2024 in Riyadh, the Pars Alpha is the latest 8x8 Armoured Vehicle from Turkish manufacturer FNSS. Featuring improvements on ...
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APCs/IFVs - 6x6
Pars Scout 6x6
Introduced at the May 2017 IDEX exhibition, the Pars Scout 6x6 was developed to compete for the Turkish Special Purpose Tactical Wheeled Armored Vehicle (ÖMTTZ) ...
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Land: manned turrets
Sharpshooter
The Sharpshooter, developed by FNSS, is a single-user turret family designed to provide fire support to infantry from various configurations of tracked and wheeled armoured ...
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APCs/IFVs - tracked
ACV-15
The Armoured Combat Vehicle (ACV) is the generic designation for a tracked, diesel engine powered, heavy armoured platform in the 13-15 tons class, capable of ...
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APCs/IFVs - 8x8
Pars IV 8x8
The Pars IV 8x8 is being developed by FNSS to compete for the Turkish Army's New Generation - Wheeled Armoured Vehicle programme. Designed to offer ...
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Land: RWS
Sancak RWS
A development of FNSS's earlier RWS system, the SANCAK is a remote-controlled turret developed for the Turkish Armed Forces. Based on experience with earlier RWS systems, one ...
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APCs/IFVs - 8x8
Pars III 8x8
FNSS publicly launched the Pars III 6x6 and Pars III 8x8 vehicles, the latest generation of the Pars (Turkish for Anatolian Leopard) AFV family, at ...
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Land: RWS
Teber-30/35 RCT
Produced by Turkish firm FNSS Defence Systems, the Teber 30/35 is a Remote Control Turret System that incorporates a 30mm or 35mm gun, a secondary ...
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Land: RWS
Saber RCT
Produced by Turkish firm FNSS, the Saber is a Remote Control Turret system unveiled in 2021. Intended to replace crewed turrets, it can be retrofitted ...
