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Great stuff!
Is Firtina a totally Turkish design and production? It looks similar to the German SPH. I dont know its name but I have seen its pictures. I think its PzH 2000.
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Great stuff!
Is Firtina a totally Turkish design and production? It looks similar to the German SPH. I dont know its name but I have seen its pictures. I think its PzH 2000.
Great stuff!
Is Firtina a totally Turkish design and production? It looks similar to the German SPH. I dont know its name but I have seen its pictures. I think its PzH 2000.
Number of Panter Guns were provided by Turkey for test and trial purposes only,just as with Chinese J-7,J-10Aselsan is upgrading Panter towed howitzers at present. After upgrading, It is going to be much more effective/lower weight howitzer system. Maybe, Pakistan agreed to wait complation of upgradings to apply Pakistani produced Panters ?
Production of T155 Panter towed howitzers are stopped at number of 41, While continuing to produce Firtina SPH. The number of produced Firtinas exceeds 300 at present. The Turkish land forces prefer mobility against towed systems. At present, Panter howitzers are in modernization phase which mechanical and hydrolic systems will be redesigned and Gun/Firing systems will be more electronically controlled. To enhance mobility/effectiveness of Firtina, Munition resupply vehicle called Poyraz is developed. At present, Winter trials of Poyraz passed succesfully and Production order is given for them as well.
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Is the supplier-loader vehicle based on the Korean K10?
MKEK/Aselsan ARV design.
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Munition handle system
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Coveyor, Vertical/Horizontal transfer systems
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Aselsan ARV transfer mechanizm prototype
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Specifications
Weight: 47 tonnes
Power/Weight Ratio: 16 hp/tonnes
Development budget of only Munition Transfer System (Aselsan MTS) : 71 million $
Protection Level of Body: Up to 14.7mm AP and fragmentation of 155mm munitions
Crew: 3
Speed: 50km/h in asphalt road
Range: 360km
-Poyraz Vehicle is able to carry munitions enough to supply 2 T-155 Firtina howitzers.
-Poyraz Vehicle is able to carry 96 munitions and cartridge gun-powders
-Aselsan MTS (Munition Transfer System) is able to transfer 48 items munitions and cartridge gun-powders to T-155 Firtina howitzers in 20 minutes..
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You can watch production story of Firtina howitzers in this video
Impressive. What about rocket artillery in Turkish army? There were reports of Turkey working on a 200 km range system.