The first ALTAY prototype has already covered more than 2.000 kilometers during tests up to now. General Necdet OZEL, Chief of General Staff Ismet YILMAZ, Minister of Defence General Hayri KIVRIKOGLU, Commander of the Turkish Land Forces Murad BAYAR, Defence Industry Undersecretary Kudret ONEN, Head of Koc Holding Defence Industry Group and Chairman of the Board of OTOKAR Halil UNVER, Vice Chairman of OTOKAR and Serdar GORGUC, OTOKAR General Manager attended the ceremony. Held with the participation of Prime Minister Recep Tayyip ERDOGAN, the “ALTAY FIRST PROTOTYPE” ceremony was hosted by Mustafa V. The first prototype of the Altay MBT was unveiled in 2012, followed by extensive testing and evaluation. The tank's design was influenced by the experiences and technical expertise of both Otokar and the South Korean company Hyundai Rotem, which has developed the K2 Black Panther MBT. The project aimed to reduce Turkey's reliance on foreign sources for its military equipment and promote self-sufficiency in the defense sector. The development of the Altay MBT was initiated in 2007 when Turkey's Undersecretariat for Defense Industries (SSM) signed a contract with the Turkish company Otokar to design and develop a national main battle tank.
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