Turkey to Supply 500 Armored Vehicles, Weapon Systems to Qatar
The Qatar Armed Forces will receive approximately 400 Ejder Yalçın 4x4 armored combat vehicles, more than a hundred NMS 4x4 light armored vehicles, and weapon systems that will be mounted on these vehicles
Dan Arkin
| 20/12/2017
Ejder Yalçın 4x4 armored combat vehicles (Photo Credit: Nurol Makina Sanayi)
In a major arms deal signed with the Turkish defense industry Nurol Makina Sanayi (NMS), the Qatar Armed Forces will receive approximately 400 Ejder Yalçın 4x4 armored combat vehicles, more than a hundred NMS 4x4 light armored vehicles, and weapon systems that will be mounted on these vehicles.
Ejder Yalçın armored combat vehicles were exported to Tunisia for the first time in March. Later, a MoU was signed with Uzbekistan on the direct procurement of 24 vehicles and the joint production of 1,000 others. The NMS 4x4s will be exported for the first time, seven months after its launching.
According to Defense World, Qatari procurement authorities first negotiated with Nurol on Ejder Yalçın 4x4 armored combat vehicles only. After receiving information about NMS vehicles, and following assessments, they decided to include both vehicles in their inventory. Ejder Yalçın and NMS vehicles, which were displayed in rehearsals for Qatar National Day events for the first time with desert camouflage, were disclosed at the military parade organized in the event.
The Turkish defense electronic systems manufacturer ASELSAN will produce various weapon systems to be mounted on the vehicles. SARP-DUAL, one of the latest members of ASELSAN's Remote Controlled Weapon Systems, will be exported for the first time.
SARP-DUAL is capable of applying advanced ballistic solutions, computer-controlled fire control functions, automatic target tracking and shooting in motion. It also offers anti-tank missile launcher system. In addition to the main weapons, the SARP-DUAL can be fitted with a 7.62-millimeter machine gun as an auxiliary weapon.
The Qatar Armed Forces will receive approximately 400 Ejder Yalçın 4x4 armored combat vehicles, more than a hundred NMS 4x4 light armored vehicles, and weapon systems that will be mounted on these vehicles
Ejder Yalçın 4x4 armored combat vehicles (Photo Credit: Nurol Makina Sanayi)
In a major arms deal signed with the Turkish defense industry Nurol Makina Sanayi (NMS), the Qatar Armed Forces will receive approximately 400 Ejder Yalçın 4x4 armored combat vehicles, more than a hundred NMS 4x4 light armored vehicles, and weapon systems that will be mounted on these vehicles.
Ejder Yalçın armored combat vehicles were exported to Tunisia for the first time in March. Later, a MoU was signed with Uzbekistan on the direct procurement of 24 vehicles and the joint production of 1,000 others. The NMS 4x4s will be exported for the first time, seven months after its launching.
According to Defense World, Qatari procurement authorities first negotiated with Nurol on Ejder Yalçın 4x4 armored combat vehicles only. After receiving information about NMS vehicles, and following assessments, they decided to include both vehicles in their inventory. Ejder Yalçın and NMS vehicles, which were displayed in rehearsals for Qatar National Day events for the first time with desert camouflage, were disclosed at the military parade organized in the event.
The Turkish defense electronic systems manufacturer ASELSAN will produce various weapon systems to be mounted on the vehicles. SARP-DUAL, one of the latest members of ASELSAN's Remote Controlled Weapon Systems, will be exported for the first time.
SARP-DUAL is capable of applying advanced ballistic solutions, computer-controlled fire control functions, automatic target tracking and shooting in motion. It also offers anti-tank missile launcher system. In addition to the main weapons, the SARP-DUAL can be fitted with a 7.62-millimeter machine gun as an auxiliary weapon.
