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Turkey moves further batches of upgraded armoured fighting vehicles toward fruition
By Christopher F Foss, Editor of Jane’s Armour and Artillery
Although for many years Turkey has had the largest army in NATO, the Turkish Land Forces Command (TLFC) has never had sufficient funding in place to purchase brand-new vehicles in sufficient numbers.
Instead, it has always relied on upgraded armoured fighting vehicles (AFVs). Recently, two new vehicles, the Armoured Recovery Vehicle (ARV) and the Armoured Engineer Vehicle (AEV) - based on surplus M48T5 chassis, have been developed and placed in production at the Kayseri facilities of the TLFC.
With a different battlefield role, both the ARV and the AEV conversions feature the lower hull of a M48T5 tank fitted with a brand-new all-welded armoured superstructure. The crew compartment is on the front left side with the turntable mounted boom at front right.
The M48 ARV has a combat weight of 51 tonnes and is fitted with a hydraulically operated winch with a maximum rated capacity of 70 tonnes and an auxiliary winch with a capacity of two tonnes. Both winches are located to the front of the vehicle.
The M48 AEV is very similar to the ARV and has the same two winches and a front-mounted stabiliser/dozer blade. The boom is still mounted on the right side of the hull at the front but has an extendable jib that can be rapidly fitted with various attachments to meet specific engineer requirements. The boom can be traversed through 195º but when being used as a crane can lift only seven tonnes.
http://www.janes.com/defence/land_forces/news/idr/idr051124_1_n.shtml
By Christopher F Foss, Editor of Jane’s Armour and Artillery
Although for many years Turkey has had the largest army in NATO, the Turkish Land Forces Command (TLFC) has never had sufficient funding in place to purchase brand-new vehicles in sufficient numbers.
Instead, it has always relied on upgraded armoured fighting vehicles (AFVs). Recently, two new vehicles, the Armoured Recovery Vehicle (ARV) and the Armoured Engineer Vehicle (AEV) - based on surplus M48T5 chassis, have been developed and placed in production at the Kayseri facilities of the TLFC.
With a different battlefield role, both the ARV and the AEV conversions feature the lower hull of a M48T5 tank fitted with a brand-new all-welded armoured superstructure. The crew compartment is on the front left side with the turntable mounted boom at front right.
The M48 ARV has a combat weight of 51 tonnes and is fitted with a hydraulically operated winch with a maximum rated capacity of 70 tonnes and an auxiliary winch with a capacity of two tonnes. Both winches are located to the front of the vehicle.
The M48 AEV is very similar to the ARV and has the same two winches and a front-mounted stabiliser/dozer blade. The boom is still mounted on the right side of the hull at the front but has an extendable jib that can be rapidly fitted with various attachments to meet specific engineer requirements. The boom can be traversed through 195º but when being used as a crane can lift only seven tonnes.
http://www.janes.com/defence/land_forces/news/idr/idr051124_1_n.shtml
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