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🇹🇷 Kaplan MT
Land · FNSS (Türkiye) + PT Pindad (Endonezya) · 2024
Medium tank with a 105 mm turret, weighing ~32 tonnes — approaches main battle tank firepower while remaining light/agile, deployable on bridge-limited and soft terrain.
Specifications
- Class: Medium tank (MMWT)
- Weight: ~30–35 t
- Crew: 3 (commander, gunner, driver)
- Main armament: 105 mm Cockerill CT-CV rifled gun (3105 turret)
- Guided munition: Falarick 105 barrel-launched ATGM (~5 km, ~550 mm penetration)
- Engine: Caterpillar C13 diesel, 711 hp (~22 hp/t)
- Protection: STANAG 4569 Lv.4 (Lv.5 with add-on), V-hull mine protection
- Speed / range: ~70 km/h road · ~450 km
Beats: Ağır MBT'nin giremediği yumuşak zemin / hafif köprülü arazi, Hafif zırhlı araç ve tahkimat (105 mm + güdümlü mermi), İdame/konuşlanma maliyeti (ağır MBT'ye kıyasla ucuz)
Loses to: Cepheden modern ana muharebe tankı (zırh/top dezavantajı), Modern tanksavar güdümlü füze ve tepeden-vuran mühimmat, Yoğun topçu / havadan tehdit (orta seviye zırh)
FNSS + PT Pindad joint MMWT program; John Cockerill 3105 turret + 105 mm gun is Belgian (🇧🇪) origin, Falarick 105 round is Ukrainian (Luch) design. 18 vehicles in service with the Indonesian Army (10 FNSS Türkiye, 8 Pindad Indonesia). Türkiye has not taken it into its own inventory (export/co-production product). 'Kaplan' is also FNSS's tracked armored vehicle family name (Kaplan-10/20 AFV) — this codex entry refers to the medium tank with the 105 mm turret.
Related systems
Related systems (Land): SİPER, HİSAR-O+, HİSAR-A+, SUNGUR, KORKUT, Tayfun, GÜRZ, S-400 Triumf, Patriot (PAC-3), Bora
