Otokar awaits Altay order (video)
Shephard recently spoke to Turkish vehicle manufacturer Otokar about its Altay main battle tank, which has been designed and developed in Turkey and represents the country's first indigenous effort in this advanced area of land warfare.
Mehmet Karaaslan, programme manager for the Altay, gave Shephard a history of the main battle tank's development and his hopes for the platform's future.
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