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TCG Ufuk intelligence ship produced based on 99 meters Milgem design.

From AKINCI Attack UAV, KGK-SIHA-82 ammunition test firing. Target hit from 30km with 340kg MK-82 ammunition.

KGK-SIHA-82 (Winged Guided Kit of MK-82 bombs which is optimized for Armed UAVs)

TheLoneRanger wrote: ↑21 Jun 2022, 19:28 Interesting developments by Turkey - very close to be able to field the bulk of its armed forces from its own resources at the rate that they are progressing.

The engine for TF-X as yet is still unresolved - would be interesting to see what happens on that front eventually..

TF-X will take time but Bayraktar Kızılelma Unmanned Fighter is coming fast. In a few years we will see AI dog fights with 25G.

More like a few decades to take the man out of the loop in WVR air combat. BVR possibly sooner. Until then high performance UAS will either be "Bomb Trucks", or magazines for manned aircraft initiating BVR air combat.

TÜBİTAK-SAGE DATA underwater test facility started to its duty. It will be used to integrate new cruise missiles and torpedos to new types of submarines.

After ANKA armed UAV, MILSAR (synthetic aperture radar of METEKSAN) also integrated to the AKSUNGUR armed UAV which will be used by Turkish Navy. In previous weeks, MILSAR radar on ANKA succussfully detected the mines at Black Sea that caused of Ukraine/Russia war. AKSUNGUR UAV can fly up to 50 hours at reconnaissance missions also have a separate E/O sensor.

Minister of National Defense Hulusi Akar met with British Defense Minister Ben Wallace, who came to Ankara as part of his official visit. Minister Akar welcomed his guest counterpart with a military ceremony.

ASELSAN 40mm airburst munition Anti-drone System

Turkey's new IIR Manspads

SO what have they done to the M" QCB that gives it the noted advantages over legacy M" QCB Heavy Machine Guns?

Lord Jim wrote: ↑04 Aug 2022, 22:41 SO what have they done to the M" QCB that gives it the noted advantages over legacy M" QCB Heavy Machine Guns?

"In regards to the improvements CANIK have made the company claims that the gun has a firing pin, ejector, and barrel with twice the lifespan of its competitors. These three parts of the weapon are also the ones that wear the most with use."

"The company also claims that the weapon’s operational performance in harsh environmental and demanding conditions has also improved as a result of the materials used and design adjustments made to it. The ability to put a variety of optical and lighting equipment on the machine gun is another improvement."

https://www.overtdefense.com/2022/08/08 ... chine-gun/