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| Turkish M60A3 Tank To Be Modernized With New Roketsan MZK 105 mm Turret |
Tehran - The Turkish Ministry of Defense has set a project to modernize the Turkish Army's M60A3 main battle tank (MBT). The Roketsan defense company is entrusted with developing a new turret system for the old tank by launching the MZK 105 mm.
The new turret with a flat design has a lighter weight of 13 tons, while the old dome weighs 14.5 tons. The 105 mm MZK turret features an Explosive Reactive Armor (ERA) module which also has a driver visualization system and an auxiliary power unit. There are also fog mortars, laser warning receivers, remote controlled weapons systems (RCWS) and automatic loading systems.
Previously, Roketsan used its own ERA and Spacer Modular additional armor solutions during the modernization of the Leopard 2A4 and M60T tanks. With the experience gained from the modernization project, Roketsan presented a much more advanced solution for the M60A3 tank.
This modernization program itself aims to bring the capabilities of the M60A3 tank closer to the M60TM variant. To note, currently more than 600 M60A3 tank families are still in the inventory of the Turkiye Armed Forces.