Summary of DTM article about their visit to BMC Power in February:
- The TUNA Engine (400hp) has been tested at the Test Center for over 6,500 hours and on 143,000km of vehicles and has completed the NATO Endurance Tests. As part of on-board tests, road tests were conducted in Erzurum and Antalya under different climatic and geographical conditions. Besides VURAN, the TUNA will be used on KIRPI II this year.
- "There, we will give you detailed information both about the power group of ALTAY Main Battle Tank, BATU, and about ALTAY MBT itself. (...) As BMC General Manager, I promise you that after 2 months (
end of April), you will have access to all kinds of technical and other information on both ALTAY and BATU."
- Reminding that as BMC, they built the most modern and large engine test center in Turkey and one of the few in Europe in Arifiye, YALÇINTAS said, “This is an extremely large and important investment. An investment that serves not only the BMC Group, but the whole of Turkey, is in the engine test area. Likewise, we are establishing the processing and mass production centers of these power groups in Ankara, and we have started working on it."
- T155 ARPAN Howitzer, developed together with ASFAT, will be delivered to the Turkish Armed Forces for testing in 2023.
- Stating that there is a demand from friendly and allied countries for the 8x8 Truck-Mounted T155 ARPAN Howitzer, which can take a position in
1 minute, fire 6 shots in 1 minute and leave its position in 1 minute, YALÇINTAŞ noted that the ALTUĞ 8x8 Armored Combat Vehicle was
tested abroad, found successful and appreciated.
- "We will also have solutions for naval platforms by
converting our existing engines (TUNA, AZRA, UTKU and BATU diesel engines), making them suitable for the marine environment, changing the cooling system. Again, these engines are also used in land type generators with some revisions. We have generator manufacturers in Turkey, but almost all of them supply their engines from abroad, I hope we are planning to produce engines in different classes and offer them to them"
- Pointing out that they have developed a marine version of the 600HP AZRA Engine for MARLIN SIDA, adapted in accordance with Türk Loydu requirements, it is aimed to complete the production and adaptation works for the new marine engine by the end of the year and to make the first trials on MARLIN USV.
- The first prototype of BATU assembled as a power group (complete with engine, transmission, cooling package and auxiliary units) is expected to appear in April 2023.
- 400 hours NATO Test, which is accepted as the general standard for the engine, will be carried out in the BATU Power Group. In addition, power group level tests will be carried out in accordance with the standards, ranging from 400 hours to 600 hours. These tests are tests that will be performed in a laboratory environment, that is, in the Test Center. In addition, 10,000km Qualification Tests will be conducted in Şereflikoçhisar on ALTAY AMT. Before the Qualification Test, tests such as On-Board Calibration Test, Vehicle Performance Studies and Environmental Conditions Test will be conducted by BMC Power. In this context, apart from the Arifiye Test Track; For Field Tests such as High Altitude Tests, Offroad Tests, Speed Tests and Cold Start Tests, we will go to Erzurum and Sarıkamış and ascend to Uludağ.
There is more interesting stuff in the article for those interested.
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