Otakar APC (Turkey) KEY RECOGNITION FEATURES
SPECIFICATIONS
DEVELOPMENT
Crew:
2+6
The Otakar APC was developed for the Turkish army with first
• Conventional layout, with
Configuration:
4x4
armour-plated engine compartment front with
Armament:
1 x 7.62mm MG, 1 x 6 smoke
prototypes completed in 1993 and production vehicles in 1994. In many respects it is similar to the Shorland 555 (qv). It
horizontal louvres in centre, bonnet slopes slightly upwards
grenade launchers Ammunition: Length:
1000 x 7.62mm
to windscreen which slopes to
Width:
rear • Front of roof has sloping front with searchlight on top, hull top horizontal and rear
Height: Weight, combat: Weight, empty: . Power-to-weight ratio: Engine:
hull vertical. Machinegun mount on roof with spare wheel to rear. Forward-opening door in each side has bullet-
4.155m 1.81m 2.26m (hull top) 2.75m with MG 3600kg 3000kg 37hp/t Land Rover V-8 3.5 litre petrol
consists of a modified Land Rover Defender 4 x 4 chassis, fitted with a fully-armoured body that provides protection from small arms fire. The engine is at the front as in a normal Land Rover, with the commander and driver behind it, each provided with a forward-opening side door with window. The six troops are seated three to either side, facing each other. They enter and exit via door doors in the hull rear. Firing ports and vision devices are provided in the sides and rear of the troop compartment, and a 7.62mm machinegun mount is fitted on
developing 134hp at SOOOrpm or Rover 300 Tdi 4-cylinder turbocharged diesel developing
the forward part of the roof. The mount can be traversed through 360° and elevated from -12" to +65°.
111 hp at 4000rpm 125km/hr 500km
VARIANTS None, although the vehicle can be adapted for a variety of
proof window in upper part. Three small firing ports with
Maximum road speed: Maximum range:
window above in either side of
Fuel capacity: Fording:
85!
Vertical obstacle: Trench: Gradient: Side slope: Armour: Armour type:
0.315m
three and has a remotely-controlled 7.62mm machinegun on the roof.
n/a 70%
STATUS
400/o classified Steel
In production. In service with Turkey and other undisclosed countries.
NBC system: Night vision equipment:
No No
MANUFACTURER
troop compartment. • Two wheels each side with extended wheel arches above. Lower hull sides are vertical, upper part slopes slightly inwards.
0.6m
roles. The similar Otakar Akrep (Scorpion) light reconnaissance vehicle, also based on the Land Rover Defender, has a crew of
Otakar Otobus Karoseri Sanayi AS, Istanbul, Turkey
Right; Otakar APC with 7.62mm MG 310
