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Pars III (8x8) for the Royal Army of Oman armed with a Swiss RUAG Cobra 120mm muzzle loaded mortar shown here in firing position.

with the Belgian John Cockerill Defense C3105 turret armed with a 105mm rifled gun fed by an automatic loader with a 7.62mm co-axial machine gun.

The company has also built a batch of 12 Armoured Amphibious Combat Earthmover (AACE) for the TLFC and recently won a contract from the Philippines for an undisclosed number of units, so the production line will start again with first deliveries in 2023.

The company has also supplied the TLFC with the Armoured Amphibious Assault Bridge (AAAB) which is being offered on the export market as the Otter Rapidly Deployable Amphibious Wet Gap Crossing System.

This can be used as a Military Load Class 21 (one unit), MLC 85 (two units) or MLC 120 (three units) in the ferry mode or 12 can be connected together to form a 150m long bridge.

Otokar started designing light AFVs such as the Akrep (Scorpion) 4x4 light reconnaissance vehicle and a 4x4 light APC suitable for the IS role based on a long wheel base Land Rover chassis.

By early 2021 the company had built some 33,000 vehicles, including trucks and AFVs, selling to 36 countries all over the world. The smaller AFVs were followed by the bestselling Cobra (4x4) based on automotive components of the US AM General Expanded Capacity Vehicle (ECV).

The baseline Cobra APC has a crew of two and can carry up to seven dismounts with a variety of roof mounted weapons. There are also more specialised versions, including a reconnaissance and an amphibious variant.

This was followed by a brand new design called Cobra II (4x4) which has more volume and payload and can undertake a wider range of battlefield missions. In 2021 the company launched the Cobra Mine Resistant Ambush Protected (MRAP) version on the export market which is claimed to combine a high level of survivability and mobility in a modular package. By March 2021, Otokar had built over 4,000 Cobra (4x4) in all versions.

For the export market Otokar developed the Arma in both 8x8 and 6x6 configurations which share 90 percent common components and can be fitted with a wide range of weapons. The 8x8 can be fitted with a wide range of weapons including a two person turret armed with a 105mm gun. The first customer for the Arma 6x6 was Bahrain in the APC configuration with a second customer ordering the 8x8 model.

Further development of the Arma 8x8 resulted in the larger Rabdan for the UAE with the first batch consisting of 100 units fitted with the complete turret of the Russian BMP-3 IFV armed with a 100mm gun (which can also fire a guided projectile), 30mm co-axial cannon and 7.62mm co-axial machine gun.

Production of the Rabdan is now underway in the UAE as Otokar has a joint venture company with Edge of the Abu Dhabi Government and Al Jassor.

As a private venture, Otokar has designed and built the Tulpar IFV (which is called the Safa by the Gulf Cooperation Council) and the more compact Tulpar-S tracked vehicles with the latter being amphibious.

Otokar has not neglected MRAP type vehicles and has developed Kaya I and Kay II as well as the Kale, with all of these being of the 4x4 type. The company is also investing in new technology and has built

The Altay MBT was designed by Otokar but production is being undertaken by BMC. Altay has a computerised fire control system with commander and gunner provided with roof mounted stabilised sights.