Altay & Turkish Main Battle Tank Programs

[Death_Zone]

And then Rafale ended up with PL-15 in its ass. Don't get too cocky. If your Greek or Emirati friends gets too adventurous, some Turkish missile might end up there too.

So you are finding it that difficult to come up with a sensible answer that actually relates to our topic?

 

[hyperman]

your "drop in " explanation was too short to convince me that using the same config, same number of cylinders, same global cm3, same connections to the hgear box and MBT frame is something else than a copy. But OKay, it's a drop in replacement .

Now the real stake is to see the reliability of Batu engine. Not a so easy tack, because the german engine is the result of a long engine family, with a lot of refinements and improvements.

If you have a specific space it needs to fit into, and a specific power requirement, why would I recreate the wheel and build something exotic when everyone else build a V12 and put Twin Turbo on it? What is the benefit of a V8 or V10 underpowered engine here?

You are just bitter.

 

[MMM-E]

there was other architecture possible : V8, V10, ....
But it's clear that it was the easier way to mimic the german engine that already deeply inspired south corea for it's K2 engine.

French Engine is V8 , because LECLERC Tank is 55-56 tons

but ALTAY Tank is 65 tons
V12 Engines provide a much smoother, more continuous and stable torque output. This immense low-end torque is vital for propelling modern 65–70 tons Tanks like ALTAY

Also, V12 Engines operate with almost zero vibration, even at very high power outputs.


German , Korean , Russian , British , Chinese and Turkish Engines are V12


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better wory about your LECLERC Tank which is without an Active Protection System