Turkish Armed Forces
General Info:
Active Personnal: 628.000
Rezerve Personnal: 378.200
Total Budget: 20.4 Billion USD (Including Gendarmerie and Coast Guard financed by ministary of interior)
Major Lojistic Suppliers: USA, Germany, France, South Korea, Israel, Russia, UK, Italy, Spain
Infantry Weapons
Pistols:
-Beretta 92________(Used by different units of Army, Air Force, Gendarmerie and Police, mostly clone models)
-CZ-75___________(Used by different units of Army, Navy and Police, mostly clone models)
-Canik TP9________(Used by Police Forces and Navy)
-SIG P226/229______(Used by Navy SF (SAT) EOD (SAS) and Army SF (ÖKK) units and presidential guards (CAT)
-Glock 17/19 Gen 4___(Used by Navy EOD (SAS), Army SF (ÖKK), Gendarmerie SF (JÖAK) and Police SF (PÖH) units)
-HK USP9 Tactical___(Used by Army SF (ÖKK))
Sub-Machine Guns:
-HK MP5__________(Used by all branches of Armed Forces And Police, producing by MKEK)
-FN P90___________(Used by Gendarmerie SF (JÖAK) and presidential guards (CAT))
-IMI Uzi/Mini Uzi____(USed by Army SF (ÖKK) Police SF (PÖH) and presidential guards (CAT))
Assault Rifles:
-MKEK MPT76_____(Future standard service rifle of the TAF, Army is receiving 50.000 rifles per year)
- HK G3A3/A4_____(Produced by MKEK. Total 500.000 rifles are in service +300.000 in storage)
-HK33E_________(Produced by MKEK, using by elite units like Marines, Commandos, Paratroopers, UN/ISAF troops and mechanized infantry. Total 140.000 rifles)
-HK G41_________(Using by Gendarmerie units in limited service)
-Colt M16A2______(Using by Police forces and commando troops)
-Colt M4A1_______(Using by all branches of SF units of Armed Forces and Police, some of them are sarsılmaz made)
-HK416A5_______(Primary weapon of the Army SF (ÖKK) , Air Force SF (MAK) and Gendarmerie SF (JÖAK))
-HK417A2_______(Using by Police SF (PÖH) and Gendarmerie SF units (JÖAK))
-SIG516________(Primary weapon of the Police SF units (PÖH) and presidential guards (CAT), total 5.000 rifles bought)
-IMI TAR-21_____(Using by Army SF (ÖKK) units in limited numbers)
-IMI Galil MAR___(Using by Army SF (ÖKK) and Gendarmerie SF (JÖH-JÖAK) in limited numbers)
-AK-47/AK-M____(Using by rezerve units, police and gerndarmerie troops. Most of them are bought form ex-East German inventory, Romania, Bulgaria and China)
-FN FAL________(Kept in storage, supplied from W.Germany. Most of them used in Cyprus War)
Machine Guns:
-Rheinmetall MG 3_(Standart machine gun of the Armed Forces, produced by MKEK)
-PKM__________(Used by commando troops)
-HK23E________(Used by gendarmerie troops in limited numbers)
-HK MG4_______(Used by Air Force SF units (MAK))
-USO M60E6_____(Used by Police SF unit (PÖH))
-FN MAG_______(Used as door gun of the Air Force AS532 Cougar heicopters and on the samson remote controlled weapon stations of the Otokar Cobra and Akreps)
-FN Minimi______(Used by Police SF (PÖH) Army SF (ÖKK) and Navy SF (SAT))
-FN Minimi 7.62___(Used by Marines, Navy EOD (SAS) and Navy SF unit (SAT))
Sniper Rifles & Designated Marksman Rifles:
-SVD Dragunov
-KAC SR-25
-KAC M110 SASS
-ArmaLite M15A4(T)
-HK G28
-IMI Galatz
-LMT MWS308
-MKEK JNG-90
-Steyr SSG 69
-Steyr SSG 08
-Accuracy International L96A1 AWF
-Accuracy International L115A3 AWMF
-Sako TRG-42
-Cheytac M200 Intervention
-Barrett M82/M82A1
-Barrett M95
Anti-Tank Weapons:
-M72 LAW________(20,000+ rockets. Produced by MKEK)
-RPG-7___________(5,000+ Launchers)
-M40A1___________(2,137 units, keeping in storage)
-MBDA Eryx_______(800 Launchers, 5.000+ Missiles, Missiles are producing by MKEK)
-MBDA MILAN_____(632 Launchers, 3.000+ Missiles)
-BGM-71 TOW______(490 Launchers, 2.000+ Missiles)
-AT-14 Kornet______(120 Launchers +800 missiles)
-AT-5 Konkurs______(72 launchers, ? missiles)
Land Platforms
Main Battle Tanks:
-Leopard 2A4______(354 units, bought from Germany. Goig to be modernized with aselsans NG modernization package)
-Leopard 1T_______(171 units, modernized by aselsan with the third generation optics and fire-control systems)
-Leopard 1A3______(227 units, 74 of them are converted to leugan tank and mine cleaning vehicle)
-M60T Sabra______(170 units, modernized by Israel with the modular reactive armour, 120mm smoothbore gun, Elbit fire control sistems, thermal camera and optics, new transmission organ and 1000 HP diesel engine)
-M60A3 TTS Patton_(658 units, donated by US during the 1990s)
-M48A5T2 Patton___(758 units, modernized with the 105mm gun, M60A3 thermal sight and fire control systems, new track and MTU diesel engine during the 1990s)
-M48A5T1 Patton___(1,389 units, modernized with the 105mm gun, M60A1 passive sight and fire control systems,and MTU diesel engine during the 1980s. They are keeping in Storage)
Armoured Personnal Carriers and Infantry Fighting Vehicles:
-FNSS ACV AAPC____(650 units with the 25mm connon turret and 7.62mm machine gun)
-FNSS ACV AIFV_____(1.380 units with the 12.7mm machine gun station)
-FNSS ACV ATV_____(48 units with the remote controlled double tube TOW Under Armor launchers)
-FNSS ACV AMV_____(170 units with the auto loading 120mm mortar launchers)
-M113A1/A2 T2______(3,000+ units, modernized by FNSS with the new tracks, diesel engine and transmission organs, radio, GPS ssytem and IR sights. Different combat configurations)
-BTR80____________(180 units, modernized by aselsan with the thermal sights, limitely using in border control stations as defense role)
-Otokar Arma 6x6_____(Testing by Gendarmerie in limited numbers)
-BMC Kirpi MRAP_____(648 units, the orders are going to increase)
-Commando V-150_____(124 units, used by Police)
-Dragon APC_________(230 units, used by Gendarmerie and Police)
-Otokar Cobra________(1,250+ units, armed with samson remote controlled weapon stations, different combat configurations. Orders are still remaining)
-Otokar Akrep________(300 units, using by police and gendarmerie, armed with samson remote controlled weapon stations)
-Otokar ZPT_________(500+ units, using by police and gendarmerie, replacing with new APCs)
-Otokar Ural_________(10 units, using by police, orders are still remaining)
-Nurol Ejder Yalçın____(30 units, armed with aselsan sarp remote controlled weapon station, using by Police, orders are still remaining)
Self-Propelled Howitzers:
-T-155 Fırtına________(352 units with the +70 ammunition resuppky vehicles)
-M52T_____________(365 units, modernized with 155mm L39 guns, M109a3 type fire control systems, radio and GPS systems, 450 hp MTU diesel engine and add-on armour in 1995 to 1997)
-M44T_____________(222 units, modernized with 155mm L39 guns, M109a3 type fire control systems, radio and GPS systems, 450 hp MTU diesel engine and add-on armour in 1995 to 1997)
-M110A1/A2_________(638 units, 219 units of them are still in active service)
-M107_____________(36 units)
Towed Howitzers:
-T-155 Panter________________(182 units)
-M114A2___________________(460 units)
-M101_____________________(800 units)
-M115_____________________(300 units)
-M116_____________________(500 units)
Multiple Rocket Launchers :
-TR-300 Kasırga_____________(80 launchers)
-TR-122 Sakarya_____________(120 launchers)
-TR-107 Anadolu_____________(200 launchers)
-M270 MLRS_______________(18 launchers with 180 ATACMS missiles)
Short Range Ballistic Missiles:
-J-600T Yıldırım I___________(34 launchers and 100+ missiles, 180 km range)
-J-600T Yıldırım II___________(?, 350 Km range)
-J-600T Yıldırım III__________(Still developing, between 900 to 1,400 Km range)
Armoured Recovery & Support Vehicles:
-M88A1 ARV_______________(38 units)
-Tamay T5 ARV_____________(105 units, based on M48A5 chasis)
-M48A5T Leguan____________(140 units, mechanized armoured bridging vehicle)
-Leopard 1TR Leguan__________(32 units, mechanized armoured bridging vehicle)
-FNSS Kunduz-______________(12 units, tracked armoured amphibious combat working vehicle)
-FNSS Samur_______________(52 units, armoured amphibious mobile bridging vehicle)
Will they be phased out and replaced by Altay in the future?
