The First Batch of Modernized M60T Tanks was Delivered to the Turkish Land Forces Command

"TİYK - M60T First Tank Delivery Ceremony", which was initiated by the Secretariat of Defence Industries (SSB), was held in Şereflikoçhisar with the participation of Minister of National Defence Yaşar GÜLER, Chief of General Staff General Metin GÜRAK, Commander of the Turkish Land Forces General Selçuk BAYRAKTAROĞLU, President of Defence Industries Prof. Haluk GÖRGÜN, and Turkish Armed Forces and Turkish defence sector representatives.

The National Fire Control System VOLKAN-M was developed under the Fırat M60T Project to replace the foreign-origin Fire Control System in tanks. The contract for the TİYK-M60T Project, a new project aimed at integrating these systems in serial production, was signed between the SSB and Aselsan on July 4, 2022.

The following subsystems will be integrated into a designated number of M60T tanks in the first phase of the project:

VOLKAN-M Fire Control System

Tank Command Control Information System (TC2IS)

Additional Armor Protection

Crew Seats

In addition to tank integrations, a Live Turret Training Model, Desktop PC VOLKAN-M Fire Control System, and Factory-Level Maintenance/Repair services are also part of the project's scope. The integration of the systems onto M60T tanks and the Factory Level Maintenance/Repair activities of the tanks are carried out at the Kayseri 2nd Main Maintenance Factory Directorate.

Additional Armor Protections are procured from Roketsan, and crew seats from T-Kalıp company. At the current stage of the project, two modernized M60T tanks have been delivered to the Turkish Land Forces Command.