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Otokar Arma
Otokar Arma is a 6x6 and 8x8 amphibious wheeled armored combat vehicle family designed and developed by Otokar. The vehicle is a modular multi-wheel configurable with a monocoque steel hull.
Otokar developed the vehicle to target the Turkish Land Forces’ Special Purpose Tactical Wheeled Armored Vehicle (Özel Maksatlı Taktik Tekerlekli Zırhlı Araç, ÖMTTZA) project. It was first presented to the public at Eurosatory 2010. Arma vehicle's development started in 2007 as a company-funded development project for home and export markets.
During the Saudi Arabian-led intervention in the Yemeni Civil War, Bahrain deployed a mechanized company equipped with the 6x6 Arma.
In 2016, Otokar teamed up with Emirati company Al Jasoor to develop a new 8x8 vehicle for the United Arab Emirates Army. Al Jasoor, which is a joint company between Otokar UAE (49%) and Tawazun Holdings (51%), was established to create and develop a unique variant based on the Arma 8x8 called Rabdan in the United Arab Emirates. The Rabdan was created to replace the United Arab Emirates Army BMP-3 Infantry fighting vehicles. Al Jasoor Rabdan and Otokar Arma are different in multiple ways. The Rabdan is heavier at 28 tons (vs Arma 24 tons) and has a length and width of 15 cm and 55 cm. The Rabdan also provides small arms fire protection of up to STANAG 4569 Level 4 and mine blast protection of up to STANAG Level 4a and Level 4b.
Since the Rabdan was created to replace the BMP-3, the BMP-3 turrets are also configurable on the Rabdan. The Rabdan is equipped with a 100 mm 2A70 semi-automatic rifled gun, a 30 mm 2A72 cannon, and a 7.62 mm machine gun.
Al Jasoor is expected to produce up to 700 Rabdans for $661 million for the United Arab Emirates Army.
There are five different weapon systems that have been used in the Arma. The Mizrak 30 is a 30mm autonomous main gun, which can be controlled by either the gunner or commander from within the vehicle, and comes with a 7.62mm co-axle machine gun. The Mizrak 30 also is high tech, as it comes with digital fire control, stabilized sights (with the sights also having thermal), a laser range finder, etc. The Mizrak S 30 is similar to the Mizrak 30 in fields like armaments and tech, but it has the advantage of being lighter.
The ÜÇOK turret system is a remote control weapon station, and is a stabilized machine gun platform which can be equipped with either a 12.7 mm machine gun, a 7.62 mm machine gun, or 40 mm automatic grenade launcher. Like both the Mizrak models, the ÜÇOK system can be operated from inside the vehicle, but can also be operated with from without. The ÜÇOK also has similar tech to the Mizrak 30 and Mizrak S 30.
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Otokar Arma
Otokar Arma is a 6x6 and 8x8 amphibious wheeled armored combat vehicle family designed and developed by Otokar. The vehicle is a modular multi-wheel configurable with a monocoque steel hull.
Otokar developed the vehicle to target the Turkish Land Forces’ Special Purpose Tactical Wheeled Armored Vehicle (Özel Maksatlı Taktik Tekerlekli Zırhlı Araç, ÖMTTZA) project. It was first presented to the public at Eurosatory 2010. Arma vehicle's development started in 2007 as a company-funded development project for home and export markets.
During the Saudi Arabian-led intervention in the Yemeni Civil War, Bahrain deployed a mechanized company equipped with the 6x6 Arma.
In 2016, Otokar teamed up with Emirati company Al Jasoor to develop a new 8x8 vehicle for the United Arab Emirates Army. Al Jasoor, which is a joint company between Otokar UAE (49%) and Tawazun Holdings (51%), was established to create and develop a unique variant based on the Arma 8x8 called Rabdan in the United Arab Emirates. The Rabdan was created to replace the United Arab Emirates Army BMP-3 Infantry fighting vehicles. Al Jasoor Rabdan and Otokar Arma are different in multiple ways. The Rabdan is heavier at 28 tons (vs Arma 24 tons) and has a length and width of 15 cm and 55 cm. The Rabdan also provides small arms fire protection of up to STANAG 4569 Level 4 and mine blast protection of up to STANAG Level 4a and Level 4b.
Since the Rabdan was created to replace the BMP-3, the BMP-3 turrets are also configurable on the Rabdan. The Rabdan is equipped with a 100 mm 2A70 semi-automatic rifled gun, a 30 mm 2A72 cannon, and a 7.62 mm machine gun.
Al Jasoor is expected to produce up to 700 Rabdans for $661 million for the United Arab Emirates Army.
There are five different weapon systems that have been used in the Arma. The Mizrak 30 is a 30mm autonomous main gun, which can be controlled by either the gunner or commander from within the vehicle, and comes with a 7.62mm co-axle machine gun. The Mizrak 30 also is high tech, as it comes with digital fire control, stabilized sights (with the sights also having thermal), a laser range finder, etc. The Mizrak S 30 is similar to the Mizrak 30 in fields like armaments and tech, but it has the advantage of being lighter.
The ÜÇOK turret system is a remote control weapon station, and is a stabilized machine gun platform which can be equipped with either a 12.7 mm machine gun, a 7.62 mm machine gun, or 40 mm automatic grenade launcher. Like both the Mizrak models, the ÜÇOK system can be operated from inside the vehicle, but can also be operated with from without. The ÜÇOK also has similar tech to the Mizrak 30 and Mizrak S 30.