Main battle prototype tank due end-2012

Turkey's first indigenous main battle tank will see its prototype being tested end of 2012, the tank's manufacturer said.***

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"We will be test running the first prototypes by the end of this year. The project is going smoothly in line with the schedule," said Serdar Gorguc, director general at Otokar, the prime contractor in the 500-million USD Altay Tank Project.
The Altay project is Turkey's first main battle tank development program that includes electronic command and control systems, a 120 mm gun and armor all of which will be manufactured by Turkish defense companies.

(Reporting by Atakan Çelik - Kemal Kaymak)