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NOVEMBER 2007

Army: Delivery: The number of M60T-Sabra III MBTs was raised to 20.

Army: Delivery: The number of Leopard I-A1-Volkan MBTs was raised to 65.

Army: Delivery: The number of T-122 Artillery Rocket Launchers was raised to 76.

Army: Delivery: The number of T-155 Firtina SPHs was raised from 84 to 94.

Army: Delivery: The number of T-155 Panter towed-Howitzers was raised from 36 to 46.

Army: Retirement: The FIM-43A Redeye Manpads were removed from the inventory.

Army: Retirement: The Cobra anti-tank missiles were removed from the inventory.


SEPTEMBER 2007

Army: Delivery: The number of M60T-Sabra III MBTs was raised to 14. This is the delivery of the first party to the Army.

Army: Correction: I subtracted the 170 units which are under Sabra-III modernization from the total number of M-60A1/RISE/Passive MBTs and corrected the number of the latter to 96.

Army: Correction: The number of M-48A5T2 MBTs was corrected from 750 to 760.

Army: Correction: The controversial number of Eryx ATGM launchers delivered was corrected from 340 to 620.

Army: Correction: The number I-GNAT UAVs was corrected from 2 to 3.

Air Force: Correction: The new placement of order for the Litening III pod was canceled and replaced by the recent order of AselPod.

AUGUST 2007

Gendarmerie: The number of BTR-60 APCs was reduced from 302 to 295.

Army: New Information: The B-611 Yildirim SRBM was unveiled and the number of units was noted as 36 launchers and 100 missiles.

Army: Delivery: The number of LeopardIIA4 MBTs was raised from 60 to 150.


JULY 2007

Due to my intensive work schedule, I was unable to provide the updates for a few months. My apologies... and here is the new updates:

Army: Delivery and New Order: The number of Otokar Cobra APCs of the Land Forces was raised from 5 to 65 and an additional 288 units were added to the delivery line. The newly ordered units will be operated by the Army and the Gendarmerie, however the distribution between the two services remains unknown.

Army: Delivery: The number of T-155 Firtina SPHs was raised from 48 to 84.

Army: Donation: The number of M-114 (155 mm.) towed-howitzers was reduced from 538 to 514 due to donation of 24 units to the Afghan National Army.

Air Force: Delivery: The delivery of HAWK-XX1 air-defence systems is complete. The corrected number of launchers is 48, not 24 as stated previously.

Air Force: Crash: The number of F-5-2000 LIFT fighters was reduced from 45 to 44 due to crash of a unit in Konya in June 2007.

Air Force: Crash: The number of F-16 Block 50 fighters was reduced from 74 to 73 due to crash of one unit (F-16D) in Balikesir in July 2007.

Air Force: Crash: The number of F-16 Block 40 fighters was reduced from 102 to 101 due to crash of one unit (F-16C) in Konya in May 2007.

MARCH 2007

Army: Delivery: The number of T-155 Panter towed-Howitzers was raised from 24 to 36.

Army: The ATAK attack helicopter gunship tender was concluded. The winner is Agusta Westland's Mangusta A-129.

Army: Delivery: Number of Leopard II-A4 MBTs was raised from 29 to 60.

Army: Retirement: 658 M-48A3 and 578 M-48A2C MBTs which were actually inactive were removed from the inventory.


DECEMBER 2006

Army: Delivery: Number of Atilgan 2x4 KMS systems was raised to 34 and that of Zipkin 1x4 KMS systems to 28.

Navy: Project Cancellation: Plans to modernize Ay-class submarines was canceled.

Air Force: Delivery: Delivery of all F-5-2000 LIFT units is complete. Number of units was increased from 42 to 45.

Gendarmerie: Crash: S-70A28 Blackhawk crashed. Number of units was reduced from 21 to 20.


OCTOBER 2006

Navy: Decommissioning: Bayraktar-class LST was removed.

Army: Delivery: Number of Leopard II-A4 MBTs was raised from 9 to 29.

Air Force: Crash: F-16 C Block 40 crashed in the Bitlis vicinity. The number of Block 40s was reduced to 102.


SEPTEMBER 2006

Air Force: Planned purchase: It was made public by Pentagon that 30 F-16 Fighting Falcon Block 50+ aircrafts will be purchased from the U.S. to compensate the 27 attrition losses. The purchase includes 42 GE F-110-129 engines, 60 LAU-129A, 36 LINK-16, 35 AN/APX-113 AIFF, 32 AN/APG-68(V9) radar, 36 JHMCS, 3 LINK-16 Ground Stations and 36 AN/ALQ-178 EWS.

Navy: Delivery: Number of Kilic II class fast attack missile crafts was raised to 3, hence total number of FACs to 24.

Navy: Delivery: Number of A (MHV-45-014) class mine counter measure vessels was raised to 3, hence total number of MCMVs to 22.

Air Force: Crash: F-16 C Block 50 crashed in the Canakkale vicinity. The number of Block 50s was reduced to 74.


AUGUST 2006

Army: Delivery: The first batch of 9 LeopardIIA4 MBTs was delivered to the army.


JULY 2006

Air Force: Crash: The target number of F-5-2000 LIFT fighters was reduced from 46 to 45 due to the crash of one unit during a training flight in Konya.


JUNE 2006

Air Force: Correction: The number of NF-5 A/B Freedom Fighters of the Turkish Stars Air Acrobatics Team was corrected from 9 to 14.


MAY 2006

Navy: Decommissioning: The number of M-510 (S) Class mine warfare ships was reduced from 9 to 7.

Army: Removal: I removed the Toros 230/260 multiple-launched artillery rocket systems from the inventory as these systems turned out to be demonstrational tools developed for capacity-building purposes only.

Navy: Delivery: The number of MRTP33 Patrol boats was raised from 1 to 4.

Navy: Delivery: The number of SG80 Patrol boats was raised from 12 to 14.

Air Force: Mid-air collision: An F-16 Block-50 collided, south-west of Rhodes, with another F-16 of the Hellenic Air Force. The number of Block-50s was dropped to 75.

Air Force: Additional info: I broke down the number of F-16s into C and D types.

Air Force: Additional info: I included the 10 RF-4E aircrafts, which I previously stated were reserves, into the total which now sums up to 32.

Air Force: Additional info: A list of air-air and air-ground missiles ordered from the US were added.

Air Force: Reduction: The number of AGM 88B HARM was reduced to less than 95 due to the test-firing of one missile during the Anatolian Eagle 2006 exercises and loss of an unknown amount in the crashes.

Air Force: Reduction: The number of Popeye I was reduced to 99 due to the test-firing of one missile during the Anatolian Eagle 2006 exercises.

Air Force: Correction: The number of C-130B Hercules transport planes was corrected from 5 to 6.

Army/Air Force: Correction: I just learned that the HARPY UAVs are operated by the Air Force but not by the Army. Therefore the concerned entry was shifted from the Army page to the Air Force page. The number of units was also dropped to 107 due to the test-firing of one UAV during the Anatolian Eagle 2006 exercises.

Air Force: Addition: I added the Heron MALE UAVs which I have forgotten for some reason.

Air Force: Correction: The number of T-37B/C/2020 Tweed was corrected to 58 and that of T-41D to 28.


APRIL 2006

Navy: Recent Delivery: The third Gur-class sub which was commissioned in February is now operational, raising the total number of subs to 13.

Air Force: Ground Accident: The target number of F-5-2000 LIFT fighters was reduced from 48 to 46 as two units burnt down to the point of no return.

Army: Recent Delivery: The number of T-155 Panter towed-Howitzers was raised to 24.

Army: Crash: The number of UH-1H helicopters was reduced to 40.


MARCH 2006

Army: Crash: The number of UH-1H helicopters was reduced to 41.


FEBRUARY 2006

Army: Correction: The number of Eryx ATGM launchers was corrected to 340 while the number of missiles remained the same.


JANUARY 2006

Air Force: Crash: The number of F-16 Block 40 fighters was reduced to 103.


DECEMBER 2005

Army: Recent Delivery: The number of T-155 SPHs was raised to 48.

Air Force: Retirement: Data for the F-4E and RF-4E fighters were revisited.

Army: Retirement: The data for the M-48 MBTs were revisited bringing the total number of active units down to 2793.


NOVEMBER 2005

Army: Addition: The deal between Germany and Turkey regarding the delivery of 298 Leopard-2A4 MBTs was finalized and therefore the mentioned tanks were added to the inventory.


OCTOBER 2005

Air Force: Crash/Retirement: Number of UH-1H copters was reduced from 36 to 19.

Air Force: Additional info: Specifications of the F-4E-2020 Terminator upgrade were added.

Army: Cancellation: Plans to co-produce SPIKE-ER (NT-Dandy) ATGM with Israel is removed due to the fact that the Turkish Army will issue a new tender on this matter.

Army: Correction: Number of 9M39 Igla (SA-18 Grouse) man-pad SAMs was corrected from 50 to 48.

Army: Correction: Number of 9M113M Konkurs (AT5 Spandrel) ATGMs was corrected from 72 to 54.

Army: Additional info: More information on the helicopter fleet was added.

Army: Removal: Number of M-110A2 (203mm) SPHs was reduced to 219.

Army: Addition: Placement of order for 60 Otokar Cobra 4x4 Armored Vehicles was added.

Army: Correction: Number of BTR-80 APCs was corrected from 180 to 239.

Army: Additional info: Number of UT-1 (81mm) mortars was provided as 324.

Gendarmerie: Additional info: Number of Otokar Akrep 4x4 vehicles was provided as 260.

Gendarmerie: Correction: Number of Gage APCs was corrected from 124 to 200.

Army: Removal: The new generation FNSS Armored Combat Vehicle was removed from the list due to the ambuguity of the project.

Army: Correction: The power of the Sabra-III MBT engine was corrected from 1200 hp. to 1000 hp.

Air Force: The information on the planned purchase of the Delilah Cruise Missile was removed from the main list and now provided in a footnote as an unofficial/unconfirmed information.

Air Force: Additional info: Number of Rapier Mk1 air-defense missiles was provided as 515.

Air Force: Additional info: Attrition losses and roles of aircrafts were added for the tactical fighter aircraft.

Navy: Addition: RIM-166 ESSM SAM was added to the on-board missile systems.

Navy: Additional info: Number of Sea Skua Air-launched anti-ship missiles was declared as 30.

Navy: New order: Number of ordered MRTP-33 Class Large Patrol Crafts was increased from 10 to 12.

Navy: Cancellation: Plans to buy CH-60S Night Hawk copters was canceled/removed and the number of ordered Sea Hawks was increased from 8 to 12.

Navy: Retirement: 3 AB-206B helicopters were removed from the list bringing the number of naval warfare copters down to 18.

Navy: Additional info: Torpedo types have been added for the submarines.

Gendarmerie: Recent delivery: 30 Otokar Cobra 4x4 Armored Vehicles were added.

Army: Recent delivery: Number of T-155 Panter Towed Howitzers was increased to 24.

Army: Recent delivery: Number of T-155 Firtina SPHs was increased to 32.

Army: Restructuring: The data for the S-70 Blackhawk helicopters was rearranged in a more detailed manner.

Navy: Recent delivery: Number of Gur Class subs was increased to 2.

Navy: Recent delivery: Number of Kilic-II Class FACs was increased to 2.

Navy: Recent delivery: Number of A Class mine warfare ships was increased to 2.

Navy: Crash: Number of AB-412EP helicopters was reduced to 8.

Navy: Removal: Plans to acquire Popeye-III Turbo sub-launched CASOM in 2008 was removed due to the speculative nature of the project.

Air Force: Crash: Number of F-4E Phantoms was reduced to 83.

Air Force: Cancellation: The acquirement of 20 + 20 optional Litening III pods was cancelled and removed.