Türkiye's FNSS Unveils Kaplan FSRV Tracked Fire Support and Reconnaissance Vehicle at WDS 2026.

Turkish land systems manufacturer FNSS unveiled the Kaplan FSRV Fire Support and Reconnaissance Vehicle at World Defense Show 2026 in Saudi Arabia. The new tracked platform underscores rising demand for mobile, medium-weight combat vehicles capable of delivering firepower across varied and austere environments.

At the World Defense Show (WDS) 2026 in Riyadh, FNSS introduced the Kaplan FSRV, a tracked Fire Support and Reconnaissance Vehicle designed to combine high mobility with sustained battlefield lethality. Presented to an international audience of military officials and defense industry leaders, the vehicle reflects FNSS’s push to expand its footprint in the medium-weight armored combat vehicle market, a segment increasingly shaped by expeditionary operations, urban combat requirements, and desert mobility demands.
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The FNSS Kaplan FSRV Fire Support and Reconnaissance Vehicle, displayed at the World Defense Show 2026 in Saudi Arabia, features the TEBER II two-man turret and an Mk44 30 mm cannon, marking its first international public appearance. (Picture source: Army Recognition Group)

The Kaplan FSRV is based on the Kaplan MT medium tank platform currently in service with the Indonesian Army. This design choice provides the vehicle with a combat-relevant and proven foundation. Built around a medium-weight tracked armored architecture, the platform is optimized for rapid deployment and operational adaptability, enabling reconnaissance and fire-support units to maneuver effectively across soft soil, sand, rough terrain, and low-infrastructure urban areas. FNSS engineers present at the exhibition explained to Army Recognition that this balance between weight and performance allows the Kaplan FSRV to accompany mechanized and armored formations while retaining the agility required for expeditionary missions.

Powering the vehicle is a modern power pack integrated with advanced electronically controlled systems, an auxiliary power unit, and a heavy-duty suspension optimized for sustained cross-country operations. This configuration ensures reliable and continuous firepower during day and night missions while reducing vibration levels, improving crew ergonomics, and extending the service life of onboard mission equipment. The rear-mounted power pack, following a conventional tank layout, enhances acceleration and traction on challenging terrain while improving driver situational awareness through a wide field of view, enabling safe operation in urban and cross-country environments without opening the top hatch.

The tracked armored vehicle architecture also enables a significant central gun depression angle, a capability often unavailable on front-engine vehicles converted from armored personnel carriers or infantry fighting vehicles. This feature enhances the Kaplan FSRV’s effectiveness in urban combat and at hull-down positions, reinforcing its role as a direct-fire support asset operating alongside reconnaissance elements. The overall design underscores FNSS’s focus on delivering tank-like mobility characteristics in a lighter, more deployable package.

Central to the Kaplan FSRV’s combat capability is the integration of the TEBER II 30/40 two-person turret, featuring a conventional layout with the commander and gunner seated within the turret basket. The TEBER II incorporates advanced turret drive systems, fire control architecture, protection solutions, and lethality enhancements, enabling effective operation under all weather and battlefield conditions. Both crew members can control all turret functions. At the same time, a manual backup system allows the gunner to engage targets using an optical sight and manual traverse and elevation if required.

The main armament of the TEBER II turret is the Mk44 30 mm dual-feed automatic cannon, supplied with 300 ready-to-fire rounds and a maximum rate of fire of 200 rounds per minute. The dual-feed system enables rapid selection among different ammunition types, including high-explosive, anti-armor, and programmable airburst rounds, ensuring neutralization of a broad spectrum of targets. The cannon can also be converted in the field to fire SuperShot 40 mm ammunition through a simple barrel replacement, offering increased lethality without extensive modifications.

Supporting armament includes a 7.62 mm coaxial machine gun with 1,200 ready-to-fire rounds, complemented by an externally fed 12.7 mm machine gun mounted above the main barrel with 300 rounds available. As an optional configuration, the commander’s independent sight can be replaced with an overhead, remotely controlled weapon station capable of elevations up to +85 degrees and low depression. This system provides a panoramic view while enabling independent engagement of targets with a 7.62 mm or 5.56 mm machine gun, particularly effective against elevated urban threats and low-flying drones approaching from steep angles.

The turret also integrates two anti-tank guided missile launchers on each side, with modular compatibility for a wide range of modern medium-range ATGMs. These include infrared-homing fire-and-forget missiles and laser beam-riding command-to-line-of-sight systems. Each launcher can be operated independently and elevated at different angles, allowing flexibility in missile employment. FNSS confirmed that, depending on user requirements, the ATGM launchers can be replaced by loitering munitions, providing both intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance capabilities and precision strike options.

The electrically driven turret features two-axis stabilization, allowing accurate fire on the move with a full 360-degree traverse and an elevation range from minus 10 degrees to plus 45 degrees. Angular speeds exceeding 60 degrees per second enable rapid target engagement. At the same time, the advanced fire control system delivers real-time ballistic solutions, automatic target tracking, and high first-round hit probability against both stationary and moving targets. The stabilized sighting system integrates thermal imaging, day optics, and a laser rangefinder, reinforcing the vehicle’s effectiveness across all visibility conditions.

From an editorial perspective, Army Recognition chief editor Alain Servaes assesses that the Kaplan FSRV clearly reflects how modern land forces are adapting to battlefields increasingly shaped by drones, precision-guided munitions, and fast-evolving tactical situations. Servaes points out that the vehicle occupies a critical space between infantry fighting vehicles and main battle tanks, combining reconnaissance, direct fire support, and anti-armor roles within a single platform. He notes that for medium-weight and expeditionary forces, the Kaplan FSRV offers a credible alternative to heavier tanks, delivering decisive firepower while imposing fewer logistical and deployment constraints. In future high-intensity conflicts as well as urban and hybrid warfare scenarios, Servaes believes the Kaplan FSRV could operate as a forward-deployed hunter-killer system, supporting maneuver units, countering enemy armor, suppressing fortified positions, and engaging aerial threats such as drones with high responsiveness.

With this combination of mobility, protection, and multi-layered firepower, the Kaplan FSRV is positioned to deliver decisive fire support against enemy main battle tanks, armored vehicles, fortified positions, and infantry formations. FNSS’s unveiling at WDS 2026 underscores a strategic push to offer armed forces a highly adaptable tracked platform capable of achieving fire superiority across conventional and asymmetric battlefields.

Written by Alain Servaes – Chief Editor, Army Recognition Group
Alain Servaes is a former infantry non-commissioned officer and the founder of Army Recognition. With over 20 years in defense journalism, he provides expert analysis on military equipment, NATO operations, and the global defense industry.