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Turkish Company BMC at IDEX 2011 |
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Tuesday,
24 February 2011, 11:05 PM |
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Company BMC presents a full range of armoured and tactical
vehicles at IDEX 2011.
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Aiming
to increase foreign sales of military vehicles, BMC has
decided to participate in IDEX-2011, one of the biggest
defence industry exhibitions on the world. At IDEX-2011,
the Turkish Defence Company BMC will present its last range
of Armoured Vehicles, Tactical Wheeled Vehicles and Logistics
Support Vehicles.
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BMC
a full range of armoured and tactical wheeled vehicles Turkey
Turkish Defence Industry
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BMC,
product range includes both wheeled armoured and tactical
military vehicles, special requirement complete vehicles,
tractor vehicles; heavy, medium and light commercial trucks;
vans; minibuses; midibuses; buses; panelvans; combivans;
spare parts; engines and cast parts. Besides, having a
capability of modernizing armoured vehicles, BMC has realized
modernization of BTR 60 (8x8) in year 1994 for Turkish
Gendarmerie.
BMC has capability of producing both right hand and left
hand drive vehicles, most of them are in serial production.
BMC
is in rapid progress towards becoming a world brand with
its 22,000 vehicle and engine production capacity Per
year and its 3,500 personnel consisting of engineers and
workers.
BMC, executes sales, service and spare parts services
for all BMC users around more than 70 countries in the
same standard.
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BMC
235x16 P 4x4 5 Ton Tactical wheeled vehicle |
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BMC, being
established in 1964, has entered defence industry in 1972,
utilising its capability and experience in automotive industry.
Since then, more than 1.000 Tactical Wheeled Vehicles and
3.000 Logistics Support Vehicles have been delivered to
World Armies, most of them being delivered to Turkish Armed
Forces.
BMC Sanayi ve Ticaret A.S.,
having been awarded a contract for the design, development
and production of MRAPs and Tactical Wheeled Vehicles in
March 2009, has recently completed most of the deliveries
within this project. The project includes around 2.000 vehicles
in 2.5 Ton (4x4), 5 Ton (4x4), 10 Ton (6x6) and MRAP categories.
The family of tactical wheeled vehicles of BMC consists
of BMC EFE (4x4) 2,5 Ton, BMC 235-16-P(4x4) 5 Ton, BMC 380-26-P(6x6)
10 Ton and BMC 525-44 (8x8) Wheeled Tactical Vehicles. |
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BMC
Kirpi 4x4 MRAP Mine Resistant Ambush Protected |
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BMC has
also entered armoured vehicle market a few years ago and
since then has produced prototypes of several MRAPs and
APCs. Being awarded the contract for the design, development
and production of around 470 MRAPs for Turkish Land Forces
Command, BMC has proceeded to serial production phase for
MRAPs, named BMC KIRPI (4x4) MRAP. This vehicle has successfully
passed severe tests in accordance with NATO standards. With
its high ballistic protection, tactical capabilities and
seating capacity, BMC KIRPI (4x4) MRAP has already become
an important player in the MRAP market. |
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