FNSS Savunma Sistemleri has almost completed the first example of its latest version the Teber-30 remote-controlled turret (RCT) and this is expected to start firing trials in Turkey later this year, according to Gokhan Ozyurt, the company’s weapon systems unit manager.
Initial trials are to be from a static position and later the Teber-30 RCT will be installed on a wheeled platform to initially engage static targets while the platform is moving. It is to then progress through a series of trials that culminate in engaging moving targets from a moving platform.
Teber is Turkish for “Battleaxe”, and 30 is for the calibre of the main armament. Teber-30, like the company’s other turrets, was developed using internal research and development funding.
FNSS Savunma Sistemleri’s Teber-30 RCT, armed with a 30 mm MK44 dual feed cannon. (Christopher F Foss)
Ozyurt said the Teber-30 RCT is of all-welded aluminium armour with an additional layer of applique armour. The company is quoting a weight of around 2,600 kg.
The turret is currently armed with a stabilised Northrop Grumman Armament Systems 30 mm MK44 dual feed cannon and a 7.62 mm MK52 co-axial machine gun (MG). A total of 250 rounds of 30 mm ready-use ammunition are carried, with the mix depending on the role.
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