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“SHARPSHOOTER” TURRETS BELONGING TO MALAYSIA’S ZMA(ADNAN)
PROJECT ARE BEING DEVELOPED
Within the scope of this Project started with a contract
signed in 2008, tracked armored combat vehicles
in different configurations will be delivered to the
Malaysian Armed Forces. There will be turrets on these
vehicles equipped with different main weapons able to
provide the vehicles with battle capability. These turrets
are a variation of the Sharpshooter 25mm one-man turret
capable of stabilization manufactured by FNSS. The
turrets will have 25 mm Bushmaster automatic revolver,
40 mm automatic bomb-firing gun, and 12.7 mm
machine gun. All turrets will feature 7.62 mm co-axial
machine gun as an auxiliary weapon.
Sharpshooter 25 mm one-man turret
FNSS Sharpshooter turret is a weapon system that is
one-man, electric-driven, with stabilization capability
enabling high hit probability from a vehicle on the move.
. Moving day and night is possible due to the gunner
sight system at the turret.
The turret which will be equipped with 40mm automatic
grenade launcher (AGL) and 12.7mm machine gun in
the Malaysian ACV (Adnan) Project, are new products
by FNSS and they will be designed and manufactured
completely by FNSS. The design of these turrets is
12.7 mm machine gun 40 mm automatic bomb-firing gun underway in the R&D department, and the first delivery
of the turrets will take place in July of 2010.
FNSS-YILDIZ TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY A SEMINAR ON “THE HISTORY OF
DEFENCE DAYS STUDENT ACTIVITIES ARMORED VEHICLES” AT THE ARMY
FNSS which has always been in close cooperation WAR COLLEGE (AWC)
with the universities, keeps giving support to activities
helping students develop.
Army War College Defense Sciences Institute is
Between the dates of March 2-3 and March 30-31 FNSS continuing its successful education program. Students
made its contribution by having stands and presentations from the other fields of either the military or the
at the symposiums organized by the students from Public or private sector are doing their Master’s and
the Mechanical and Electronic Department of Yıldız Ph.D. degrees at this distinguished institution.
Technical University.
Within this framewotk, FNSS gave a three-hour
After presenting the company products, Marketing seminar on the development of armored vehicles at
and Strategy Director Haluk Bulucu, gave his in-detail AWC on March 6. At the seminar given by Haluk
views on the importance he attached to design and test Bulucu, the evolution of both tracked and wheeled
engineering, and also on what subjects the students armored vehicles took place during the period starting
should develop themselves. from the First World war until today was narrated.
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