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FNSS’ BRAND
NEW SABER-25 FIRING
QUALIFICATION TESTS
FNSS’ Brand New SABER 25mm One Man Turret successfully completes firing qualification tests on FNSS PARS 8x8
Infantry Fighting Vehicle.
SABER is a new generation one - man turret that can be deployed on wheeled and tracked armored vehicles and designed
by taking the modern combat conditions and customer demands into consideration. The firepower of the turret consists
of a 25mm automatic cannon and 7.62mm machine gun.
The design of the project has been started in November 2013 with the support of TUBİTAK (The Scientific and
Technological Research Council of Turkey) and the qualification and the firing tests have been completed in June 2015
after realization of the prototype production.
The long range firing tests of the SABER Turret mounted on FNSS PARS 8x8 vehicle have been conducted on 22 - 26 June
in the firing test field of the Ministry of Defense located in Konya Karapınar District. During the tests, static firing and
shoot on the move demonstrations where conducted to the targets located at a range of 600m to 1.500 m. The targets
are hit with high hit rate and all tests are completed successfully.
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