Fighting mines with walking fortresses will equip the Turkish Armed Forces with “Mine Resistant Ambush Protected MRAP” armored vehicles. The project comes in as a very important one from the perspective of the casualties inflicted on the Turkish Armed Forces by the detonating mines laid by the terror organization PKK. The purchasing of 468 of the armored vehicles which is also called “Walking Fortresses” is currently under consideration. The purchasing of the vehicles will be decided at the Defense Industry executive committee meeting in November. Nurol, BMC, FNSS, Mercedes – Banz and Otokar are among the companies expressing interest in the project. Vehicles similar to those to be purchased by the Turkish Armed Forces are being used by the American forces in Afghanistan and Iraq at the present time.