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Background
Tulpar is a tracked multi-purpose platform designed and produced by Otokar. Platform was designed alongside Altay Main Battle Tank to allow infantry formations to support Altay in safety. Since Altay project changed hands, Tulpar’s future is not certain within Turkish Armed Forces yet it is crown-jewel piece of Otokar in defence fairs. It has been showcased regularly in defence fairs with variety of different armament and turret option to fulfil wide range of operational needs.
Tulpar comes in two main variants; Tulpar Modular Armored Tracked Vehicle and Tulpar-S Amphibious Armored Tracked Vehicle. Tulpar Modular Armored Tracked Vehicle offers higher payload and variety of different armament options; while Tulpar-S offers amphibious capability and mission specific armament options. Tulpar Modular Armored Tracked Vehicle has seen in three configurations: Medium/Light Tank, Heavy Infantry Fighting Vehicle and Armored Personnel Carrier, and Tulpar-S in two configurations: Weapon Carrier Vehicle and rmored Personnel Carrier.
Thanks to its modularity, platform can be configured to carry out variety of duties such as:
- Armored Recovery and Recovery Vehicle
- Armored Medical Evacuation Vehicle
- Heavy Infantry Fighting Vehicle
- Command and Control Vehicle
- Self-Propelled Mortar Carrier
- Armored Personal Carrier
- Reconnaissance Vehicle
- Air Defence Vehicle
- Medium Tank
- Light Tank
Tulpar Light Tank
Tulpar Light Tank is designed and developed by Turkish defense firm Otokar and it was first revealed in Eurosatory 2018 defense fair. It is designed to operate in harsh terrain where regular Main Battle Tanks could not. Tulpar Light Tank offers excellent firepower, high protection and superb manoeuvrability on reliable chassis.
General Specifications
Firepower
Tulpar Light Tank offers high lethality with excellent firepower and precision. Tulpar is fitted with Cockerill 3105 Turret System. As its main armament Tulpar is armed CV-HP 105mm L/50 Rifled Cannon. CV-HP 105 has ability to all NATO Standard 105mm rounds as well as Falaric 105 Gun-Launched Anti-Tank Guided Missile. Secondary armament of 3105 consists of 12.7mm Co-Axial Machine-Gun.
Cockerill 3105 Turret System
Cockerill 3105 Turret System is designed and developed by Cockerill Defense for both tracked and wheeled armored vehicles. 3105 is armed with Cockerill’s own CV-HP 105mm L/50 Rifled Cannon and 12.7mm Co-Axial Machine-Gun. Gunner has access to Thermal and Night Sight to identify and engage threats. Commander also has Thermal and Night Sight with Commander’s Independent Thermal Viewer (CITV) which further enhances lethality of the vehicle. With CITV, turret system offers Hunter-Killer Capacity to mounted vehicle. 3105 is also fitted with Bustle Auto-Loader System, Laser Range Finder, Laser Warning Receiver as well as ability to fire Falarick 105 GL-ATGM.
Specifications
- Dimensions
- Length: 5586mm
- Width: ?
- Height: ?
- Weight: 4 Tons ?
- Armor: ?
- Armament
- Main Armament: Cockerill CV-HP 105mm L/51 Rifled Cannon
- Ready-to-Fire Ammunition: 10-12 Ready-to-Fire 105mm Cannon Rounds
- Total Ammunition: ? Total 105mm Cannon Rounds
- ATGM: Falarick 105
- Total ATGM: ?
- Co-Axial Machine-Gun: 12.7mm Machine-Gun
- Ready-to-Fire Co-Axial Machine-Gun Ammunition: ? Ready-to-Fire 12.7mm Machine-Gun Rounds
- Total Co-Axial Machine-Gun Ammunition: ? 12.7mm Machine-Gun Rounds
- Smoke Grenades: 8x
- Operational Details
- Shell: 105×617mm, NATO Standard
- Caliber: 105mm
- Rate of Fire: 6-8 Rounds Per Minute
- Feed System: Bustle-Autoloader
- Muzzle Velocity: 1620 m/s (M1060CV APFSDS-T)
- Available Rounds:
∙M1060CV APFSDS-T
∙M1061 HEAT
∙M393A3 HESH
∙M416 Smoke
∙Also All NATO Standard 105mm
- Features
- CITV
- Night Vision
- Thermal Imager
- Laser Rangefinder
- Bustle Auto-Loader
- Dual-Axis Stabilization
- Laser Warning Receiver
- Hunter-Killer Capacity (Commander’s Override)
CV-HP 105
Specifications
- Dimensions
- Length: 6095mm
- Width: ?mm
- Height: ?mm
- Weight: 1750kg
- Operational Details
- Shell: 105×617mm, NATO Standard
- Caliber: 105mm
- Rate of Fire: 6-8 Rounds Per Minute
- Feed System: Bustle-Autoloader
- Muzzle Velocity: 1620 m/s (M1060CV APFSDS-T)
Falarick 105
- Dimensions and Weight
- Missile Length: 1015 mm
- Missile Diameter: 105 mm
- Missile Weight: 25.2 kg
- Operational Details
- Missile Caliber: 105mm
- Maximum Range: 5000 m
- Guidance System
∙Semi-Automatic Laser Seeker - Firing Mode:
∙Laser Guided - Attack Modes: Direct Attack
- Warhead
- Type: Tandem Hollow-Charge
- Penetration: Not Less Than 550mm RHA Behind ERA (550mm As Represented In-Game)
Mobility
Tulpar Modular Armored Tracked Vehicle platform can be powered by power pack ranging from 700hp to 1100hp engines depending on weight class and operational needs. Tulpar Light Tank’s power pack is never really officially revealed, yet different names circulating around the net. There seems to be two possible option, either 720 horsepower or 810 horsepower engine. Likely three contenders are MTU 8V199 Diesel Engine, Scania DSI 16 Diesel Engine and Scania DSI 16 Diesel Engine. At the time being, it is impossible to tell which engine was used on Tulpar Light Tank due to scarcity of information. Although it is known that later Tulpar platform was powered by 720 horsepower Caterpillar CT13 Diesel Engine coupled Allison 4000-Series 7-Speed Automatic Transmission, Light Tank precedes this power pack option.
Option 1; MTU 8V199
MTU 8V199 16-Liter V8 Diesel Engine can be rated at both 720 and 810 Horsepower without intensive modifications. It is coupled with RENK HSWL 106 8-Speed (6 Forward, 2 Reverse) Automatic Transmission.
Option 2; Scania DSI 14
Scania DSI 14 14-Liter Diesel Engine produces 720 Horsepower, it is coupled with SAPA SG-850 32-Speed Automatic Transmission.
Option 3; Scania DSI 16
Scania DSI 16 16-Liter Diesel Engine produces 810 Horsepower, it is coupled with SAPA SG-850 32-Speed Automatic Transmission.
Tulpar Light Tank, with the 720 horsepower engine would reach 70 km/h top speed with minimum power-to-weight ratio of 16 hp/t (at the weight of maximum 45 Tons) and maximum 22.5 hp/t (at the weight of 32 Tons). With 810 horsepower engine it would reach 70 km/h top speed with minimum power-to-weight ratio of 18 hp/t (at the weight of maximum 45 Tons) and maximum 25.3 hp/t (at the weight of 32 Tons). Tulpar Light Tank likely weighs around 32 Tons (28 Tons is base weigh, 3105 weighs roughly 4 Tons), with additional armor weight might increase but it is hard to give an exact value. So I made my estimates based on lightest and heaviest possible weight which, 32 Tons and absolute maximum of Tulpar Platform 45 Tons. It is unlikely that Tulpar Light Tank would weigh 40ish Tons, my guess Tulpar would weight would be between 32 Tons and 35 Tons.
Protection
Tulpar Modular Armored Tracked Vehicle is designed with modular armor structure to allow Tulpar to meet different mission specific needs. Thanks to its modular structure, armor modules can be fixed/replaced with ease, and protection levels can be changed to allow Tulpar to fit operational requirements. As Tulpar is developed with personnel safety in mind, it offers excellent protection against variety of threats such as; IEDs, Mines, CBRN as well as Chemical and Kinetic munitions. Tulpar’s protection is qualified in terms of both structural integrity and occupant safety per STANAG 4569. Base protection of Tulpar is STANAG 4569 Level III, thanks to its modular structure protection levels can be increased to Level IV and Level V to meet operational requirements.
Specifications
- Crew: 3 Commander, Gunner, Driver
- Dimensions and Weight
- Mass: 30 Tons Approximately
- Length: 7.3m
- Width: 3.4m
- Height: +2.6m
- Armament
- Main Armament: Cockerill CV-HP 105mm L/51 Rifled Cannon
- Secondary Armament:
∙ Co-Axial 12.7mm Machine-Gun - Ammunition Capacity
∙ 12 - 16 Read-to-Fire 105mm Cannon Rounds
∙ ? Additional 105mm Cannon Rounds
∙ ? Read-to-Fire 12.7mm Co-Axial Machine-Gun Rounds
∙ ? Additional 12.7mm Co-Axial Machine-Gun Rounds
- Mobility
- Engine: Four Possible Contenders
∙ MTU 8V199 Diesel Engine, 720 Horsepower
Or
∙ MTU 8V199 Diesel Engine, 820 Horsepower
Or
∙ Scania DSI 14 Diesel Engine, 720 Horsepower
Or
∙ Scania DSI 16 Diesel Engine, 810 Horsepower - Transmission:
∙ RENK HSWL 106 Automatic Transmission, 6 Forward, 2 Reverse
Or
∙ SAPA SG-850 Automatic Transmission, 32-Speed - Suspension: Torsion Bar
- Maximum Speed: 70 km/h
- Power to Weight:
∙ 16 hp/t - 22.5hp/t (720 hp Engine, Minimum Weight 32 Tons, Maximum Weight 45 Tons)
Or
∙ 18 hp/t - 25.3 hp/t (810 hp Engine, Minimum Weight 32 Tons, Maximum Weight 45 Tons)
- Engine: Four Possible Contenders
- Protection
- Hull Armor:
∙ Base STANAG 4569 Level III
∙ Up to STANAG 4569 Level V - Turret Armor:
∙ Up to STANAG 4569 Level V - Active/Passive Protection System: None
- Smoke Grenades: 8x
- Hull Armor:
- Accessories
- Night Sight
∙ Driver
∙ Gunner
∙ Commander - Thermal Sight
∙ Driver
∙ Gunner
∙ Commander - CITV
- Laser Range Finder
- Automatic Target Tracking
- Hunter-Killer Capacity (Commander’s Override)
- Night Sight
Implementation to War Thunder
Tulpar Modular Armored Tracked Vehicle is a truly unique vehicle option for future Turkish Ground Forces Tech Tree. Platform offers variety of different vehicles to fulfil different roles in the Tech Tree, thus it should be reserved for Turkish Ground Forces Tech Tree. This specific Light Tank variant would offer similar style to Swedish CV90105, Tulpar would be perfect fit for 10.0 Battle Rating at Rank VII as Researchable Vehicle.
Additional Photos
Videos
Tulpar Light Tank Firing and Mobility Tests
Tulpar Light Tank at IDEF'21
Sources
Spoiler
Otokar Tulpar - Wikipedia
https://militaryleak.com/2018/07/13/tulpar-light-tank
https://www.army-technology.com/projects/tulpar-light-tank/
Eurosatory 2018: Otokar from Turkey unveils Tulpar 105mm light tank
DSEI 2021: Otokar has developed Tulpar modular tracked armored vehicles
Eurosatory 2022: Otokar showcases its Tulpar vehicle in 2 variants
https://defense.otokar.com.tr/OtokarSavunma/media/Otokar-Savunma/arac-brosur/TULPAR-EN-BR-2021-(AP02EG-21)-onizleme.pdf
https://www.armyrecognition.com/idef_2013_news_coverage_report_pictures_video/otokar_presents_tulpar_new_generation_of_tracked_armoured_vehicle_at_idef_2013_0805131.html
https://www.army-technology.com/projects/tulpar-light-tank/
https://militaryleak.com/2018/07/13/tulpar-light-tank
Army Guide
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l-FbJFpcpwM - Tulpar IFV I Armor Stanag Level III - IV - V I IFV Configuration has 720 Horsepower Engine
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q8rfMnutRYo -03:00 Day, Night and Thermal Camera for Driver IFV Variant CAT & Allison Power Pack with 720hp Engine, Same Powerpack used on Arma 8x8 I Modular Armor, 07:20 Hunter-Killer/Commander’s Override, 08:50 Additional 200-250 Ammunition Can be stored on the Hull
https://sapatransmission.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/tracked-vehicle-transmission.pdf - SAPA Transmission
https://militaryleak.com/2020/11/18/john-cockerill-defense-cockerill-3105/ - Cockerill 3105
https://johncockerill.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/23606.jc-defense-3105-specsheet-a4h-en-hd.pdf - Cockerill 3105