BMC Amazon is Multi Purpose armoured vehicle (MPAV) manufactured and designed by BMC to meet the requirements of the Turkish Land Forces.[1]
Operators
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Northern Cyprus - Donated by Turkey in 2023, operated by local Police Special Operations teams.[2][3][4]
Qatar - 35 units purchased in 2018 for Qatari Emiri Land Force.[5]
Turkey - In use with Turkish Land Forces and Police Special Operations Department.[6][7][8]
Turkmenistan - Variants equipped with Aselsan Dual SARP remote controlled weapon station spotted in use with State Border Service of Turkmenistan in 2018.[9]
References
[edit]- ^ "Amazon - BM". BMC. Retrieved 2020-01-18.
- ^ "Türkiye'den KKTC polisine silah, zırhlı araç ve ekipman desteği".
- ^ http://www.trthaber.com/haber/dunya/turkiyeden-kktc-polisine-silah-zirhli-arac-ve-ekipman-destegi-757210
- ^ "Türkiye Emniyet Genel Müdürlüğü, Polis Genel Müdürlüğü'ne 2 araç ve çeşitli teçhizat hibe etti".
- ^ "Kirpi II ve Amazon ihracat yolculuğuna başladı".
- ^ "Kıbrıs'taki birliklerden HERİKKS-VI ile tatbikat". 17 January 2022.
- ^ http://twitter.com/barbarostoprak2/status/1400808513530740737
- ^ http://twitter.com/aybarsbtr/status/1235971494175477760
- ^ http://www.armyrecognition.com/march_2018_global_defense_security_army_news_industry/turkish_bmc_vuran_amazon_armoured_now_in_service_with_turkmenistan
- ^ "BMC Kirpi Amazon Vuran armoured vehicles IDEF 2017 11505171 | IDEF 2017 Online Show Daily News | Defence security military exhibition 2017 daily news category". armyrecognition.com. Retrieved 2020-01-18.