SSB released a video to summarise Turkish Defence Industry 2021 activities. According to the video, the Turkish army received ASELSAN has 120mm and 81mm ALKAR mortars systems. The 120mm variant was integrated into various armoured vehicles, and the 81mm version was seen in various base areas.
ALKAR 81 mm and 120 mm
Mortar Weapon System is a modern weapon system integrated on a turret equipped
with Automatic Barrel Laying, Automatic Ammunition Loading System (120 mm),
Recoil Mechanism and Fire Control Systems.
ALKAR 120 mm Mortar
Weapon System General Specifications
• Integration of any domestic/foreign
rifled or smoothbore mortar barrel
• Modular system
architecture enabling integration to tracked vehicles, tactical wheeled
vehicles and stationary platforms
• Automatic Ammunition
Loading system allowing precise, fast and safe loading of ammunition
• Usability with all
kinds of mortar ammunition
• Automatic and
precise laying following the calculated fire command
• Precise position and
barrel laying detection with Inertial Navigation System
• Fast and accurate ballistic
calculation using ‘NATO Armaments Ballistic Kernel (NABK).’
• Muzzle velocity
measurement
• Receiving
meteorological data via digital communication
• Accurate ballistic
calculation with the use of muzzle velocity and meteorological data
Technical
Specifications
• Barrel : 120 mm
Rifled*
• Range
• Min : 1500 m*
• Max : 8000 m*
• Barrel Length : 1900
mm*
• Recoil Force : <
25 tonnes
• Time to Shoot : <
1 minute
• Time to Scoot : <
10 second
• Firing Sector
• Azimuth : ± 3200
milyem
• Elevation : 800 -
1200 milyem*
• Dimensions
• Width : 1450 mm
• Length : 2450 mm
• Height : 1100 mm
