Tulpar with turret 120 mm HITFACT MkII of Leonardo
Otokar, Turkiye’s global land systems manufacturer, is participating in LAAD Defence & Security 2025, South America’s leading defense and security exhibition held in Rio de Janeiro between April 1-4. At the four-day exhibition, Otokar will exhibit its modular armored tracked vehicle TULPAR with the 120 mm HITFACT MkII Leonardo Turret. Visitors will also be informed about Otokar’s superior capabilities in land systems and globally recognized 4×4, 6×6, and 8×8 wheeled vehicles, especially globally well demanded COBRA II 4×4 light tactical vehicle.
Stating that being the largest land systems exporter in Turkiye, Otokar continues to strengthen its position on a global scale with new contracts,Sedef Vehbi, Otokar Military Cluster Head said, “Being a listed NATO and UN supplier, more than 33 thousand Otokar military vehicles are on active duty in more than 40 countries and over 70 end users. We develop vehicles for today’s and future threats. Our vehicles successfully serve in risky regions all over the world, in very different and challenging climatic conditions. We develop the best solutions for our users with our global know-how, superior R&D, design and engineering capabilities. We are working with all our strength to continue our success in different geographies.”
Underlining that Otokar is a global player in land systems, Sedef Vehbi said “Our focus is on developing products and services that will best meet the requirements of our users. In recent years, we support our wide product range advance land systems capabilities with our technology transfer and localization efforts. Therefore, we are achieving significant tasks in different geographies and so proud of this success. Meanwhile as we have been focusing recently in South America too, we have already stepped in to the continent and Otokar vehicles are already serving successfully. LAAD is a great opportunity for Otokar to develop new collaborations, including local production.”
NEXT-GENERATION ARMORED COMBAT VEHICLE: TULPAR
TULPAR stands out with mobility, high firepower, and survivability features. TULPAR is designed as a multi-purpose tracked vehicle with variants ranging from 28,000kg to 45,000kg to fully satisfy the modern armies’ existing and future requirements.
TULPAR comes in several variants including but not limited to Light/medium tank, Infantry Fighting Vehicle, Recovery Vehicle, Mortar Vehicle, Air Defense Weapon Carrier, Fire Support, Medical Evacuation having common subsystems. Tested in the toughest climates and on rough terrain conditions, TULPAR boosts high ballistic and mine protection with modular armor.
In addition to its high fire and destruction power, with its high mobility TULPAR, can serve in all kinds of combat environments from urban, built-up areas and light bridges to woodlands and all terrains, especially soft surfaces where main battle tanks are unable to operate due to their heavy weights. At LAAD 2025, Otokar exhibits TULPAR with 120 mm HITFACT MkII Leonardo Turret.
MODULAR POWER FOR EVERY MISSION: COBRA II
COBRA II is actively used in more than 20 end-users in the world. It offers high level of protection, payload capacity, and large internal volume. In addition to its superior mobility, COBRA II provides high protection against ballistic, mine, and IED threats. With high power to weight ratio COBRA II delivers high performance. The combat proven vehicle is operated by many armies in different parts of the world on toughest terrain and climate conditions.
Being suitable for the integration of wide range of weapon and mission equipment options, COBRA II is successfully in service for border protection as well as internal security and peacekeeping missions in different users. The modular structure of COBRA II also makes the vehicle a flexible platform to be used as a personnel carrier, anti-tank weapons platform, Reconnaissance & Surveillance, CBRN reconnaissance vehicle, command control vehicle, recovery and medical evacuation.
