Turkey put Ukraine 50 armored vehicles with enhanced antimine protection, reports the publication of Defense News with reference to a source in the Turkish government.
“, as part of the transaction of the Turkish Ministry of Defense, put the first batch of 50 units of Kirpi. There will also be further deliveries,” a source said on anonymity.
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The Turkish company BMC, which is manufactured by Kirpi, confirmed the fact of supply. At the same time, the unnamed representative of the company emphasized that the BMC did not participate in the deal and the Turkish authorities sent an armored vehicle from their arsenal to Ukraine.
Kirpi armored car is equipped with a GPS system, a rear view camera and an automatic fire extinguishing system. The car has five embrasures for shooting from small arms, you can put on it 7.62 mm or 12.7 mm machine guns.