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Turkish Land Forces

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Turkish Army

Türk Kara Kuvvetleri

File:Turkish Land Forces (Army).gif
Military manpower
Conscription age 20 years of age
Availability males age 18-49: 16,756,323 (2005 est.)
Fit for military service males age 15-49: 13,905,901 (2005 est.)
Active troops 679,734 (Ranked 7th)
Military expenditures
USD figure $12.155 billion (2003) [1]
Percent of GDP 5.3% (2003) [2]

Branch of Turkish Armed Forces, at a short notice, Turkish Army (officially known as Turkish Land Forces) (Turkish: Türk Kara Kuvvetleri) can deploy 90,000 to 100,000 men strength Army Corps to conduct joint operations. The total number of troops is around 1,000,000. Turkish Army can conduct air assault operations with lift capability of 5 or 6 battalions at a time day and night.

Commander in Chief: General Hilmi Özkök

Branch General: General Yaşar Büyükanıt

Structure

Turkish Army is organized into following commands:

These commands consists of following structure:

  • 4 Field armies,
  • 10 Army corps,
  • 2 Mechanized infantry divisions,
  • 2 Mechanized infantry division headquarters (tactical),
  • 1 Infantery division and 1 training division,
  • 14 Mechanized infantry brigades,
  • 14 Armored brigades,
  • 12 Infantry/regional security brigades,
  • 5 Commando brigades,
  • 5 Training brigades.

Insignia

NATO code OF-10 OF-9 OF-8 OF-7 OF-6 OF-5 OF-4 OF-3 OF-2 OF-1
  Turkish Land Forces[1]
                        
Mareşal Orgeneral Korgeneral Tümgeneral Tuğgeneral Albay Yarbay Binbaşı Yüzbaşı Üsteğmen Teğmen Asteğmen
  • 1 Honorary/War time rank.
NATO code OR-9 OR-8 OR-7 OR-6 OR-5 OR-4 OR-3 OR-2 OR-1
  Turkish Land Forces[1]
                       No insignia
Astsubay kıdemli başçavuş Astsubay başçavuş Astsubay kıdemli üstçavuş Astsubay üstçavuş Astsubay kıdemli çavuş Astsubay çavuş Astsubay astçavuş Uzman çavuş Çavuş Uzman onbaşı Onbaşı Er

Main equipment

Turkish Army
Main battle tanks
298 Leopard 2A4 (delivery of 298 units will start in the spring of 2006 to be completed in about a year)
77 Leopard 1A3T1/TU120
150 Leopard 1A3T1
165 Leopard 1A1A1
658 M 60A3
274 M 60A1 RISE/Passive (170 will undergo a comprehensive Sabra Mk.3 upgrade)
750 M 48A5T2 (Upgraded to M 60A3 Standard)
619 M 48A5T1 (Upgraded to M 60A1 Standard)
103 M 48T5 (Upgraded to M 60A1 Standard)
658 M 48A3 (Reserve and obsolete. Used for spare parts, being scrapped)
575 M 48A2C (Reserve and obsolete. Used for spare parts, being scrapped)
Armored personnel carriers
650 FNSS Armored infantry fighting vehicle (AIFV)
1381 FNSS Advanced armored personnel carrier (AAPC)
170 FNSS Armored mortar vehicle (AMV) (self propelled 81 mm mortar)
48 FNSS Armored TOW vehicle (ATV)
3162 M 113A/A1/A2/T2/T3
179 M 106A1 (Self propelled M-30 107mm mortar)
10+ M 125A1 (Self propelled M-29 81mm mortar)
156 M 113 TOW
239 BTR-80
5 RN 94 (6X6)
5 Otokar Cobra (4X4) 60 more ordered.
Rocket launchers
30 WS1A (4X320mm) (6 batteries each with 5 launchers).
12 M270 MLRS (12X227mm)
72 MGM 140 ATACMS Block I
48 TR 107 (12X107mm)
24 RA 7040 (40X70mm)
52+ T 122 CNRA (40X122mm, 40km)
Towed artillery
162 M 115 (203mm)
538 M 114A1/A2 (155mm)
171 M 59 (155mm)
128 Skoda (150mm)
830 M 101A1 (105mm)
12 M 38 Skoda (105mm) (Used in training)
11 105R Metalgun (105mm) (Used in training)
180 M 116 (75mm)
12 T 155 Panter 155/52 FT-2000 (155mm)
Self-propelled artillery
219 M110A2 (203mm)
9 M 55 (203mm)
36 M 107 (175mm)
164 M 44T (155mm) (Upgraded)
360 M 52T (155mm) (Upgraded)
26 M 108T (155mm) (Possible upgrade)
48 T 155 Firtina (K9T) 155/52 SP-2000 (155mm)
Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs)-propelled artillery
108 Harpy Attack UAV (500 km)
2 I-GNAT Surveillance UAV (500 km)
Anti-aircraft missiles
6 Atilgan KMS (1X8 FIM-92B/C Stinger)
4 Zipkin KMS (1X4 FIM-92 Stinger)
800+ FIM 92B/C Stinger Post/RPM (4882 missiles)
1089 FIM-43A Redeye
48 9M39 Igla (SA-18 Grouse)
Attack helicopters
9 Bell AH1W Super Cobra
27 Bell AH1P Cobra
6 Bell TAH1P Cobra
Air-to-ground missiles
216 Hellfire II K2 (Used in the AH-1W Super Cobra helicopters)
n/a TOW II (Used in the AH-1S/P Cobra helicopters)
Other helicopters
28 Eurocopter AS-532UL Cougar Mk1 (4 SAR, 4 ambulance, 4 VIP, 16 utility)
21 Sikorsky S-70A28 Blackhawk (13 will undergo ASELSAN avionics upgrade, 8 SOF)
52 Sikorsky S-70D28 Blackhawk (5 SAR, 4 ambulance, 41 utility, 2 SOF CSAR)
52 Bell UH-1H/2020-ASAM
42 Bell UH-1H Iroquois (24 training)
20 Bell UH-1D
23 Augusta Bell AB205AT/2020
27 Augusta Bell AB205A1
28 Bell AB206B3 JetRanger
Anti-tank missiles
365 TOW I/II
392+ MILAN With MIRA thermal sights
550 ERYX (1200 missiles)
54 9M113M Konkurs (AT5 Spandrel) (420 missiles)
186 Cobra (Used for training purposes only)
5000+ RPG-7 (40mm)
40.000+ M72 A2 LAW (66mm)
Artillery guns without recoil
2137 M 40A1 (106mm)
1000 M 20(75mm) (in storage)
871 M 18(57mm) (in storage. Small number in use at Marines)
Anti-aircraft guns
110 M 42 (2X40mm)
312 L/70 & L/70T Bofors (40mm) (52 with Officine Galileo P56 optical sight)
600+ L/60 & M1A1 (40mm)
120 Oerlikon GDF-003 (2X35mm)
100+ Oerlikon GDF-001 (2X35mm)
440 Oerlikon GAI-D01 (2X20mm)
300+ Mk 20 Rh202 (2X20mm)
900 M55 (4X12.7mm)
Mortars
578 HY-12Di (120mm)
1265 M-30 (107mm)
324 UT1 (81mm)
3175 M1/M29 (81mm)
n/a M 19 (60mm)
Automatic grenade launchers
1500+ (40x53mm) (Mk19 copy from Roketsan)
n/a Mk19 Mod3

Source

Template:Turkish Military

  1. ^ a b "Kara Kuvvetleri Komutanlığı Rütbe ve İşaretleri". Official army (in Turkish). Retrieved 1 March 2021.
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