The Ukrainian Army received a new Kirpi Turkish APC with new weapons (video)

In total, Ukraine has ordered 200 Turkish armored personnel carriers. The first party was staged in the fall of 2022, but there was an opened Turel with a machine gun. The second Kirpy armored personnel carriers have arrived in Ukraine, which are different from the previous new combat module. It is reported by Ukraine Weapons Tracker. The first party came to the Ukrainian army in 2022. Then the Kirpi APC had an open type with a machine gun of M2 Browning 12. 7 mm caliber.

They are now installed remotely controlled combat module. According to Defense Express, judging by the personnel, on Turkish armored personnel carriers installed a combat module of Romanian manufacturer Pro Optica called Anubis. In total, Ukraine has ordered 200 APC KIRPI. Aslsan is the standard for Kirpi for KIRPI.

The publication became known that the reason for the change of combat module may be that earlier the Romanian product has not been tested for the main command of the Gendarmerie of Turkey. However, Pro Optica sold as much as 100 combat modules. Due to the unsuccessful tests of the weapons system, I had to be left in storage. Ukraine could get some of the anubis. During the fighting, the Turkish APCs have already proven their ability to save the lives of the soldiers.