Otokar Akrep
| Akrep | |
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| Type | Infantry mobility vehicle |
| Place of origin | Turkey |
| Service history | |
| In service | 1994 |
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| Production history | |
| Designer | Otokar |
| Designed | 1990 |
| Manufacturer | Otokar |
| Produced | 1994 |
| Specifications | |
| Weight | 3.6 t (3.5 long tons; 4.0 short tons) |
| Length | 4.19 m (13 ft 9 in) |
| Width | 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) |
| Height | 2.563 m (8 ft 4.9 in) |
| Crew | 2+6 |
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Main
armament |
7.62 mm or .50 inch machine gun on remote weapon station |
| Engine | diesel |
| Suspension | 4x4 |
Akrep ("Scorpion") is a Turkish infantry mobility vehicle developed by Otokar Otobus Karoseri Sanayi AS. The first prototypes were completed in May 1993 and the first vehicles came off the production line in June 1994. In addition to light reconnaissance, the vehicles were also used for escort, perimeter control, counter-insurgency, and light attack. The Akrep represented the latest offering in Otokar's portfolio of light vehicles for both civilian and military markets.
The Akrep has an all-welded steel hull with some 70% of its automotive components used from the Land Rover Defender 90/110 (4x4) vehicle. A monocoque steel armor hull protects from small arms fire up to 7.62 mm ball ammunition fired at 90° incidence and point-blank range, and shell splinters. All windows and vision blocks are made of laminated construction armored glass with a polycarbonate liner. The layout is conventional, with the engine at the front, driver and commander in the center, and the machine gun installation mounted on the roof toward the rear with the gunner seated below. The windshield is bulletproof. There are two doors with bulletproof windows at the top and firing ports below. There are also firing ports and viewers on both sides of the hull and a large rear hull door with a firing port that swings out leftward. There is a hatch in the rear section of the roof that opens rearward. The roof gun mount is typically armed with a 7.62 mm machine gun that may be aimed and fired from inside the vehicle.
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