Military Vehicles [Turkey]: Otokar Kobra "Cobra" ARV (Türk Kara Kuvvetleri)

Language of Video Presentation: Turkish (Türkçe)

The Cobra (Turkish: Kobra) is a wheeled light Armoured Reconnaissance Vehicle (ARV) serving with the Türk Kara Kuvvetleri (TKK), the Turkish army. It is developed by Otokar Otobus Karoseri Sanayi AS; a Turkish bus and military vehicles manufacturer located in Sakarya, Turkey. It uses some components from the American HMMWV and it was first delivered to the Turkish Army in 1997.

The vehicle has monocoque steel v-hull that provides protection against small arms fire, artillery shell shrapnel, anti-personnel/tank mines and IEDs. Front wheel arches are designed to be blown away to free blast pockets in the event of an explosion. The vehicle can also be made amphibious.

Since the vehicle forms a common platform, it can be adapted for various roles and mission requirements which include: Armoured Personnel Carrier.
Anti-Tank Vehicle.
Reconnaissance Vehicle.
Ground Surveillance Radar Vehicle.
Forward Observation Vehicle.
Armoured Ambulance.
Armoured Command Post.

The vehicle can be fitted with a turret which can then be equipped with a variety of armaments: 12.7mm machine gun, 20mm cannon, anti-tank missiles, such as the TOW missile/Spike missile, or surface-to-air missiles.

There are a few countries that operate Cobras. These are:

Algeria - 600
Georgia - 150
Nigeria - 193
Slovenia - 10
Turkey - 789

Sources:
http://www.otokar.com/en/products/product_detail.aspx?urun=44
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otokar_Cobra

Category:

Autos & Vehicles

Tags:

• Otokar
• Kobra
• Cobra
• ARV
• Armored
• Armoured
• Reconnaissance
• Vehicle
• Turkey
• Turkish
• Army
• Military
• Türk
• Kara
• Kuvvetleri

[photosshop]

Looks like shit!

[DanieruShidebuteru]

It doesn't look too bad at all, to be honest. Personally, Casspir is way way uglier but then, I'm more interested on how it performs; and Casspir does its job excellently.

Not sure how these Cobras perform so far, but I'm sure some were out and about during Georgian/Russian conflict not too long ago; Georgians bought quite a few of these from the Turks.

Thank's for your comment!

[1perpotet23]

good memories from bfbc2......

[DevastatedX]

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[Zh1tube]

I would like to buy 1 of these, the amphibious version! lol



[davut1212]

yürü be Türkiyem yolun açık olsun yüreğin imanla dolsun

[xxsolidsteelxx]

the shape of it deflects bullets and fire. that why the sides are bent at 45 degree angles. That ugly truck is gonna save your life

[Skyguyfrom501legion]

Much Better the humvee , it can swim , it can defend troops from anti inventory weapons , it the most highquality and the best armed , love it !!!

[gamestopper100]

@photosshop this is the future not even there are better stuff than this and btw it looks kool just look at other video's it looks awesome BTW this is a hummer h1 with a diffrent body can drive in water like a boat without tires touching the ground like in a lake and eletronic turret on top fully armored awesome its a win win its awesome

[aussiedave24nsw]

anything that can protect owl troops better should be used no matter who makes it

[kertaspaper94]

Bring back the glory of the Ottomans!

[toyom00]

most large..smaller in the video seems