According to a press release published by the Turkish company FNSS, Under the contract signed between FNSS and the Philippine Department of National Defense (DND), the Philippines which entered into force in August 2020, FNSS will provide stabilized one-man turrets production, integration and logistics support services to the Philippine Army.
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FNSS Saber one-man turret produced by Turkish company can be easily integrated on tracked or wheeled armored vehicles. (Picture source FNSS)
It is planned that the turrets will be integrated into the vehicles in October 2021 and training and logistics support services will be completed by December 2021.
Within the modernization program of the Philippine Army, the main goal of this project is to upgrade the firepower of existing tracked armored vehicles. In this scope, one-man turrets, which were previously produced and put into service in other countries, will be produced with a state-of-art fire control capability and sight systems (day/night). The turrets will be manufactured at FNSS facilities, will then be integrated into tracked armored vehicles by FNSS in the Philippines and delivered to the user. The acceptance tests will take place both in Turkey and the Philippines and the training for the turrets will be held in the Philippines under the integrated logistics support services activities.
One-man turrets of different caliber armaments were the choice of the Philippine Army against products of the world's renowned companies with the cost-effectiveness and superior technical features.
This will be a project under the Defense Industry Cooperation Agreement signed between Turkey and the Philippines governments.
The Turkish company FNSS produces a full range of man and unmanned turret that be easily integrated to wheeled and tracked armored vehicles. The Saber is one of the most popular products in the turret family produced by FNSS. SABER is a medium caliber one man power-operated turret that can be integrated on wheeled and tracked armored vehicles. SABER turret incorporates the latest technologies in turret drives, fire control, protection, and lethality. Its compact dimensions and lightweight makes SABER a suitable choice for different types of armored vehicles.
The Saber turret can be armed with a wide range of weapon systems including M242 25 mm dual-feed automatic cannon, 40 mm automatic grenade launcher (AGL), and a 12.7 mm machine gun. A 7.62 mm coaxial machine gun is also available with all these configurations. The gun turret drive system is electrical and fully digital with two-axis stabilization capability to ensure high accuracy of fire on the move.
The Saber turret is also fitted with digital fire control and sighting system includes a 3rd Generation Long Wave or Mid Wave Thermal Imager, a telescopic day optical channel, an eye-safe Laser Range Finder, and a ballistic computation capability.
