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Turkey's state-owned defense company MKE has delivered three more E-ZPT electric armored personnel carriers to the Turkish Land Forces Command. The E-ZPT is a rebuilt M113 that runs on battery power instead of a diesel engine alone. MKE announced the handover on October 15, adding to a small fleet of electric APCs already in service.
Turkish state defense company MKE destroyed a drone at 760 meters during a live-fire demonstration of a new 20-kilowatt fiber laser weapon developed for its TOLGA close-in air defense system. The test took place at the Ateş Serbest-2026 event near Ankara.
Turkey's state-owned Makina ve Kimya Endüstrisi (MKE) announced it has established a wholly owned Egyptian subsidiary called Zafer to produce ammunition and ordnance under Egyptian law. MKE General Manager Ilhami Keles disclosed the move at the Al-Alamein airshow.