Otokar Akrep Light Jeep was first delivered to the Turkish Army in
1997. The Cobra is
a wheeled armoured Vehicle developed by Turkish firm Otokar,
using some components from the American HMMVEE. The Cobra vehicle can perform various roles including:
Armoured Personnel Carrier, Anti-Tank Vehicle, Ground
Surveillance Radar Vehicle, Forward Observation Vehicle, Armoured Ambulance,
Armoured Command Post, turreted vehicle for 12.7mm machine gun, 20mmcannon,
anti-tank missiles or surface-to-air missiles.
Cobra can be used as an amphibious vehicle in combat.
Turkish Naval Forces is now looking for a new amphibious vehicle and Otokar
Cobra is listed amongst the candidates for acquisitions.
Operators of Otokar Akrep Light Jeep:
§ Azerbaijan
§ Bangladesh
§ Bahrain
§ Georgia
§ Kazakhstan
§ Maldives
§ Nigeria
§ Slovenia
§ Turkey
§ United Arab Emirates
§ Pakistan
Pakistan Army`s
newly inducted armored vehicle bought from turkey.
Turkey has delivered 1,260 of Otokar Akrep Light Jeep
to Pakistan. it is still in development at HIT industries texla with the
co-efforts of Turkey. Due to Good relations between Pakistan and Turkey, deal between both them is going huge. Pakistan is looking forward to have some more units of
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