Kaya (Turkish: Rock) is designed and developed by
Otokar
Otokar Otomotiv ve Savunma Sanayi A.Ş., also known simply as Otokar, is a Turkish bus and military vehicle manufacturer headquartered in Sakarya, Turkey. Otokar is a subsidiary of Koç Holding.
History
Otokar was founded in 1963 as Turkey's ...
as a mine-protected vehicle (
MRAP
Mine-Resistant Ambush Protected (MRAP; ) is a term for United States Armed Forces, United States military light tactical vehicles produced as part of the MRAP program that are designed specifically to withstand improvised explosive device (IE ...
). It is based on the proven
Unimog
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500 chassis for high level cross country mobility.
Otokar Kaya comes in two primary variants:
* The first being the armoured personnel carrier (APC) with armoured driver's cabin in the front and armoured troop compartment in the back that can carry 10 fully equipped soldiers. Due to its flexible design, the APC variant can be adapted into an ambulance or a command post vehicle.
* The second variant is a cargo carrier with protected driver's cabin but without the troop compartment in the back, instead having an unprotected flatbed cargo area.
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Armoured fighting vehicles of Turkey
Kaya
Kaya may refer to:
People
*Kaya (given name)
*Kaya (surname)
Places
*Kaya, Burkina Faso, a town in Burkina Faso, capital of the department
*Kaya Airport, serving the town
* Kaya Department, a department or commune of Sanmatenga Province in centr ...