The armored vehicles that Otokar, the leading land defense systems manufacturer ofTurkey, designs and manufactures with high levels of protection and superior mobilitycontinue to be favored by friendly and allied countries. With exports going at full speed,Otokar received a new order from an African country for various armored vehicles, wortharound $110 million.

The order consists of Arma 8x8 and Cobra II tactical wheeledarmored vehicles, spare parts and training services, with plans to start delivery in 2021and complete by the end of 2022.

Pointing out Otokar’s outstanding success in international markets, Serdar Görgüç,General Manager of Otokar said: “Our armored vehicles, with all intellectual propertyrights owned by Otokar, are favored in the international arena thanks to our excellentengineering and superior Research & Development (R|&D) capabilities. With this order, our Arma 8x8 vehicle willbegin to serve in missions on Africa for the first time.”

“We are particularly proud to receivethis order from a country that we have previously exported to. The vehicles that ourclient has already included in its inventory and has been pleased with became areference for the new order. The client chose Otokar to meet its 4x4 and 8x8 tacticalwheeled armored vehicle needs,” he added.

Otokar’s armored vehicles currently serve in the inventories of more than 50 clients inover 35 countries. Recognized among the world’s handful of best-in-class vehicles,Otokar armored vehicles are preferred especially for their superior mobility, protectionlevels and survivability.

Founded in 1963, Otokar offers products with owned intellectual property rights, using its owntechnology, design and applications to provide solutions tailored to the needs of its customers.Otokar, a Koç Group company, designs and manufactures a wide range of defense industryproducts including 4x4, 6x6, 8x8 tactical wheeled armored vehicles and tracked armored vehiclesas well as turret systems.