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TROY TECHNOLOGY

DEFENSE

TROY TECHNOLOGY DEFENSE GENERAL MANAGER SAIT ERSOY BEREKETLIOĞLU
DESCRIBED THE COMPANY’S DRONE-LAUNCHED, RECOILLESS ROCKET IN AN
INTERVIEW WITH DEFENSEHERE.COM, STATING:
“Our product is a 40 millimeter locally and domestically. We do not
rocket. The Rocket’s development have any external dependencies. We
began seven years ago. We can equip can also conduct design and testing
it with several different warheads. in-house. We are continuing our
One of these warheads is the armor- efforts in this regard as well. Since
piercing warhead. In addition to 2017, we have held the patent for
these armor-piercing warheads are rocket launching from drones.
anti-personnel and incendiary types.
The system’s main goal is to detect
The mini rocket is 170mm long and threatening elements or neutralize
is launched from a 550-mm firing previously detected targets in a
tube. The weight of the 370-gram controlled manner from a specified
rocket together with the disposable distance without sending personnel
firing tube corresponds to a total
500 grams. Up to 6 rockets can be into the danger zone. The goal is
integrated with a mini-UAV. to strike and destroy fixed targets
such as unarmored and lightly
The rocket’s range is a maximum 2 armored vehicles, buildings, and
kilometers, but we have set a target small structures by mounting the
effective range of 100-800 meters mini-rocket onto small UAVs and
and are able to hit targets within this unmanned ground vehicles (UGVs).”
range.
This system is advantageous due to
The warhead’s effectiveness radius its domestic and national nature,
is 12 meters. We can successfully low cost, ability to be adapted
reach our target at 12 meters. All the
rocket’s testing has been completed. according to need, ease of use, light
weight and ability to being carried in
We produce our explosives ourselves, multiple units by personnel.