MKE continues deliveries and expands overseas production

Turkish defense giant MKE carried out a series of planned deliveries and production milestones this week, supplying ammunition and weapon systems to Turkish security forces, industrial partners and an overseas customer while completing a new production line abroad.

Over the past seven days MKE delivered assorted calibres and munition types to several Turkish services and a domestic systems integrator. Recipients included the Land Forces Command, which received 20 mm cartridges, 40 mm low velocity mortar rounds, 122 mm short range rocket artillery rockets and 155 mm M107 howitzer high explosive ammunition. The Air Forces Command received MK84 aircraft bombs. The Coast Guard received 9 mm cartridges. In addition MKE completed delivery of a Fırtına self propelled howitzer weapon system and a 155 mm Fırtına carriage set to BMC Savunma.

On the export side MKE reported that a shipment of 7.62 mm cartridges to the Philippines was completed successfully.

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MKE inaugurated a cartridge assembly and filling line in Mongolia in a ceremony attended by Defense Minister Yaşar Güler, Mongolian Defense Minister Damda Batlut and MKE General Manager İlhami Keleş. The facility will produce multiple calibres of cartridges. The Mongolian line follows an earlier installation in Jordan and forms part of ongoing overseas assembly and filling projects that MKE says are active in eight countries.

Six 105 mm Boran lightweight towed howitzers and associated ammunition delivered to the Republic of North Macedonia on 6 June 2025 completed live firing tests in-country. The Boran is a 105 mm 30 calibre towed howitzer designed to be air transportable. With a reported combat weight of 1,745 kilograms it is described as a lightweight system and can be readied to fire in under one minute. The gun has a maximum effective range beyond 17 kilometres with long range ammunition and a sustained rate of fire of roughly 10 to 12 rounds per minute. MKE said further exports of the Boran to another European customer are planned.

MKE-listed sniper rifles including the KNT-76 BORA-12 KN-12 KNT-859 MKE-408 and MAM-15 and their variants will participate in the 7th Boran International Sniper Competition. The event is scheduled for 6 to 13 October 2025 at the Foça Gendarmerie Commando Training Command. MKE also plans to introduce a new 9.52 mm sniper rifle, the MKE-375, with a claimed effective range in excess of 3,000 metres.

MKE hosted delegation visits in recent weeks aimed at familiarising foreign and domestic military representatives with its factories and product range. Visitors included Land Forces Commander General Metin Tokel, the head of Egypt’s Border Security Command Brigadier General Mohammed Ahmed Mohammed İbrahim and representatives from the Colombian Army Fire Support Command. Company briefings and facility tours formed part of these programmes.