Answering Hakan Celik's questions on CNN Turk, ROKETSAN General Manager Murat Iki made important statements. The second made statements about the KARAOK anti-tank missile and the SUNGUR portable air defense system:
“The tests of the SUNGUR MANPADS system, which is thrown off the shoulder, have been completed, mass production continues. It has a distance of 8.5 km. On the anti-tank side, there is the KARAOK ATGM. It is now very close to mass production.”
KARAOK, which Roketsan started to work on in 2016, is expected to be included in the Turkish Armed Forces inventory in 2022. Roketsan's anti-tank missile family is expanding with the KARAOK, a Short Range At-Forget Type Anti-Tank Weapon Used by Single Privates. KARAOKE; In air attack, airborne and amphibious operations, it will ensure the effective performance of the tasks of stopping, delaying, channeling and destroying armored and mechanized units of commando and infantry battalions at ranges up to 2.5 kilometers.
The SUNGUR low-altitude air defense missile, on the other hand, was listed in the inventory as a pedestal-mounted (2×2 launcher on BMC Vuran) and a single soldier configuration, respectively. The SUNGUR missile is also planned to be used in the LEVENT air defense system introduced by ROKETSAN at IDEF21, with an enlarged version of its rocket engine.
KARAOK Short Range Anti-Tank Missile
KARAOK, a Short Range At-Forget Type Anti-Tank Weapon Used by Single Personnel, is a portable missile system that can operate day and night thanks to the Infrared Imaging Head on it. KARAOKE; It can be used in air attack, airborne and amphibious operations to stop, delay, channel and destroy threats at short range.
In the product catalog published by ROKETSAN, the range of KARAOK was stated as 1000 meters. It was shared that the range of KARAOK, which is under development, has been increased to 2021 meters in the catalog published in January 2500.
KARAOK, which started to work in 2016, is aimed to be included in the Turkish Armed Forces (TAF) inventory towards the end of 2022. KARAOK can be used successfully in any combat environment, especially in built-up combat, where light portable anti-tank missiles with a relatively shorter range and less back danger zone are needed.
