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BASE MODELTurkey

Kirpi (2014– )

Turkey's standard mine-resistant vehicle: 4×4 and 6×6, thirteen aboard — driver, commander, gunner and ten troops — eighteen tonnes empty and twenty laden, originally on a Cummins diesel of 375 hp.

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Kirpi (2014– ) — A BMC Kirpi.CeeGee · CC BY-SA 4.0 ↗
MODEL LINEKirpiBUILT BYBMC, İzmirPRODUCED2014OPERATED INTurkey, Pakistan, TunisiaPRODUCTIONOver 2,000 in Turkish serviceLAYOUT4 wheels

The record

Design began in 2008 and the first prototype came in 2009, the year the Turkish Land Forces awarded a contract for 614; deliveries started in 2014. Over 2,000 are now in service across the Army, Air Force, Gendarmerie and Security Directorate. A BMC TUNA engine was planned as the Cummins's replacement and was in place by January 2025.

Specification

MANUFACTURERBMC, İzmir ↗
MANUFACTURED2014–
ENGINECummins diesel of 375 hpCummins 375
PRODUCTION RUNOver 2,000 in Turkish service
COUNTRY OF ORIGINTurkey
OPERATED INTurkey, Pakistan, Tunisia, Ukraine
STATUSin production
RECORD KINDBase model
MODEL LINEKirpi
FAMILYKirpi
WHEELS4
BODY STYLEMRAP
VARIANTS1

Catalogue fields describe the vehicle's structure and body as this registry records it. They are not certified factory measurements, and no performance figures are published here.

Body styles & colours

Factory colours

  • Desert Tan

Codes on hover. Hex values are representative approximations of period paint unless a source states a measured value.

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Sources

  1. 1BMC Kirpi ↗Wikipedia · accessed 2026-09-23SOURCE

Registry record updated 2026-09-23 · status: researched