Tosun (construction equipment)
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Tosun is a remote controlled armored wheel loader developed in Turkey for combat engineering missions. It is manufactured by Best Group and used by the Turkish Army and Turkish Police.
- Power : 225 HP/168 kW
- Speed : 40 km/h
- Steering System : Articulated
- Articulated Rotation Angle : 40º
- Bucket capacity : 3,5 m3
- Technical dimensions : 3000 x 8000 x 3690 mm
- Weight : 23.240 kg
- Fuel capacity : 300 lt
- Bucket Width : 3000 mm
The armored wheel loader was developed by the Ankara-based defense company Best Group in cooperation with the heavy equipment manufacturer Çukurova Makina from Mersin in 2015.[1] The need for such construction equipment arose when removing the barricades and filling up the trenches built in 2015 by militants linked to the banned Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) in some residential areas in southeastern Turkey, such as in Yüksekova, Hakkari, Nusaybin, Mardin, and Sur, Diyarbakır. Attacks of militants with rocket-propelled grenades on the loader operator during the operation led to the initially armored-only vehicle being developed as an unmanned, remote-controlled vehicle.[1]