Armored Amphibious Assault Vehicle ZAHA, which was developed to cope with the difficult conditions encountered on the battlefield, successfully continues her qualification activities.
İsmail Demir, President of the Presidency of Defense Industries, gave information about the work for ZAHA on his Twitter account share. Demir used “ZAHA, which instills trust in friends and fear in the enemy, is getting ready to fulfill the tasks that will be given to herself. The vehicle has completed mine and ballistic tests. Reliability and maintainability tests continue with land and sea drives.” expressions.
ZAHA, developed by the Turkish defense industry company FNSS, will carry out tasks such as transporting amphibious infantry personnel from the sea to the coast in bad sea conditions, supporting the operation with firepower in case of need and transporting personnel safely to the interior with her survivability.
ZAHA reaches a maximum speed of 70 kilometers per hour on land with her tracked walking system and can move at a maximum speed of 7 knots at the sea with her propulsion system.
ZAHA has superior survivability with her armor structure and superior firepower with her remote-controlled weapon system.
ZAHA, which can correct herself in case of reversing in difficult sea conditions, will safely transport amphibious infantry personnel to the battlefield with a certain number of mine passage opening systems.