# Chad operating Turkish-made Nurol Ejder Yalçin 4×4 armored vehicles

- Link: https://www.military.africa/2021/08/chad-operating-turkish-made-nurol-ejder-yalcin-4x4-armored-vehicles/
- Published: 2021-08-16T09:06:00+01:00
- Author: Ekene Lionel

The Chadian Army is fielding at least twenty Turkish-made Nurol Makina Ejder Yalçin
armored vehicles which were seen during a military parade in N’djamena on August
11 to mark the country’s independence day.

According to the United Nations Register of Conventional Arms sales, Turkey sold
20 wheeled armored units to Chad in 2018. Although, the register did not specify
the type.

![Chad operating Nurol Ejder Yalçin 4x4 armored](military.africa/wp-content/uploads/
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Nurol Makina Ejder Yalçin armored vehicles as seen during a military parade in N’djamena
on August 11 to mark the Chad’s independence day.

A photograph surfaced in September 2020, showing Chadians operating the Ejder Yalçins
under the UN Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA).

Made by Turkish Nurol Makina, the Nurol Ejder Yalçin is a tactical armored vehicle
that offers ballistic, mine, and improvised explosive device (IED) protection.

The Nurol Ejder Yalçin tactical armored vehicle provides protection levels of STANAG
4569 from Level 1 to 4.

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It has personnel carrying capacity of up to 9, manual or Remote Weapon Station system
integration.

This past decade, Chad procured a plethora of armored vehicles to improve its military’s
capacity.

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In June, Chad’s military-led by strongman Mahamat Idriss Déby [ordered](https://www.military.africa/2021/08/chad-operating-turkish-made-nurol-ejder-yalcin-4x4-armored-vehicles/military.africa/2021/06/chad-orders-terrier-armoured-vehicles-to-counter-rebellion)
sixty armored vehicles from the Emirati armor maker -The Armored Group (TAG).

Chad seeking an alternative is seeking alternate arms suppliers different from the
usual Eastern bloc arms manufacturers.

The country recently acquired 3[0 heavily upgraded Type 59G main battle tanks from China](https://www.military.africa/2021/08/chad-operating-turkish-made-nurol-ejder-yalcin-4x4-armored-vehicles/military.africa/2021/04/chad-operating-chinese-made-type-59g-main-battle-tank)
to supplement the outdated Russian-made T-55 main battle tanks in use on the frontline.

And in 2019 the Chadian government [signed a contract ](https://www.military.africa/2021/08/chad-operating-turkish-made-nurol-ejder-yalcin-4x4-armored-vehicles/military.africa/2019/07/chadian-government-orders-twenty-proforce-ara-2-mrap)
with Nigeria’s Proforce Defence for the sale of twenty improved Ara 2 mine-resistant
ambush-protected (MRAP) vehicles.

In addition, in July last year, the United States has [delivered 28 David light armored vehicles](https://www.military.africa/2021/08/chad-operating-turkish-made-nurol-ejder-yalcin-4x4-armored-vehicles/military.africa/2020/07/us-comes-through-for-chad-with-28-david-armored-vehicles-10-trucks-other-equipment)
designed by Alabama-based MDT Armor Corporation, to the Chadian military to support
its G5 Sahel counterterror commitments.

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