# Gambia orders HIZIR armoured vehicles from katmerciler

- Link: https://www.military.africa/2022/06/gambia-orders-hizir-armoured-vehicles-from-katmerciler/
- Published: 2022-06-27T17:35:11+01:00
- Author: Ekene Lionel

Gambia has ordered at least 20 HIZIR 4×4 armoured vehicles from katmerciler in an
agreement signed in August 2021.

Furkan Katmerci, the deputy chairperson of the Executive Board of Katmerciler, previously
said regarding vehicle, that the company’s “export move toward friendly countries
from different parts of the world, particularly Africa, continues.”

In March 2021, Gambian Defense Minister Seikh Omar Faye and some delegates visited
Turkey where he was welcomed by Turkey’s National Defense Minister Hulusi Akar.

During the meetings, bilateral and regional security, defense matters and cooperation
opportunities in the defense industry were discussed.

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The Hizir acquisition from katmerciler will help improve the Gambiam military capacity
to combat a variety of security challenges.

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In Africa, Gambia is the latest Hizir operator, after Kenya and Uganda also acquired
the type. [Kenya ordered 118 of the type last year](https://www.military.africa/2021/01/kenya-orders-118-katmerciler-hizr-armoured-vehicles-from-turkey),
for delivery in 2022-23, while [Uganda ordered 30](https://www.military.africa/2021/01/uganda-displays-turkish-katmerciler-hizir-4x4-armoured-vehicle-ahead-of-election),
with deliveries in 2020 in the type’s first export sale.

Katmerciler in July 2021 [signed a contract with the Kenyan Defense Ministry ](https://www.military.africa/2021/01/kenya-orders-118-katmerciler-hizr-armoured-vehicles-from-turkey)
to provide the African country with armored vehicle products including the Hızır.

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The contract, worth $91.4 million, was dubbed the company’s largest single export
deal.

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