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UKAP
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In serviceTurkeyArmedRemote-controlled

Katmerciler · military or security robot

UKAP

A tracked remote-controlled weapon platform fitted with an ASELSAN stabilised turret, ordered by the Turkish Armed Forces in 2018.

Price
—Not published
Height
—Not published
Weight
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Payload
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Speed
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Battery
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Why it matters

UKAP is on the market today.

Real-world use

Turkish Armed Forces

Timeline

First shown
2017-05
Released
2018
IDEF 2017, Istanbul

Maker

KatmercilerCompany · founded 1985 · Izmir, Turkey

Listed on Borsa Istanbul since 2010

Public attention

How much public attention UKAP gets, from open data.

  • No Wikipedia article of its own yet
  • 2 news stories from reputable press listed on this page

Measures how much people read and write about a robot, not how good it is. Measured 2026-10-13; same method for every robot. How it is measured

What’s inside

The parts the company has talked about publicly.

Movement
Tracks
How it runs
Remote-controlled. An operator drives it and controls its turret remotely, and any firing is decided by that person.
Actuators & motors
Tracked; hybrid battery/generator power; up to 25 km/h
Sensors & vision
ASELSAN SARP turret with day and night imaging, laser rangefinder and automatic target tracking
Battery & power
About 5 hours on battery or 8 hours with the generator (maker figures)
Other details
Second long-range remote control unit; turret takes a 12.7 mm or 7.62 mm machine gun or 40 mm grenade launcher (as published)

From the maker

UKAP is the only machine from Katmerciler (with ASELSAN SARP turret) in the atlas.

Watch UKAP

Video: Katmerciler A.S on YouTube. Plays from youtube-nocookie.com when you press play.

Made, sold and where

Unit counts are usually company figures; analysts often disagree.

Price
Not published
How to get one
No official buying page found
Built
Serial production started by June 2018
Sold or delivered
20+ ordered by Turkey's defence procurement agency
Where it is sold or used
Turkey (Katmerciler, with ASELSAN turret)
Customers and pilots
Turkish Armed Forces

News

The latest 2, newest first. Summaries are ours; tap through for the original.

  1. UKAP enters serial production

    Shephard reported serial production had begun and 20 UKAPs would be delivered in batches after live-fire trials.

    Shephard
  2. Turkey orders armed UGVs

    Turkey's defence procurement agency said more than 20 Katmerciler UKAP vehicles were ordered for the armed forces.

    The Defense Post

Side by side with its peers

Picked by the same rules for every robot: another maker’s robot that moves the same way, is at the same stage and does at least one of the same main jobs, first shown within two years. Closer size and price rank higher. How we choose

Full comparison
MeasureUKAPUKAPKatmerciler (with ASELSAN SARP turret)MilošMilošMilitary Technical Institute (designer); PPT Namenska (maker)Same job: fire support · Both on tracks · Both on sale or in pilotsUran-9Uran-9JSC 766 UPTK (later Kalashnikov Concern)Same job: fire support · Both on tracks · Both on sale or in pilots
First shown2017-0520172016-09
StatusCommercialCommercialCommercial
Height——250 cm
Weight—430 kg10000 kg
Joints———
Speed—12.5 km/h35 km/h
Payload———
Battery———
Price———

Sources

Figures come from press coverage. Every link below backs something on this page.

The Defense Post Turkey says armed unmanned ground vehicles to be used in Efrin operation Shephard Eurosatory 2018: Armed Turkish UGV nears Syrian deployment

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