Turkish Akinci Drone’s First Firing of Roketsan Smart Munitions

Turkey’s Akinci combat drone has for the first time fired MAM laser-guided smart munitions manufactured by Roketsan.

On Thursday, Selcuk Bayraktar, chief technology officer (CTO) tweeted that Akinci hit its target accurately. He shared a video that showed the drone firing MAM-T, MAM-C and MAM-L smart micro munitions (MAM).

During the test conducted in the Baykar’s training and test center in northwestern Tekirdağ’s Çorlu district, all three munitions without warheads, which were sent from Akıncı UCAV with laser targeting, hit the targets with pinpoint accuracy, Ismail Demir, head of Defense Industries Presidency (SSB), said.

MAM-C is the high explosive variant while MAM-L is the thermobaric one. The new MAM-T long-range variant was used for the first time during the firing test. It has Block-1 configuration ammunition and a semi-active laser seeker head that provides high sensitivity against moving and stationary targets. The weapon can be used to destroy armored vehicles, buildings and surface targets located 30 km away.