Tubitak Bilgem has completed the development and testing of two laser systems for the Turkish army, foreign media reported.
Both systems use continuous wave lasers with a working wavelength of 1070 nanometers (±10 nanometers).
The first laser system, called the Armol on-board lasaer pointer system (VMLS), can be integrated into the ottoka cobra 4×4 light armoured vehicle (LAV). The cobra is equipped with a 220kw power supply at the rear and a tilted high-energy laser at the top, with a maximum output power of 5 kw. It can rotate 180° left and right and between -30° and 95° longitudes. The Armol onboard laser system, which includes a thermal camera, daylight camera, laser rangefinder and laser illuminator, is capable of jamming cameras and other optical equipment at a maximum range of 7.5 km and damaging uavs and improvised explosive devices at a maximum range of 1 km. If a radar system is installed, target tracking can be achieved.
The second laser system, the Tumol mobile laser system mounted on a rifle, can be used to jam uavs and can be mounted on weapons with picatini rails.