Cobra 4WD

The Cobra is a wheeled light armored vehicle developed by Turkish firm Otokar, using some components from the American HMMWV. It was first delivered to the Turkish Army in 1997.

Variants
The Cobra vehicle forms a common platform which can be adapted for various roles and mission requirements including: Armoured Personnel Carrier, Anti-Tank Vehicle, Reconnaissance Vehicle, Ground Surveillance Radar Vehicle, Forward Observation Vehicle, Armoured Ambulance, Armoured Command Post, turreted vehicle for 12.7mm machine gun, 20mm cannon, anti-tank missiles such as the TOW missile/Spike missile or surface-to-air missiles.

Cobra can be use as amphibious vehicle in combat. Turkish Naval Forces is now looking for a new amphibious vehicle and Otokar Cobra is listed amongst the candidates for acquisitions.

Operators

 * Algeria - 600
 * Bahrain - N/A
 * Georgia - 150+
 * Maldives - 5 Cobras
 * Nigeria - 193 Cobras for a total of $58.8 Million including spare parts.
 * Slovenia - 10 Cobras; NBC recon variant, possible future sale of more units
 * Bangladesh - few Cobras have been procured to test in Bangladeshi condition. There is a future plan to procure more.
 * Turkey - 789 Cobras
 * United Arab Emirates - N/A
 * Iraq - Iraqi Army
 * Russia - At least One Abandoned Georgian Vehicle Carted Off During the 2008 South Ossetia war