MKE’s Boran ATLTH is displayed at IDEF 2025. (Janes/Nicholas Fiorenza)
MKE’s Boran Air Transportable Light Towed Howitzer (ATLTH) is displayed at the International Defence Industry Fair (IDEF) 2025 held in Istanbul from 22 to 27 July, the week after North Macedonia formed a battery of six of the artillery pieces.
Speaking during the ceremony at the ‘Mirce Acev’ barracks in Prilep to mark the formation of the artillery battery on 18 July, the Chief of General Staff of the Army of the Republic of North Macedonia, Major General Sashko Lafciski, said the procurement of the Boran howitzers marked the beginning of the implementation of one of the key components of the country’s equipment and ammunition for indirect fire support project. He noted that this would fulfil Macedonian obligations under NATO’s 2021 capability goals package and confirmed by its new 2025 target package.
“It is a new modern weapon that has the required tactical and technical characteristics,” Maj Gen Lafciski said. “The Turkish Armed Forces received this weapon in 2021, and only four years later it is part of our army… The supply of these artillery assets significantly strengthens the army’s indirect fire support capabilities, while achieving the desired interoperability for participation in NATO-led operations.”
Turkish Ambassador to North Macedonia Fatih Ulusoy added, “Today we jointly look at concrete examples of our military and defence industry co-operation. MKE’s Boran howitzers and the Aselsan command-and-control (C2) systems that North Macedonia purchased from our country are an important step in the achievement of NATO standards by the Macedonian army. We appreciate that our companies, which produce according to European standards and at low prices, will continue to contribute to the modernisation efforts of our ally, the Army of [the Republic of] North Macedonia, according to NATO standards.”
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