How South Africa’s Hensoldt supplied gimbals to Bayraktar TB2 drone users – Military Africa

South Africa’s defence company Hensoldt has been selling it’s gimbal products to countries buying the Turkish-made Bayraktar TB2 drones, albeit discreetly.

Military Africa has tracked at least two users of Hensoldt’s ARGOS-II HDT EO/FLIR Airborne Observation System, instead of the usual Canadian L3 WESCAM MX-15D, or Turkish Aselsan CATS gimbal on their Bayraktar TB2s.

Turkmenistan and Azerbaijan were supplied Hensoldt’s ARGOS-II HDT EO/FLIR Airborne Observation System for their Bayraktar TB2 drones,veven though both countries were listed to have procured either Canadian WESCAM MX-15D, or Turkish Aselsan CATS gimbal on their Bayraktar TB2s.