IAV 2025: Estonia receives NMS and Otokar Arma armoured vehicles from Türkiye

Nurol Makina displayed its NMS 4×4 armoured vehicle at IAV 2025 held in Farnborough from 21 to 23 January. (Janes/Christopher Petrov)

Estonia is receiving deliveries of the Nurol Makina NMS 4×4 vehicles and Otokar Arma 6×6 armoured personnel carriers (APCs) it is procuring, Janes learnt at Defence iQ's International Armoured Vehicles (IAV) 2025 conference held under the Chatham House Rule in Farnborough from 21 to 23 January.

Estonia ordered the NMS and Arma vehicles on 18 October 2023. At the time, the Estonian Centre for Defence Investments (ECDI) announced that it had signed contracts worth EUR200 million (over USD208 million) with the two Turkish companies for 230 vehicles, plus documentation, training, special tools, equipment, and spare parts, while Otokar said that the Arma contract was worth EUR130 million.

The NMS and Arma vehicles are equipping the Estonian Defence Forces' (EDF's) 2nd Infantry Brigade, with the 1st Infantry Brigade also receiving the NMS.

The contracts are valid for 10 years and allow for the procurement of additional armoured vehicles and spare parts, and for requests for maintenance, repairs, and the development of the vehicles. Four NMS vehicles are also being procured for the Estonian Rescue Board's Explosive Ordnance Disposal Centre. The Estonian NMS is the extended wheelbase (EWB) model, and most of the NMS and Arma vehicles are standard troop carrier versions while some are command-and-control vehicles, according to the ECDI.

Deliveries began during the second half of 2024 and are planned to take one and a half years, Janes learnt at IAV 2025.

For more information, please see Update: Estonia orders Nurol Makina NMS 4×4 vehicles and Otokar Arma 6×6 APCs .