METİ (EOD vehicle)

METİ, in capitalized form short for (Turkish: Mayın ve El Yapımı Patlayıcı Tespit İmha Aracı), literally land mine and improvised explosive device detection and disposal vehicle, is a wheeled armored explosive ordnance disposal (EOD) vehicle.

[1] Developed for the needs of the Turkish Army for land mine and improvised explosive device disposal, the four-wheel armored vehicle carries nine personnel.

It has hydraulic jacks for stabilization, and is capable of high protection against ballistic missiles and mines, electronic countermeasure of radio and radar jamming as well as fire extinguishing.

The robotic arm can perform various functions, such as to detect hiden cables, break hard ground with air hammer, soften soil with harrow, remove earth with loader bucket and cut cables with cutter.

Manufactured by the BMC Turkey, it entered service in the Turkish Army early December 2021.