TOMA_(vehicle)
TOMA (vehicle)
Water cannon
The TOMA (Turkish: Toplumsal Olaylara Müdahale Aracı, English: Intervention Vehicle Against Social Incidents) is an armored water cannon designed for riot control by Turkish companies Otokar,[1] BMC,[2] Katmerciler,[3] Moğol Makina[4] and Nurol Makina.[5][6]
TOMAs are primarily operated by the Turkish National Police and the Turkish Gendarmerie. Following the Gezi Park protests, the Turkish government ordered a total of 73 TOMAs between 2013 and 2014, deploying them to Istanbul, Ankara and southeast Turkey.[7] Following their use by Turkish police in crackdowns on protests in Gezi Park, the TOMA received new export orders to countries such as Brazil, Chile,[8] Kuwait,[9] Libya[10] and Senegal.[11]