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Today the South Korean army has 2,500 tanks in operation, including the K1A1 and K2 Black Panther, which form the backbone of the South Korean army's mechanized armor and infantry forces. A sizable arsenal of many artillery systems, including 1,700 self-propelled K55 and K9 Thunder howitzers and 680 helicopters and UAVs of numerous types, are ...
South Korea: General-purpose machine gun: 7.62×51mm NATO: Planned to replace the M60 machine gun: M60: Daewoo Precision Industries United States South Korea: General-purpose machine gun: 7.62×51mm NATO: M60, M60D and M60E2 Produced under license; being replaced by the K16 K6 machine gun SNT Dynamics South Korea: Heavy machine gun: 12.7×99mm NATO
However, consensus of the defense sector (the politicians, the military, and developers) viewed the K1 tanks as a "humiliation", because the tank itself was a proof that South Korea lacked in tank developing technology. It was a matter of national pride to have the ability to design and build a leading main battle tank. [12]
The K1, also known as Type 88 by American engineers, is a South Korean main battle tank designed by Chrysler Defense (later General Dynamics Land Systems) and Hyundai Precision Industry (later Hyundai Rotem) for the Republic of Korea Armed Forces.
1.6 Anti-tank munitions. 1.7 Tanks. ... Republic of Korea Army: Republic of Korea Navy: ... Military of South Korea; Republic of Korea Air Force;
South Korea showcased an arsenal of advanced weaponry in a military parade on Tuesday, rolling tanks and missiles down the streets of its rain-soaked capital during the first event of its kind in ...
North Korea: Korea, South: M48A3K: 300 United States: M48A5, M48A5K: 500 United States: T-80U, T-80UK: 35 Soviet Union: South Korea was given 33 T-80Us during 1996 and 1997 and 2 T-80UKs in 2005 as a partial interest payment of Russian debts incurred during the Soviet era. K1, K1E1: 1,027 Republic of Korea: All K1s will be upgraded to K1E1 by ...
South Korea: 1027 51.1 tons 1200 hp Referred to as the "Type 88" by American engineers. First Main Battle Tank in use with the Republic of Korea Armed Forces, designed by General Dynamics. [13] 2001 South Korea: 484 53.2 tons 1200 hp The K1A1 is an improved version of the K1, developed by Hyundai Rotem.