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K2 Black Panther (Korean: K-2 흑표; Hanja: K-2 黑豹; RR: K-2 Heukpyo) is a South Korean fourth-generation main battle tank (MBT), designed by the Agency for Defense Development and manufactured by Hyundai Rotem.
The South Korean K1 tank The South Korean K2 Black Panther tank By the 1970s, the Republic of Korea was desperately in need of additional main battle tanks. M4A3E8 "Easy Eight" variant of Sherman tanks , dating back to World War II, had been retired from service by the Republic of Korea Army , and the backbone of the South Korean armor was ...
South Korea: Main battle tank: 484: Hyundai Rotem: Produced from 1999 to 2010. [citation needed] All K1A1s will be upgraded to the K1A2 model. Upgrades are expected to be completed by 2022. [8] K2 Black Panther South Korea: Main battle tank: 260 Hyundai Rotem: Produced from 2013. Initial mass production has been under way since the end of 2013.
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.
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 2026. K1A2: 484 Republic of Korea: K2 Black Panther: 206 Republic of Korea: Put into service in June 2014. Total 260 to ...
The T-72 main battle tank was licensed-produced in the former Czechoslovakia but after its dissolution in the early 1990s, upgrade programs were developed both in Czechia and Slovakia to keep their fleets of T-72 MBTs operational and combat capable. M60 Phoenix: 2004 Jordan: 182 The M60 Phoenix is a Jordanian upgrade of the M60A3 main battle ...
South Korea's acting President Choi Sang-mok on Monday ordered an emergency safety inspection of the country's entire airline operation as investigators worked to identify victims and find out ...
It was decided to introduce a hard-kill active protection system to strengthen the survival of South Korean main battle tanks (MBT), and the development was completed under the leadership of ADD from 2006 to December 2011.