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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 KAPS was developed for the K2 Black Panther, but it was not installed on the K2 due to high production costs, concerns about damage to infantry, and problems that Multispectral Screening Smoke Grenade (MSSG) soft-kill and hard-kill active protection systems could not be used at the same time. The K2 tank currently being mass-produced is ...
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 ...
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 ...
The K2 Black Panther main battle tank is another land vehicle that is being exported. The tank has been sought in large quantities by Poland and Oman, as well as co-developed with Turkey to produce the Altay tank. [15] [17] South Korea could sell 76 K2s to Oman in a deal worth up to $884.6 million. In September 2018, a desert variant of the K2 ...
1.6 Anti-tank munitions. 1.7 Tanks. ... K2 Black Panther MBT; T-80U & T-80UK; Armored vehicles. M113; ... Republic of Korea Army: