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After a series of field tests, the XK8 was rejected by the South Korean military and was never mass-produced. [26] In 2014, an upgraded K2 rifle, the K2C1 was introduced, and the South Korean Army performed field tests which were successful. K2C1 mass production began in 2015 to replace the K2 as the standard-issue rifle for the ROK armed forces.
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
Daewoo K2 Assault Rifle; Daewoo K7 Silencer-Mounted SMG; Daewoo K11 Advanced Assault Rifle and Air-Burst Smart Grenade Launcher; Heckler & Koch MP5; Heckler & Koch HK416; Colt M4A1; Colt M16A1 (in use with reserve forces) MAC-11
The contract includes training programs, logistics packages, explosive reactive armor packages, 50,000 120 mm, 4.3 million 7.62 mm and 12.7 mm machine gun ammunition for the K2. [133] Soldiers of the 16th Mechanised Division of the Polish Army were sent to South Korea in October 2022 to participate in the training program. The 180 K2 tanks ...
S&T Daewoo XK8, also known as DAR-21 (Daewoo Assault Rifle-21st Century), [1] is a 5.56×45mm NATO bullpup assault rifle developed and manufactured by S&T Daewoo intended to replace Daewoo Precision Industries K2 assault rifle for the Republic of Korea Armed Forces.
The K1 uses the direct impingement gas system, while the K2 uses AK-47 style gas piston system. [6] The K1 has 1-in-12 rifling twist for .223 Remington, while the K2 has 1-in-7.3 rifling twist for 5.56×45mm NATO. [6] The carbine version of K2 named K2C was developed and shown to the public in 2012 by SNT Motiv.
The defense industry of South Korea is the main supplier of armaments to the Republic of Korea's Armed Forces.Originally heavily reliant on the United States to supply weapons to its armed forces, South Korea began manufacturing its own weapons through the country's industrialization and military modernization efforts. [1]
The replacement for the K1 MBT is known as the K2 Black Panther (Korean: 흑표), fitted with a 1,500 hp (1,100 kW) water-cooled Diesel engine, 120 mm/L55 main gun, and coaxial machine guns. The K2 also features radar equipment as well as all-bearing laser detection system and reactive armor comparable to the American M1A2 and French Leclerc ...