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The K9 Thunder is a South Korean 155 mm self-propelled howitzer designed and developed by the Agency for Defense Development and private corporations including Dongmyeong Heavy Industries, Kia Heavy Industry, Poongsan Corporation, and Samsung Aerospace Industries for the Republic of Korea Armed Forces, and is now manufactured by Hanwha Aerospace. [2]
The K10 ammunition resupply vehicle (ARV) is an automatic ammunition resupply vehicle based on the chassis of K9 Thunder, sharing most of the components and characteristics. Its concept study started in November 1998 by Samsung Aerospace Industries and Pusan National University .
Samsung Techwin/(1985~1997) M109A2 built under license by Samsung Techwin. All K55s will be upgraded to K55A1. [66] Will eventually be replaced by the K9 Thunder. [citation needed] K9/A1 Thunder South Korea: 155mm self-propelled howitzer 1,090 Samsung Techwin/1999~ More than 1,200 will be delivered by 2019 (complete upgrade of K9A1 to K9A2 by ...
The gun is produced by MKEK under license by transferring the production technology of the K9's CN98 155 mm barrel from ADD. [3] [17] The production rate of the T-155 is 24 units per year. More than 350 [18] T-155 Fırtına howitzers were planned to be produced. [19] 281 have been delivered between 2005 and 2010. [20]
In the 2010s, Samsung Engineering expanded into new business areas including power plants and steel mills and at the same time took on complex billion-dollar projects in Saudi Arabia and the UAE. The company was ill-prepared for the execution of these projects, leading to a 1.3 billion US dollar loss in 2015. [3]
In 2020 the 14 units with A3GNM upgrades and those still with A3GN specs were placed in storage because all the new Korean K9 Thunder units had been delivered. [22] In May 2022, Norway donated 22 A3GN-spec M109s to Ukraine. [38] Two M109A3GN howitzers were destroyed and three damaged during the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine. [39]
The KM-SAM (Korean Medium-range Surface-to-Air Missile; Korean: 천궁; Hanja: 天弓; RR: Cheon-gung) which is also known as the Cheolmae-2 (Iron Hawk; Korean: 철매; Hanja: 鐵鷹; RR: Cheol-mae) is a South Korean medium range surface-to-air missile (SAM) system that was developed by the Agency for Defense Development (ADD) with technical support from Almaz-Antey and Fakel, based on ...
Saudi Arabia: Saqr1 Saqr2 Saqr3 Saqr4 +230 [55] [56] CAIG Wing Loong China Saudi Arabia: Pterodactyl Wing Loong II: 300 [57] [58] [59] King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology signed a partnership with China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation to establish a manufacturing plant in Saudi Arabia for the CH series of unmanned combat ...