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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 K2 tank currently being mass-produced is equipped with only a MSSG soft-kill active protection systems, and in the future, KAPS will be installed in the K2 PIP, an improved variant of the K2. In October 2023, Hyundai-Rotem unveiled a prototype amphibious infantry fighting vehicle called the N-WAV (Next generation Wheeled Armoured Vehicle ...
Poland will probably sign a contract with South Korea in September for the delivery of more arms, in particular K2 tanks, Defence Minister Wladyslaw Kosiniak-Kamysz was quoted as saying on ...
South Korean Army K2 tanks cross a floating bridge on the Namhan River during a joint river-crossing drill between South Korea and the United States in Yeoju, South Korea on Oct. 19, 2022.
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 South Korean and Polish governments will actively lend support to seal a deal before the end of the year for South Korea's Hyundai Rotem to supply K2 tanks to Poland, Yoon said.