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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]
An APU (auxiliary power unit) was installed to operate the howitzer without turning on the main engine. [5] [43] [44] The Army Consolidated Maintenance Depot joined the K55A1 upgrade, releasing its first results in December 2013. [45] The upgrade cost 20% of the K9 Thunder, 800 million KRW, as of 2021. [43]
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]
Poland signed a $2.6 billion deal to buy more than 150 more South Korean K9 howitzers, Poland's State Armament Agency said on Friday. Under the agreement with Hanwha Defence, Poland will acquire ...
South Korean and Japanese arms dealers are growing almost on pace with Russia's top defense firms. New data found that South Korea's and Japan's arms revenues jumped by 39% and 35% respectively.
WB Electronics Topaz FCS. The AHS Krab (Polish for crab) is a 155 mm NATO-compatible self-propelled tracked gun-howitzer designed in Poland by Huta Stalowa Wola (HSW), by combining a modified South Korean K9 Thunder chassis with a British BAE Systems AS-90M Braveheart turret with a 52-calibre gun produced by HSW and the Polish WB Electronics' Topaz artillery fire control system.
The first shipments of the Biden administration’s $800 million military aid package have arrived in Ukraine. Included among the first round of weapons are 18 155 mm howitzers, in addition to ...
75 mm howitzer M1/M116, 1920s-Vietnam era pack howitzer; 155 mm howitzer M1917 WWI-WWII era howitzer, a French Canon de 155 C modèle 1917 Schneider in US service; 155 mm howitzer M1918 WWI-WWII era howitzer, US-made version of French Canon de 155 C modèle 1917 Schneider; 155 mm gun M1918 WWI-WWII era field gun, US-made version of French Canon ...