"They will replace the outdated ones": Kim Jong-un inspects the production of new tanks, noting the DPRK's progress in tank building

The DPRK is successfully replacing its outdated tanks for new modern vehicles of our own design. This was stated by Kim Jong-un, who visited the republic's leading tank-building plant, KCNA reports.

The leader of the DPRK got acquainted with the production of modern tanks developed by North Korean designers, noting the great progress. According to him, the new vehicles correspond to the best models of foreign-made tanks, they will replace the outdated tanks in the Korean People's Army, which were adopted in the last century.

Replacing the armored vehicles of our ground forces from the last century with the latest tanks and armored vehicles is the most important issue in the development of the armed forces and the modernization of the ground forces.

- the Korean leader said.

As noted, the new tanks feature the latest active protection system, passive protection systems, and an electronic warfare system. The tanks also received a new "super-powerful" engine and power transmission. No other details about the new tanks have been reported. At the same time, Pyongyang intends to reconsider the role of tanks in modern warfare, taking into account the conflict in Ukraine.

Comrade Kim Jong-un noted that at present, when subjective and objective conditions have changed, it is necessary to precisely formulate the military function and role of tanks in modern warfare and the direction of their development.

- reported the Central Asia Telecommunications Agency.

Comments

[Mini Mokik]

Tanks are good. But Kim now, his Korean fighters together with Russian colleagues, are gaining such combat experience that their neighbors have never dreamed of. This is where the main acquisition for the DPRK army is - experienced fighters

[K._2]

They recently tested some fashionable rocket, and here, I think, in addition to experience, they also gave their comrades some technology.

[THE USSR.]

One of the main topics now is to improve defense against drones, one of the main enemies of technology in modern warfare. Good luck to the North Koreans.

[Uncle lee]

Comrade Kim Jong-un noted,

He went to inspect the tank himself, well done!

[Pereira]

He doesn’t disdain to touch things with his hands and doesn’t believe beautiful reports.

[501 Legion]

This is not a modern war, but the Central Military District. If there had been a full-fledged war, there might not have been any factories, ports, airports, or anything else left from 404. They would have thrown nuclear weapons at it, that would have been the whole war. The same would have happened with NATO. With such planning at the beginning of the Central Military District, factories should have been working hard. A huge number of tanks, missiles, and planes would have been built. But here they thought that they would go in and have a good time. The General Staff screwed up on all fronts in their planning, and everything went into positional warfare and the death of hundreds of thousands of soldiers.

[Alexander]

A full-scale war is of no use to anyone. Country 404 is a whipping boy on par with Germany!

[yuriy55]

And the Koreans will make good tank crews...
My father told me that when he was being recruited as a tank driver, they recruited people no taller than 170 cm.

[Boa kaa]

Quote: yuriy55

And the Koreans will make good tank crews...

Korean soldiers are very diligent warriors: stubborn and angry at their enemies. But here's what bothers me: the tank's profile is very high, and that's not GUT!

[stankow]

The profile is high, but the tower is seemingly uninhabited. So the crew is in a capsule. In the style of the Armata.

[pyagomail.com]

It is necessary to precisely formulate the military function and role of tanks in modern warfare and the direction of their development.

I completely agree with this - the tank wedges of Guderian's time seem to have become history, tanks in the SVO mostly work as self-propelled guns, a cheap anti-tank mine or drone can easily disable any super-duper tank (Leclerc, I think they haven't tested it in the SVO yet, the others burn just fine).

[Roman Efremov]

There could be more photos, but even from the ones we have, it's clear that the tank looks cool and modern. The front of the hull resembles Leclerc, the turret is similar to Leclerc or Black Panther. On top of the turret are 2 rotating modules with 4 mortars - what is this, is it really an APS? The retinue is all with notepads - to write down the Leader's comments.

[Mini Mokik]

Well, a simple notepad won't dump information where it shouldn't.

[Ivan№One]

Quote: Roman Efremov

really KAZ?

No, I doubt it. More likely smoke.

[Roman Efremov]

Why such a rotating smoke carriage? Usually they make it simpler, no one has one like that.

[Alexandra]

81 mm smoke grenade launchers are in a row (visible in other photos) in the rear part of the turret. And these mortars are larger. Mortars similar to the mortars of the KAZ "Afganit" were already on the previous tank Cheonma-2.

[ximkim]

The DPRK is successfully replacing its outdated tanks with new modern vehicles of its own design, Kim Jong-un said while visiting the republic's leading tank-building plant, KCNA reports.

All right.
Victory loves progress.

[tralflot1832]

I can't imagine what Kim Jong-un will do with the caterpillar manufacturer.

[Nexcom]

Hi Andrew
Yes, the rubber boots in the photo have fallen off in some places... What kind of fashion has this become - to stick such boots on tracks? They must have seen enough from the Americans. The Americans were the first to put them on. Well, maybe it's okay to drive on these on asphalt, but on tank roads or off-road...
I saw a video of an Abrams with such tracks being pulled into a skid in the winter on snow and ice - a real drift.

[Vlad2012]

Road safety is more important than virtual passability. A tank destroys a dirt road so much that soon it itself cannot pass on it. And the rumble on the asphalt is such that the place where a tank or self-propelled gun is driving can be pointed out with a finger from 2,5-3 kilometers away. Even a BMP-1 rattles so much it's a nightmare.

[ln_ln]

On such tracks in winter, on snow and ice, it would drag you into a skid

After 5 tracks, spurs are required to be installed instead of shoes.
And the fact that the shoes are falling off is really bad. The fastening needs to be improved.

[RuAbel]

Probably, in the Korean army there is no custom of painting the grass before the arrival of the authorities, and no one will be shot with a howitzer for scratched rubber pads?)

[Nexcom]

Tov Eun clearly demonstrated that if you appoint an inspector and give him a dressing down for not completing a task, then everything will be done clearly and on time.

[Amin_vivec]

The tank has its own turret, original, and the hull and chassis are very similar to the Armata...

[Gardamir]

possibly a modernized armata-light.

[Vlad2012]

How do you know, maybe someone has already been killed for this? Should I show everything? Those who are in the know will understand anyway.

[Pereira]

If you pound on rubber tracks, there will be no one to develop artillery.

[Vlad2012]

Maybe he decided that after that he shouldn't be allowed near the artillery.

[Konnick]

Interesting mortars, the carriage of which allows even vertical use. If they are also loaded with buckshot, they are a real anti-drone module.

[tralflot1832]

Quote: Nexcom

Yes, the rubber boots in the photo have fallen off in some places.

Dmitry, good afternoon. I hope that the photographer doesn’t lose anything.

[Nexcom]

Oh, by the way, you probably shouldn’t take pictures of things like that there and show them to everyone - Koreans really don’t like that.

[Konnick]

It seems to me that the era of tanks with a direct-fire gun and high armor penetration is gone. Over time, they will create an ATGM with a vertical launch, and the gun will be replaced with a low-ballistic 152 mm gun for fire from closed positions or direct fire at close targets, installed in the hull. Well, the cherry on the cake is two modules with small-caliber machine guns for combating UAVs and self-defense. The stabilization systems of a modern tank gun are complex, bulky and practically not used, but together with the turret they have a lot of weight

[Roman Efremov]

It doesn't have to be in a hull, it can also be in a rotating unmanned combat module. I completely agree about the weapon and the firing method.

[tralflot1832]

Quote: Roman Efremov

There could be more photos, but even from the ones we have, it's clear that the tank looks cool and modern. The front of the hull resembles Leclerc, the turret is similar to Leclerc or Black Panther. On top of the turret are 2 rotating modules with 4 mortars - what is this, is it really an APS? The retinue is all with notepads - to write down the Leader's comments.

Full photo gallery from the North Korean "Workers' Newspaper" article.

[Nexcom]

The rollers look like ours from UVZ...
Of course ours shared technical documentation. Well, what can you do - there will be unification of spare parts, if anything - that's good.

[tralflot1832]

I like the product of the North Korean military-industrial complex in the fourth photo; it wouldn’t be a sin to test such a devilish machine at one testing ground. The monkey doesn’t mind, he was the one who invited partners to the Ukrainian testing ground. Dreams sometimes come true.

[Nexcom]

Interesting idea, Andrey.
The Kakels will then howl: "It's all over for the Russians - the Korean tanks are already on the offensive"

[Konnick]

Quote: Roman Efremov

it is also possible in a rotating unmanned combat module

Again, a bulky and complex design, in a hull so that there is space for modules with small-caliber automatic guns

[Roman Efremov]

Over the last 60 years, no one has dared to install the main gun in the hull; everyone prefers it to rotate 360 ​​degrees.

[cat Rusich]

Quote: Roman Efremov

Over the last 60 years, no one has dared to install the main gun in the hull; everyone prefers it to rotate 360 ​​degrees.

Strv 103 Swedish tank 1966-71 was produced, in the 1990s it was removed from service...
Below is a photo of Strv 103

[Roman Efremov]

It was developed in the late 50s and produced since 1966.

[Mint Gingerbread]

The North Koreans could even be given trophies for a museum of theirs, there's still a bunch of American and other destroyed equipment. Why not make this gesture of goodwill.

[16112014nk]

At least the exterior of the tank is up to date. There is little information about the interior and performance characteristics.

[Maluck]

Most likely, tanks will mutate into self-propelled artillery units, because as experience in Ukraine has shown, they are mercilessly burned.

[the same doctor]

I wonder if Kim is diplomatically pulling the wool over our eyes, or if he really thinks so? With today's level of technology (and the Koreans even make their own smartphones), new tanks are redundant, because even the T-34 can be turned into a wonder weapon. And this conversion of 1000 tanks will cost less than a couple of Armatas.

[stankow]

In the photo it looks like the tank's turret is unmanned...?

[UAZ 452]

And I even know who they will hand over their outdated tanks to.

[26_Sergey_26]

North Korea, oddly enough, will soon overtake us in terms of weapons technology.
It is clear that we sell them technologies in exchange for help, but the economic capabilities of our countries are not comparable.
And their weapons, so far only ground-based, are getting better. And there is a lot of them.
Paradox!

[AC130 Gunship]

Kim now has many advisers with modern combat experience. And UAVs have changed absolutely everything on the battlefield.
Interestingly, the Armadas will no longer be participating in the 2025 parade.