By 2017, South Korea will adopt its ground forces 100 new Black Panther tanks

Korean industrial giant Hyundai Rotem Co has signed a $ 820,29 million contract with the Korean Defense Procurement Agency (DAPA) to supply basic combat tanks (MBT) K2 for the South Korean army. It is estimated that the initial order includes 100 tanks, the full demand can be met by supplying another 400 tanks. The first batch of pre-production tank models with a German MTU engine was delivered by DAPA and the Korean army in June 2014 for evaluation tests. It is expected that serial production of the final version with the Korean power unit will begin in the first half of 2015. Option K2 replace tanks of option K1, currently in service with the South Korean army.

The contract was signed after the defense program committee approved the procurement. Under a contract with Hyundai, Rotem will deliver the Black Panther tanks to the 2017 year. The initial dates for the arrival of the new tank in the troops are scheduled for 2016 year.

The development of one's own Korean engine was one of the main reasons for the delays with the new tank, since the compact engine did not create enough power and torque to obtain the necessary acceleration.

Despite some disagreements, the Joint Chiefs of Staff of South Korea lowered the bar on acceleration performance, giving the green light to engine design. In addition to the main engine, an auxiliary power unit (VSU) with a power of 2 kW is installed on the K100 tank, which supplies power consumers when the main engine is muted. The APU is a small gas turbine unit.

On the new tank installed engine power 1500 hp and transmission; they are developed by the Korean company Doosan Infracore Co.

Black Panther weighs 55 tons, its crew is three people. It is armed with an 120-mm L55 smooth-bore gun, which is manufactured under license by a local company, World Industries Ace Corporation. The automatic loader includes a magazine on 16 shots, which allows the crew to shoot projectiles in quick succession at three-second intervals. The total amount of ammunition is 20 shots, including armor-piercing-sabot, cumulative and "smart" shells, designed to hit targets when attacking from above.

The tank is equipped with a day camera, thermal imaging sensors and sensors operating in the range of millimeter waves; equipment supports automatic target detection and tracking in all weather conditions. The tank is well protected by passive and reactive armor; additional protection can be added through the integration of a complex of active protection of the Korean development, designed to destroy cumulative ammunition from the close range (10-15 meters). The tank is also equipped with radar and sensors warning of laser irradiation, which can be connected with complexes of optical-electronic countermeasures.

The K2 tank was chosen by the Turkish Ministry of Defense as the base of the Turkish Altay MBT. The company plans to show off a new tank at the upcoming IDEX 2015 show in Abu Dhabi, as it considers the countries of the Middle East and Africa as potential buyers of the new tank.

Materials used:
www.defense-update.com
www.hyundai-rotem.co.kr

Comments

[Magic archer]

An interesting car! And the automatic loader and "smart projectiles". Plus, the Koreans have created a perfect BIUS. The only thing that confuses is its price of 8,5 million dollars apiece.

[Bongo]

Quote: Magic Archer

The only thing that bothers is its price. 8,5 million dollars apiece.

Of course, North Korean tanks created on the basis of the T-62 are much cheaper, but obviously not better.

[padded jacket]

Well, this old photo is probably their first show. Now they are like this:

But of course the SLA is without a doubt significantly inferior to the Yu-K tank.

[tchoni]

But for 4 tanks you can buy a Su-27 ...

[Nayhas]

Quote: Magic Archer

The only thing that bothers is its price. 8,5 million dollars apiece.

Unfortunately, all that is new is a priori expensive ... This applies to everything.

[Pervusha Isaev]

Well, the Korean army appeared earlier than ours, and the armor is dynamic and active, and the 1500l.s engine, and smart shells, but the northerners will probably have a hard time, if these 400 southerners move north, they will break through the defense of the north ...

[Dreamwriter]

This is a very good tank - but it's still not Armata. Armata has a few more of her big trump cards compared to the Black Panther. The Panther is closer to another armored cat: the German Leopard of the 7th model.
In addition, the southerners are far from defending themselves not only against the northerners - here the Japanese are actively arming themselves, and the southerners have considerable graters with them.

[Vadim237]

When they put a 7 mm gun on the Leopard A140, he will be able to withstand the Armata on equal terms.

[Albert1988]

Quote: Vadim237

When they put a 7 mm gun on the Leopard A140, he will be able to withstand the Armata on equal terms.

This is at least a controversial statement, because immediately 2 questions arise:
1) and leo 140 mm pull? it’s clear that it can be delivered, and it will even shake, but how will this increase in load affect?
2) And if they put something on the armature, maybe 125mm? Note - the modernization potential of the armata will be incomparably higher than that of the old Leo, which, apparently, is already approaching its "ceiling"

Py. Sy. And the third question: what characteristics will the armata have, is there infa, so that they can say that without peremptory?

[Aleks tv]

Quote: Pervusha Isaev

Well, the Korean army appeared earlier than ours, and the armor is dynamic and active, and the 1500l.s engine, and smart shells, but the northerners will probably have a hard time, if these 400 southerners move north, they will break through the defense of the north ...

Not quite.
The Koreans considered the issue of creating a new tank when designing the K2, but they were let down by the Germans, who stopped developing a larger-caliber cannon, and there was also too much to "invent" (the armored capsule alone was worth something). As a result, the Koreans gave up on the "tank of the future" and created just a solid version of a modern tank.

K2 is great, admittedly. It was developed taking into account Abrams, Leopard, Leclerc. Some improvements were made and adjusted for the experience of the T-80.
This is a decent car, only one radar is worth.
The downside is its price.
It is not known whether the operation and maintenance of the K2 in the troops will be difficult.

Regarding the article:
Thanks for the stuff.
But with all due respect to the author and his published materials, it is clearly not very well written about K2. And the information about the signed contract for the K2 regimental set is already outdated.
By the way, I always believed that the ammunition of the 120mm K2 40 shots, 16 of which are in the AZ, working by analogy with Leclerc. Check out the English sites.
Something like that.

[kenig1]

Does the radar outweigh the big plus or minus?

[opus]

Quote: Aleks tv

As a result, the Koreans gave up on the "tank of the future" and created just a solid version of a modern tank.

Didn't wave
1. On KNUMX they have big plans, on 2 years.
And this is Hyundai Rotem's roadmap for each of the protection systems needed to improve the survivability of tanks. Each stage is, from bottom to top: Improve crew survivability, Improve armor, Improve interception capability, Improve evasive capability, Improve stealth and reduce exposure, and finally, Reduce crew and go unmanned.

So you can more or less see where the K2 tank project will be heading for the next 40 years it will remain operational in the ROK arsenal.

This is essentially a platform

2.Works on 150kJ CCPPS (electrothermal chemical gun) are in full swing.

[kenig1]

It’s silly to compare with Armata, the layout of the tank is traditional, what breakthrough do you see here?

[Aleks tv]

Quote: kenig1

It’s silly to compare with Armata, the layout of the tank is traditional, what breakthrough do you see here?

Pavel, are you asking me?
It’s just not clear ...

I can’t categorically compare it with Armata, this machine should be of a completely different generation, and this was what I wrote in my post.)))
And K2 is an absolutely solid tank of the current generation.
I already described the pluses several times, there is no desire to repeat, so take it easy.
The radar is undoubtedly a buzz.

And only the trial operation, which is currently underway in Korea on the already released installation batch, can reveal its disadvantages.
The main concern is the possible difficulty in operating the machine.

[aszzz888]

The total ammunition capacity is 20 rounds, including armor-piercing, submunition, cumulative and "smart" shells designed to hit targets in an attack from above.

At 5 min battlefield.
And then?
Ride "to the base" or a ride to the battlefield?

[Professor]

Quote: aszzz888

At 5 min battlefield.
And then?
Ride "to the base" or a ride to the battlefield?

20 shells with almost 100% hit means 15-20 targets on the tank ...

[tchoni]

So then it is .... Only there are different goals ... For example, you are the commander of a tank supporting infantry, which is pressed by a sniper. It seemed to you that you found an ambush for this scoundrel ... But further than you can safely get a machine gun ... Will you spend the shell? or wait until he shows himself 100% ... But he can change the bed too ....
The problem of "20 rounds" very clearly surfaced during the "post-New Year" assault on Grozny. Crews, in order to avoid detonation, often took only what fit into the AZ. And, in order to avoid unnecessary losses in the infantry, they fired at everything more or less suspicious ... The BC ended faster than a pig's screech.
Although, 15 is better than real goals and a live crew than 40 hypothetical and kebabs in addition ....

[Professor]

Quote: tchoni

So then it is .... Only there are different goals ... For example, you are the commander of a tank supporting infantry, which is pressed by a sniper. It seemed to you that you found an ambush for this scoundrel ... But further than you can safely get a machine gun ... Will you spend the shell? or wait until he shows himself 100% ... But he can change the bed too ....

A tank with a nominal value of $ 9 million, excluding the cost of training the crew, the cost of ammunition and the cost of maintenance, will you shoot anywhere (But it can change the prone ...) with a shell worth 10 thousand dollars? I wish you and your treasury good luck.

[tchoni]

I wrote you an alternative - continue to lose fighters of the infantry ... I wish you happiness in communicating with their relatives ...

[Professor]

Quote: tchoni

I wrote you an alternative - continue to lose fighters of the infantry ... I wish you happiness in communicating with their relatives ...

So, besides a tank for 9 lemons of a sniper, do you have anything to remove? However, your business is bad. How are Bumblebees and all kinds of Cornets?

PS
And they heard about it.

[tchoni]

Quote: professor

So, besides a tank for 9 lemons of a sniper, do you have anything to remove? However, your business is bad. How are Bumblebees and all kinds of Cornets?

Well. Again 25. You do not have them at this particular moment of the battle. A box of infantry fighting vehicles was burned for about 5 minutes ... Petr ran out ... The mortar has no mines .... The situation is very real.

[Professor]

Quote: tchoni

Well. Again 25. You do not have them at this particular moment of the battle. A box of infantry fighting vehicles was burned for about 5 minutes ... Petr ran out ... The mortar has no mines .... The situation is very real.

Nah ... well, if you hypotritically assume that everything was gone and the last thing I have left is a tank for 9 lemons of greens or a gold machine, then of course I will put them into action.

[tchoni]

So weapons, it is generally expensive .. Here is the lightning - however, 150 million or so ... However, they are going to buy and use ... almost as a replacement for the thunderbolt ....

[Klementev_Sergey]

I think in the war none of the tankers or infantry will consider the cost of the shell.

[Professor]

Quote: Klementev_Sergey

I think in the war none of the tankers or infantry will consider the cost of the shell.

Did you fight?

[Aleks tv]

Quote: tchoni

So then it is .... Only there are different goals ... For example, you are the commander of a tank supporting infantry.
The problem of "20 rounds" very clearly surfaced during the "post-New Year" assault on Grozny. Crews, in order to avoid detonation, often took only what fit into the AZ. And, in order to avoid unnecessary losses in the infantry, they fired at everything more or less suspicious ... The BC ended faster than a pig's screech.
Although, 15 is better than real goals and a live crew than 40 hypothetical and kebabs in addition ....

Good day, Eugene.
- Of course, the ammunition of conventional shells is vital for the tank. Sometimes 10 conventional RPs are more effective than a single guided missile. And sometimes vice versa - it all depends on the task and the nature of the goal.
By the way, in K2 there are still bk 40 shots, not 20.

- And on the Czechs-2, only AZs were actually loaded in direct contact with the enemy, and this was justified. They just did the rotation of cars, and that’s it. After all, they went not only with one AZ, but also with empty external tanks.)))
The tower was laid only for the march or in other cases when the tanks were used for "art. Tasks", for example, for the "fire carousel".
So BC loaded on the basis of the task unit, no problems.

[tchoni]

Quote: Aleks tv

So BC loaded on the basis of the task unit, no problems.

Hello Alexey.
I simply tried to show by my comment that 15-20 targets hit under certain conditions may not be enough. And he cited the example only to show that the presence of smart ammunition and kosher OMS do not always help to avoid an unjustifiably high consumption of ammunition. The possibility of which our esteemed Professor dismisses so immediately ...

[Professor]

Quote: tchoni

kosher SLAs do not always help avoid unnecessarily high ammunition consumption. The possibility of which our esteemed Professor dismisses so immediately ...

The word "kosher" refers to several other things, and I have a very good idea of ​​the current consumption of tank ammunition in hostilities in dense urban development.

[opus]

Quote: aszzz888

At 5 min battlefield.

1.BK -40 pieces

16 shells in the loading mechanism and another 23 in the compartment in the main building, 1 seems to be warming up (charged)
2. IVIS will report that the BC is running out, the integrated GPS will report the location of the tank, the commander will determine the rendezvous with the TZM, and there he will "refuel"

[POKPAH]

What is he really very "large", or are Koreans small)))))

[opus]

Quote: POKPAH

or are the Koreans small)))))

small..


comparison:

[Cruorvult]

Quote: aszzz888

The total ammunition capacity is 20 rounds, including armor-piercing, submunition, cumulative and "smart" shells designed to hit targets in an attack from above.

At 5 min battlefield.
And then?
Ride "to the base" or a ride to the battlefield?

On which 5, the interval of 3 seconds is written, that is, 16 * 3 = 48 seconds, + 4re of the projectile is still hacked. On the other hand, in Syria in 72 the same thing is only put in AZ, so. In general, K2 is one of the most expensive :)

[Arktidianets]

At this price, consider Africa as a potential market? I don’t think they will find buyers there.

[VEKT]

At this price, consider Africa as a potential market? I don’t think they will find buyers there.

With such a price, only the Persian Gulf oil monarchies will pull, as far as I remember, the UAE purchased the French Leclerc for about the same money.

[Konar]

Well done Koreans are becoming independent in this matter. And externally, the tank is very similar to Abrams and Leopard2.

[svp67]

I like booking them, especially towers, booking sights. A lot of reasonable. That's just the confusion of the abundance of hydraulics and the engine. They will suffer with him for a long time ...

[patsantre]

20 shells in the ammunition - a typo in my opinion, on all tanks of 40 usually. Most likely, there were 16 shells in the AZ and another 20 in the combat station.

[arslan23]

On Wikipedia in English it is written that the full ammunition of 40 shells.

[DimYang]

I wish the Koreans unification. And let the Chinese and Japanese clean their nose.

[ICT]

Quote: dimyan

I wish the Koreans unification. And let them clean

well, for two they have the most efficient army then

[16112014nk]

Quote: Vadim237

When they put a 7 mm gun on the Leopard A140, he will be able to withstand the Armata on equal terms.

For "Armata" in the future there is a 150mm cannon. More abruptly than a leopard. And the Korean tank looks good.

[rkka]

Hi people! Can someone explain to me why all modern tanks look like boxes that oblique armor no longer rolls? After all, feathered sub-caliber shells should ricochet perfectly from inclined armor , or I don’t know something? Enlighten the experts.

[voyaka uh]

No. HPS do not ricochet from inclined armor.
Therefore, the meaning of biases has disappeared.

[Aleksandr72]

The perfection of one or another type of weapon (especially in superior degrees) IMHO can be judged only by the results of its practical use (and discarding reviews of an obviously advertising or propaganda nature). Can you tell me where, when and against whom the South Korean military used in practice their "magnificent" and priceless (in the literal sense of the word ) tanks? In general, I wish the North and South of Korea never to use their arsenals for their intended purpose.

[mav1971]

And yet, the price of the contract for the delivery of the "new product" probably includes the entire supporting infrastructure.
It also includes measures for the preparation of mass production - at least $ 100-150 million. And maybe it will go up to 250 million - if all the subcontractors will also have technologically "new products".

All supporting infrastructure in the troops is also included in the contract.
So the cost of the tank in the second contract for 400 vehicles may well fall on the very same 2-3 million dollars.

But Koreans are really great.
All the same, the chaebol structure of Korean companies is bearing fruit.
Hyundai is the largest concern with comprehensive business development.
And in this tank already tested ideas and solutions are collected, it seems as if from completely different in spirit profiles of activity.
From the production of luxury cars and robotics came a pre-suspension with surface control in front of the tank while driving and controlling the individual hydropneumatics of each roller depending on the coating, its profile, speed, direction, etc.

For example, from Hyundai's computer-aided robotic area, that a given tank can actually be unmanned in combat conditions - i.e. the same network-centricity is laid.
About the transcendental elevation angle of the gun, coupled with a guided projectile in network-centric conditions - generally a song. Shoot from anywhere, even from a ravine - you’ll get the coordinates of the target from others.
140mm gun will be later almost 100%.
Wonderful tank.

[Robespierre9]

The tank looks like Leclerc, the Automatic Loader is the same in front, there are "few" rollers. The remote control on the hatches caused a smile, the tower is unsuccessful, most likely, the protection from above is not ice, most likely, the hydraulic suspension is extremely controversial, in case of failure, repair at the factory is most likely, and it will be good to fail))
Everything is painfully flimsy in the canopy, and the sights are just a fairy tale, but those who do it usually don’t think what will happen to them if they hit a land mine or a bullet, and there’s no sin to get there .. they think that the tank is only for the landfill probably ..

PS
I remembered that the tank looks like a Kodak camera, such a feeling when looking at this miracle.

[Wolka]

In my opinion, everything described above is very declarative, data on the actual trials of the Korean black panther have not been published anywhere, except for the voiced above, you will say secret, but today these things can’t be kept secret for such a long time, interested competing firms including Russian very zealously and with enviable persistence they pay a lot of money for obtaining the necessary information. Outwardly, this device is not remarkable, if it was a miracle of Korean thought to drive us to Alabino and drive it in a circle, we could somewhat judge the capabilities of the chassis and partly about the firepower and speed, but so far it’s visible only for display as a museum exhibit