South Korea's new Tank?

last SG · 2007-03-07T22:33:31+00:00

This is reported the selling price is US$8.8 million

deathscythe99 SG

The Black Panther....apparently can go into water for a depth of up to 4.1m, and can fire its main 120mm gun downhill...

The design is kinda...weird? Laughing 'Cos it has a sloped chassis and the main gun definitely has to be remaining at a certain angle to shoot straight. I wonder how they do it.

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beavan SG

i don’t get it, is it weird to fire a 120mm gun downhill?

SpecOps87 SG

CM06 SG

Main gun elevation abilities are usualy up to -8 degrees or so. What this tank can do is probably lower it's front suspension and fire to an angle more than -15 degrees i think.

Hence what it says by kneeling.

jackryan888 SG

You will quickly understand why this kneeling function so important when u visit Korea. That place is full of hills and mountains.

During the Korean war in the 1950s, many North Korean tanks were destroyed because they could not depress their guns low enough while in hull down position against advancing US tanks.

Almost any land battle in Korea will involve a fight in the hills. More keen to know what their 'active' and 'passive' protection systems are... they have a APS installed? If so, I am very impressed! The israelis dont even have Trophy or Iron Fist installed in their combat formations yet.

DarthBart SG

With a gun that can go lower, the tank can 'hide' behind a slope of a steeper grade

Manager433 SG

http://play.tagstory.com/player/[email protected]

K2 Black Panther MBT General characteristics>

Crew : 3 (commander, gunner, driver)
Length : 10m (7.5m chassis)
Width : 3.6m
Height : 2.5m
Weight : 55t
Armament : 1 X L55 120mm smoothbore gun (42 rounds), 1 X 12.7mm machine gun, 1 X 7.62mm machine gun
Road speed : 70km/h (27.2hp/t)
Armour system : Armour Layers consisting of soft & hard-kill Anti-Tank Missile defense, ERA, NERA, 3rd-Generation Composite Armour
Powerpack : 4 cycle, 12 cylinder water-cooled diesel, 1,500hp

ROK Army is planning to purchase 680(at least 484) K2 tanks; will be start in 2011.

Visits by SK President and First Lady

SingaporeTyrannosaur SG

Aye, the same adjustable suspension aiming system like on the S-Tank...

Interesting stuff... Japan is coming up with another MBT of their own as well... and China like churns out a new variant every now and then.

beavan SG

good for prepared positions. do they have stabilised aiming?

Agenda SG

Because of that downhill view, It protects the tank even more, I operated different types on tanks on Red Orchestra and I can tell you, Angle is very crucial to a tank's survival, I ever had my shell bounced off the enemy's tank OR shot to close and it bounced off and landed on my ammo compartment Laughing

fallin SG

Out of curiousity,whats the rational behind carrying two different calibres of machine guns?

CM06 SG

12.7mm AA role. Big enough to punch holes in lowflying aircraft/helis. Also use for soft skin vehicles.

7.62mm AP role. High ROF. Use to spray and cover an area to delete infantry.

Fingolfin_Noldor SG

Looks nicer than their last tank. Their last tank look like some hunched version of the M1 Abrams.

The tank's suspension is by and large quite state of the art. We ought to look at it as some of our neighbours' terrain is of this variety.

beavan SG

is it just me or is the driver in a very precarious position?

spartan6 SG

Impressive, btw e L/55 is a rifled gun tat why its long lenght

calvin2224 SG

Looking at all its specifications. It looks to be a very formidable tank, something every tank builder has been trying to achieve!

1) Auto-feeder (cut crew down to 3. still very complex to engineer a auto-feeder that's as good as a human loader)

2) Tremendous elevation and depression for the main gun, further aided by the Hydropneumatic Suspension Unit, which can adjust the height of the chassis.

3) Good swimming ability with zero preparation

4) Ability to fire top-attack missiles from the gun barrel- a breakthrough for the Koreans

5) Active self-protection along the lines of Israeli Trophy system

6) Inter-Vehicular Information System which is likely to be similar to our BMS mounted in our armoured vehicles.

I'd say the Koreans are very technologically advanced! This is clearly a technological breakthrough for the Korean arms industry.

SingaporeTyrannosaur SG

I'd say the Koreans are very technologically advanced! [/b]

Nah, I think this is pretty much expected for a "next gen" tank launched in 2007... they were standing on the shoulders of many previous tank designs. While an impressive tank (at least so far)... it is more evolutionary then revolutionary.

comberbache SG

Actually, there are vidoes on youtube now about the tank. Here's one of them:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZHB25DFGF9g

It looks good!

Fingolfin_Noldor SG

Firing missiles, even top-attack ones, is nothing new. The Russians have been doing that since the T-64. The Russians have been equipping their tanks with active self-protection systems since the T-80UM. Likely though, they based off their designs off the Russian ones because Russia sold them some tanks some time ago.

Shotgun SG

I must have missed something. Whats this Russian missile that shoots out of a T-64 gun AND has a top attack profile?