Korea Main Battle Tank programs

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Sk military industry is really impressive, already exported submarine, warship, tank, sph, other armored vehicle, trainer plane (propeller and jet/LIFT), missiles etc.

New player(compared to europe, us, russia) that is impressive.
 

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this tank has sophisticated isareli anti atgm countermeassures for sure
In fact, when developing K2, South Korea developed a hard-kill active protection system called KAPS. However, the currently produced K2 tank includes Soft-Kill APS, but Hard-Kill APS is excluded.

The main reason why KAPS was excluded from the K2 tank was that if the APS was installed, the price of the tank rose more than 10%, and the explosive power was too strong, causing friendly infantry to be injured around the tank, so the mass production stage excluded Hard-Kill APS. In K2-PIP, an improved version of K2, Hard-Kill APS will be added. The biggest reason why KAPS is more expensive than Israeli Trophy or Russian Arena and cannot be used due to infantry safety issues
 

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In fact, when developing K2, South Korea developed a hard-kill active protection system called KAPS. However, the currently produced K2 tank includes Soft-Kill APS, but Hard-Kill APS is excluded.

The main reason why KAPS was excluded from the K2 tank was that if the APS was installed, the price of the tank rose more than 10%, and the explosive power was too strong, causing friendly infantry to be injured around the tank, so the mass production stage excluded Hard-Kill APS. In K2-PIP, an improved version of K2, Hard-Kill APS will be added. The biggest reason why KAPS is more expensive than Israeli Trophy or Russian Arena and cannot be used due to infantry safety issues
Arena and thropy also explodes tho.
 

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Arena and thropy also explodes tho.
I think KAPS needs to be technically supplemented. And need to be able to produce it cheaper than Trophy or Arena.
 
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Mistake in the article or why is the tank being tested in eastern germany?

The climate here in germany and in norway aren't comparable at all. This seems weird to me.
 

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Mistake in the article or why is the tank being tested in eastern germany?

The climate here in germany and in norway aren't comparable at all. This seems weird to me.
This probably has to do with its rival Leopard. Or it is thought to be the purpose of testing the tank's performance in cold environments and various topographic environments
 

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This probably has to do with its rival Leopard. Or it is thought to be the purpose of testing the tank's performance in cold environments and various topographic environments
It does sound fishy to me. There shouldn't be any reason to test it in Germany as the tanks will be used in Norway. the climate in Germany isn't comparable with Norway, not during winter nor summer.
 

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It does sound fishy to me. There shouldn't be any reason to test it in Germany as the tanks will be used in Norway. the climate in Germany isn't comparable with Norway, not during winter nor summer.
According to an official at Hyundai Rotem, which is in charge of exporting K2 tanks, K2 will conduct additional tests in Germany after conducting cold weather tests in Norway. But I don't know in detail what kind of test K2 is taking in Germany.

Perhaps the test in Germany is aimed at testing the detailed performance of the tank. I think this is because Germany has a better environment and infrastructure to test the performance of tanks than Norway.
 
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Where did you get these sources? Wait, the K2 on the left side of the picture seems to be the original K2 used by the Korean military, but why did the original K2 come to Norway with K2NO? Do you know anything about this?
 

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Could it be that they're not in Germany yet ?

K2 looks very sleek. Did it have active protection system, and where is it located ?
 

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Could it be that they're not in Germany yet ?

K2 looks very sleek. Did it have active protection system, and where is it located ?
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That's the APS search radar in front of the tank turret. But that seems to be a Laser jamming APS, not a Hard-kill APS.

A Hyundai Rotem official said that the K2NO currently being tested contains Rafael's Trophy APS, but Elbit's Iron fist APS may be mounted later. Perhaps at the request of the Norwegian army, Rafael's trophy or Elbit's Iron fist will be mounted on the K2NO.

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The last prototype of the K2, unveiled in 2007, was mounted with a search & tracking radar for Hard-Kill APS on the front of the turret, and a grenade launcher was mounted at the top of the turret to neutralize explosives such as RPG.

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Currently produced K2 is mounted with only laser jamming radar to neutralize Anti-tank guided missile (ATGM) on the front of the turret, excluding Hard-Kill APS.
 

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Skąd masz te źródła? Poczekaj, K2 po lewej stronie zdjęcia wydaje się być oryginalnym K2 używanym przez koreańskie wojsko, ale dlaczego oryginalny K2 przybył do Norwegii z K2NO? Wiesz cokolwiek o tym?

Where did you get these sources? Wait, the K2 on the left side of the picture seems to be the original K2 used by the Korean military, but why did the original K2 come to Norway with K2NO? Do you know anything about this?
December 28 th 2021, at noon, universal time, the Platinum Ray car carrier (under the Bahamas flag) entered the Norwegian port of Drammen in the Buskerud province, on board of which there were two South Korean K2NO tanks, belonging to the Hyundai Rotem company, which will undergo evaluation tests as part of the procedure for the successor of 52 Leopard 2A4NOs. One is with the hard-kill Trophy VPS system and the other K2NO with the soft-kill system only. K2NO was presented at the 13th ADEX (International Aerospace & Defense Exhibition) in Seoul, October 19-23. The tank received reactive armuor, the Rafael Trophy hard-kill Israeli active vehicle protection system (VPS) and the Norwegian Kongsberg Protector RS4 remote-controlled weapon module with a 12.7 mm machine gun. Then, after the completion of the delivery program, the Koreans offered the Norwegians to jointly develop a deeply modernized K3 tank with an unmanned turret and 130mm smoothbore cannon, and an improved suspension that could be built in the mid-2030s.
 
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Presentation of K2NO before the comparative tests with Leo2A in Norway, which will last for a whole February. The tests will mainly focus on mobility and firepower.The active hydropneumatic suspension K2 is very interesting ! Can someone from Korean colleagues on the forum write something more about it and its durability. K2 is already in operation in Korea for several years, so they should already have some feedback from the user about suspension of K2. Regards
 

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