ADEX 2015: Hanwha Techwin confirms 105 mm SP gun ready for mass production

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Hanwha Techwin officials at ADEX 2015 said that an RWS for South Korea's AAV7A1s was still being tested, but a contract was expected in 2016. Source: IHS/James Hardy
Hanwha Techwin officials have confirmed that the company's 105 mm self-propelled howitzer is ready for mass production for the Republic of Korea Army (RoKA).

Kim Myung-hwan, a senior manager at Hanwha Techwin, told IHS Jane's at the Seoul International Aerospace and Defence Exhibition (ADEX) 2015 that the system would enter service in 2017.

Hanwha completed its acquisition of Samsung Techwin and the Samsung Thales defence units in June this year.

The system, which was marketed by Samsung Techwin as the EVO-105, is now called the 105 mm Wheeled Self-Propelled Howitzer. It consists of a standard KIA KM500 (6x6) 5-tonne truck chassis with the rear cargo area modified to accept the upper part of the 105 mm M101 towed gun from the United States. Kim said that Hanwha Techwin could "switch the vehicle for export customers" - the 5-tonne truck had been chosen because it was already in wide RoKA service.

The system features a modified version of the fire-control system from Hanwha Techwin's 155 mm/52-calibre K9 Thunder tracked self-propelled gun, which is in service with the RoKA and Turkish armed forces and was recently down-selected by India.

Hanwha Techwin expects to start series production of its 105 mm SPH system soon, officials said at ADEX 2015. (Hanwha Techwin)

Kim said that the gun's 11.3 km range meant it would act "like a mortar" in an infantry fire-support role and complement the longer-range 155 mm K9.

Company officials have previously said the system was quicker to deploy, fire, and reload than towed 105 mm guns and has a maximum rate of fire of 10 rounds a minute. Sustained rate of fire is typically three rounds a minute with a crew of five.

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ADEX 2015: Hanwha Techwin confirms 105 mm SP gun ready for mass production - IHS Jane's 360

 

[yugocrosrb95]

It looks so cheap... Yuck

 

[Penguin]

It looks so cheap... Yuck

Vietnamese application of the same ordnance: US M101 - 105mm

Dutch application of the same ordnance (for export)

 

[Malik Alashter]

But the technologies of directing and calculating th parametrs of the korean are state of the art it should be very accurat not like the other two.

 

[Akasa]

Looks very similar to the CS/SH2 or the 15P:

15P on bottom, CS/SH2 on top

 

[Penguin]

SO, you can do 2 things with your old arty:
a) get rid of it
b) using a bit of imagination, make it usefull again.