Saudi Arabia: South Korean K2 tanks can be a potential candidate

[El Sidd]

DDOS.

yallah habibi English please or Urdu

 

[Philip the Arab]

Folks well versed in Arabic, Persian, Turkish, Urdu etc. shouldn't have any problem....

Its the English spelling that trips me up.

yallah habibi English please or Urdu

That is English.
DDOS- In computing, a denial-of-service attack is a cyber-attack in which the perpetrator seeks to make a machine or network resource unavailable to its intended users by temporarily or indefinitely disrupting services of a host connected to the Internet.

 

[El Sidd]

That is English.
DDOS- In computing, a denial-of-service attack is a cyber-attack in which the perpetrator seeks to make a machine or network resource unavailable to its intended users by temporarily or indefinitely disrupting services of a host connected to the Internet.

ahhh ok

 

[HannibalBarca]

With current KSA-GER relationship and Arm Ban...Gonna be hard to go for a K2...
And SK is far from having indigenous Engine/Turret/Subsys...

 

[Oublious]

With current KSA-GER relationship and Arm Ban...Gonna be hard to go for a K2...
And SK is far from having indigenous Engine/Turret/Subsys...

Well K-2 uses MTU german engine... Germany should block sell of MTU engine ahahah, whats next Russia or China?

 

[anatolia]

This is why foreign relations are as important as product it self.



Don't know, it seems project is kind of dead!
I'm for certain, if Musharraf was here, by now we'd be having al-khalid -2.

they did not respect us when killed the guy in turkish land. this thing is beyond business.

 

[The SC]

Your name is so hard to read. I know it means something that I assume is cool but it just bugs me. I'm not asking you to change your name but just informing you of this.

It is Haqiqat wa Hikmat in Arabic = Truth and wisdom
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Basic information:

K2 Black Panther Main Battle Tank

Hyundai Rotem, an affiliate of the Hyundai Motor Group, is developing the K2 Black Panther main battle tank (MBT) for the Republic of Korea Army (ROKA). The MBT is intended to provide improved performance in the 21st century network battle environment by employing improved ergonomics and digitalisation.

Rotem introduced the vehicle along with its wheeled armoured vehicles and unmanned weapon systems at the Seoul Aerospace and Defence Exhibition (ADEX) at the Seoul Airport in Seongnam City, Kyeonggi Province, in October 2009. The tank is expected to enter into service in 2014.

The K2 Black Panther is a new type of high tech battle tank and will replace K1 series of vehicles and M48 tanks. The new MBT features enhanced mobility and fire power compared to the K1 vehicles, and is regarded as one of the best main battle tanks in the world.

The K2 Black Panther development

The K2 MBT design was completed in 2006. Rotem signed a co-operation agreement in March 2011 with the subcontractors of K2 MBT and provided KRW12.8bn ($12m) to solve the financial difficulties caused by delays in the mass production of the vehicles.

Rotem signed a contract with the subcontractors in November 2011 to offer emergency operating funds totalling KRW3bn ($2.65m). The mass production of K2 MBTs was further delayed due to technical defects in engines and transmission.

In July 2008, Rotem signed a technology cooperation deal with Otokar to provide technology systems of the K2 MBT for the development of Turkey’s Altay Main Battle Tank. The first prototype of the Altay MBT is expected to be ready by 2015.

Rotem will provide the main equipment for Altay upon completion of the K2 MBT’s development.

The K2 Black Panther design and features

"The K2 Black Panther MBT has a crew of three members including commander, gunner and driver."
The K2 Black Panther MBT has a crew of three members including commander, gunner and driver. The vehicle is 10.8m long, 3.6m wide and 2.4m in height. The ground clearance of the vehicle is 0.45m and the combat weight is 55t.

Armament of the K2 Black Panther

The main armament of the K2 Black Panther is a 120mm L/55 smoothbore gun with automatic loader. The autoloader ensures the loading of projectiles on the move even when the vehicle moves on uneven surfaces. The 120mm gun can fire about 10 rounds per minute.

The secondary armament of the tank includes a 12.7mm heavy machine gun and a 7.62mm machine gun.

Sensors and other systems of K2 Black Panther

The K2 Black Panther is equipped with auto target detection and tracking system, and hunter killer function. It also features electric gun and turret driving system (28-260VDC) provided by Doosan Corporation Mottrol.

The gunner’s primary sight (GPS) and commander’s panoramic sight (CPS) are stabilised in two axes, and include a thermal imager and laser rangefinder enabling day / night observation.

The vehicle is fitted with an air-conditioning system and embedded training and built-in test system. The navigation system consists of a global positioning system and an inertial navigation system. The K2 MBT also has a battlefield management system connected with the C4I system.

Self-protection of the South Korean MBT

The K2 MBT is fitted with Composite Armour and Explosive Reactive Armour (ERA). It also consists of a collective nuclear, biological and chemical (NBC) protection system. The ammunition compartment is equipped with a blow-off panel for protecting the crew against the explosion of ammunition.

"An active protection system is installed on the MBT to provide protection against anti-tank rockets and missiles."
An active protection system is installed on the MBT to provide protection against anti-tank rockets and missiles. It includes soft and hard kill systems.

The K2 Panther is also protected by a fire suppression system. The vehicle has two banks of smoke grenades, each with six launchers. It is also provided with identification friend or foe (IFF) system.

K2 Black Panther MBT engine and mobility

The K2 Black Panther is powered by a MT 833 diesel engine from Tognum. The engine generates 1,500hp and provides a power to weight ratio of 27.3hp/t. The fully automatic transmission of the vehicle includes five forward and three reverse gears.

The vehicle has an in-arm suspension Unit (ISU), which enables the tank to successfully manoeuvre on soft soil and terrains with obstacles. The MBT has an off-road speed of 50km/h and can attain a maximum speed of 70km/h on road. It can traverse a maximum range of 450km on road and ford at a depth of 4.1m in water.

The vehicle is also equipped with a dynamic track tension system (DTTS) as well as roll, pitch and bounce control system.


https://www.army-technology.com/projects/k2-black-panther-main-battle-tank/

 

[KediKesenFare3]

We can't underrate K2 tank. It is going neck to neck with American tanks in competition.

'Genealogy'
Altay <- K2 <- K1 <- Abrams

 

[Beast]

Altay will have domestic engine on 41st tank. First 40 will have German engine.

It will not happen. Turkish engineer still has lots of problem and the engine is at infant stage only. I dare to bet by 2025, the domestic 1500HP diesel engine will not be ready for operation. Turkish has a tendency of overestimated engineering development.

'Genealogy'
Altay <- K2 <- K1 <- Abrams

Self bragging at it's best.

 

[Philip the Arab]

It will not happen. Turkish engineer still has lots of problem and the engine is at infant stage only. I dare to bet by 2025, the domestic 1500HP diesel engine will not be ready for operation. Turkish has a tendency of overestimated engineering development.


Self bragging at it's best.

Agreed.

 

[Beast]

Agreed.

Do not trust Turkish words. They always overhype their product and gives timeline which is impossible to meet. Their altay project is as good as dead with German banning engine sales to turkey. Turkish engineer is no way can make a operational 1500hp engine in just few years time. Without those sub system, those so called Turkish domestic products will never work.

Many of their product from warship to attack helo are all running on US sub system that included critical engine system.

 

[The SC]

# Saudi Arabia is conducting negotiations with # South Korea to purchase 300 # K-2 Black Panther tank with technology transfer and manufacturing some parts of the tank locally through Saudi suppliers.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1107746895248703489

 

[The SC]

The local industry step also begins with Korean offers which also include a rocket launcher, K9 thunder, k30 Biho, km-sam...


Rocket launcher

K9 Thunder Self-Propelled Howitzer​

South Korea KM-SAM or M-SAM​

K-30 Biho

 

[cabatli_53]

It will not happen. Turkish engineer still has lots of problem and the engine is at infant stage only. I dare to bet by 2025, the domestic 1500HP diesel engine will not be ready for operation. Turkish has a tendency of overestimated engineering development.


Self bragging at it's best.

Envisaging a timeline of 5-6 years (2018-2023/24) make sense If you are talking about a cost effective 1500/1800hp diesel engine program (BATU) but BMC Power is transfering many qualified Turkish and foreign engineers from various sources to accelerate the timeline, While establishing a big engine excellence center in Sakarya.

 

[BATMAN]

@BATMAN

hadha al khalid?

Clearly Pakistan is a looser. It's the cost of keeping hijack group happy.
Even if Pakistan wish to calculate, how much it lost by working as puppy of Iran, we can't calculate it.
It's multi dimensional and exponential loss for Pakistan.