The South Korean army is preparing to receive a new batch of K2 Black Panther tanks next year. According to the portal defensenews.com, Defense Procurement Program Administration (DAPA, Defense Acquisition Program Administration) approved the final configuration of these machines.
First batch of Black Panthers 100 units was produced using German MTU engines and Renk transmissions. Production of the second batch was planned using the new Doosan Infracore DV27K diesel engine (1500 l. from.) and automatic transmission S&T Dynamics EST15K South Korean design and production.
Start of production of tanks for the second contract was expected at the end of 2016 of the year, but due to problems with the quality of the transmission and engine, production was repeatedly postponed. Because of this, the Ministry of Defense of South Korea launched a program to upgrade the K1 main battle tank to the K1A2 modification..
According to the decision of DAPA, the second batch of K2 Black Panther tanks will be equipped with South Korean engines from Hanwha Defense Systems (formerly known as Doosan DST) and German Renk transmissions. As part of the second batch for the army, it is planned to purchase 106 tanks, which will be delivered to the troops in the period from 2019 by 2020 year, transfers “Warsaw”.
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