Mediaholding tvzvezda.ru in detail told about the program of replacement of armored vehicles in South Korea.
At the National Assembly of South Korea, it was decided to postpone the timing of an additional batch of purchases of new basic tanks K2 Black Panther in the amount of 100 units to 2020 of the year.
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Jane's Internet portal 360 reported, what 13 October 2017 g. at the National Assembly of South Korea, it was decided to postpone the timing of an additional batch of purchases of new basic tanks K2 Black Panther in the amount of 100 units to 2020 of the year. The decision is due to the fact, that serious with transmission problems have been identified in the combat vehicles of the party. The first batch of the main tanks K2 development known Korean company Hyundai Rotem in the amount of 100 Units supplied Korean army with the power plant as part of MTU diesel 883 and automatic transmission Renk, made in Germany. The contract, worth approximately 820 USD for the supply of the second batch of the Korean army tanks, armored equipment provided Korean 1500 horsepower diesel engine manufactured by Doosan DST and automatic transmission manufactured by S&T Dynamics. But, Alas, the reliability of this transmission was quite low. In this respect, Hyundai's Santa Fe on cars or Sonata fared much better.
Need to mark, that the mere appearance of South Korea in the first decade of XXI century new, modern in all respects of the tank was a surprise for experts. Korean designers were able to realize in the car all the most modern achievements, providing it kind of global leadership in the use of the latest technology.
Development of the new South Korean tank began in 1995 in the framework of the ROC, which was given the name XK2 Black Panther («Black Panther»). According to the developers, used in the project only own South Korean design solutions and development, which allowed not to buy the license of the foreign producers. design, construction of prototypes, testing and refinement of the new tank cost Korean budget of $ 230 million and managed over 11 years, from 1995 by 2006 year, It is the year of the start of series production.
To develop a new car is to establish a tank, capable of withstanding modern main battle tank, the armament of North Korea and China, ensuring their considerable superiority in performance in the short term. Organizational K2 Black Panther in the South Korean army should replace the outdated medium tanks M48A5K Patton US production and complement existing armed South Korean K1A1 tanks main proprietary. A full-scale mass production of K2 Black Panther was launched in 2011 year.
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In process «black panther» We worked on two major projects: one involves the installation of a manned twin towers, and second – ustanovku neobitaemoy towers. The latter option was rejected. Besides, designers planned set as a primary weapon tank K2 experimental 140mm smoothbore gun, developed by the German company Rheinmetall, but also I had to give it up. One of the reasons was the requirement to maximize the use of only their own technology, and the other – Rheinmetall company's refusal of further development of this gun. How to calculate the German gunsmiths, Modern smoothbore 120mm gun with a barrel in 55 caliber is more than enough, to provide a solution to all problems in the fight against armored targets in the foreseeable future.
Korean designers for the new tank set up his gun on the basis of the German 120 mm gun Rheinmetall Rh120 / L55, which has been slightly modified configuration in order to use more powerful weapons. Development and manufacture of guns for the Black Panther was engaged in the company World Industries Ace, and ammunition for it developed and manufactured by the company Poongsan.
The first South Korean main battle tank K2 Black Panther saw the light 2 Martha 2007 of the year. On this day, the assembly line went down the first batch of three cars, running in production at Hyundai Corp plant. in Changwon (Changwon).
Details about the features of this promising weapons bronekata tells portal http://fb.ru.
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Tank «Black Panther» L55 is equipped with a gun, which, except for standard shots, adopted by NATO, It can operate on the basis of Korean development. So, specifically for this machine in the country created a new piercing shells and cumulative. These involve the presence of ammunition radar and infrared homing head, They can be used for shooting with large elevation angles.
Shells for the tank have braking parachutes, which increase the hit accuracy. The challenge of a parachute – reduce speed on final defeat. The two guns are used as additional tank armament: 7,62 mm M60, coupled with the gun ammunition 12000 ammunition and anti-aircraft machine gun caliber K6 12,7 mm ammunition 3200 rounds, located on the roof of the tower. Also, the tank can create a smoke curtain when using grenade. Prototypes K2 tank equipped with sighting system – KCPS sights and KGPS combined with ballistic computer, laser range finder and a set of sensors to quickly detect signals. rumor, South Koreans have thought that a special radar Millimeter, that can detect objects at a distance of 10 km. From the point of view of the radar equipment, tank has an intercom, satellite system receiver, as well as equipment, working on the identification «friend or foe».
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Overview of the South Korean production of the tanks can be concluded, that developers pay close attention to equipping their machines. Their protection is based on a combination of passive and dynamic protection armor units. Besides, a tank additionally equipped with a special protection complex «Arena-E», which was created by Russian developers. With this set you can protect the machine from guided and unguided munitions. Detection is performed in the region of projectiles 50 m, wherein upon detection of a projectile firing charge he strays. Besides, tank armor thickness is very large, provided that the all-welded steel sheets to create skin. In the main tank provides advanced system, fire control. ACS radar can detect any flies shells, and devices, to fly low. Besides, automatic tracking of ground targets is conducted using the system. Besides the main tank of instruments is capable of exchanging data C4I, that meets the requirements of internal NATO standards. «Black Panther» has set, allowing the tank to pass the ford swimming. Respectively, the machine is able to force the river or any water obstacles to a depth of 4,2 m.
