I have to get up in just a few hours for an eye appointment so, I'm just going to just hit the highlights.
1. Romania in May will start
field and live firing tests of the export version of the
South Korean K2.
If these tests are
successful it'll lead to a final contract for
300 units.
There is
NO TIMELINE for deliveries. And based on the below
probably our ready built export version won't make it in the game due to the following.
2. As I've already posted, South Korea has already started a
4th batch of K2 tanks comprising of
150 units. Deliveries are to start from
2024 - 2028. There is fallout from this.
A. It now looks like the
M48A3K/A5K will be around until the deliveries are completed.
Yeah, I know based on what we had at the time (Info.) I believe we have started phasing them out. If we went
END for the
M48A3K in DEC. 2024, I would recommend leaving it as such.
The
M48A5K I believe was set for
END DEC. 2025.
B. The
K2 production was
supposed to have ended after the
2nd batch was delivered.
Then I reported a
3rd batch was approved with
final deliveries having been completed last Fall.
C. The story ends here with the "
death nil" for the
K2 PIP we worked on about
4-5 years ago. Don and I had been discussing its
deletion as recently as last year.
He'll correct me if I'm mistaken, but I believe we held off due to the fact that at the time of working last year's Patch we didn't have a final decision on moving forward on the
4th batch from South Korea.
That changed at the end of last year when it was announced. We can
SAFELY Delete the
K2 PIP now.
South Korea is already looking beyond the "
PIP" as I believe I posted already and is still about to or recently has finished the production run for the heavily modernized
K1A2 as submitted last year.
I've used it and it's playing as expected.
Don I gotta get to the rack or else someone
won't be very happy with me.
I'll get you those Unit numbers later today early evening.
https://www.armyrecognition.com/defe...quisition.html
Regards,
Pat
