new S Korean tank...

[Siddhi]

here's a pic of a model of a K2 with fording equipment. does that snorkel look familiar or what?

[pdoktar]

I knew its superior tech and abilities were just another bull by anybody whoever makes anything ever.

[PlasmaKrab]

Link here for more pics of the prototype.

I have no idea why they boast the fording capability that much, they could just as well advertise it as the First Nuclear-Proof Tank due to the neutron liner...
Maybe what is to be understood by "the gun turrets can go underwater" is that the main gun can fire immediately after surfacing, without needing to be emptied/dried/cleaned/whatever. I don't know how exotic that is though.
Apart for that, basic tank snorkeling as far as can be seen.

The defensive suite looks much more promising if all the components can be purchased for the series version: turret-top ERA, hard-kill device, BIFF...
Also the FCS should be largely on par with the latest Western designs.

Now let's just lean back and see how the ROKA is going to fund this one...

[kikka]

Plasma, may be you've got enough pictures to build us a nice icon for the K2 ?
Cheers.

[PlasmaKrab]

kikka said:
Plasma, may be you've got enough pictures to build us a nice icon for the K2 ?
Cheers.

Sure, find me enough top-view pics from the series version and then give me two months to kitbash the Leclerc icon with a not-yet-existing K1A1 icon, all of this in Korean MERDC camo...
Thanks for the confidence anyway, I'll see what I can do, but Korean armor is at the bottom of my list right now. So I hope Don will jump the bandwagon before me!

[DRG]

I've already started mine.... both K1 and K2

Don

[whdonnelly]

Here is some more from Korea Times. I'm not sure if these guys have any clue as to what they are talking about:
Said to be the only tank in the world that can wade through up to 13.5 feet of water, the so-called XK2 Black Panther is a followup to the country's K1 unit (the X will get dropped once these go into production), and is so advanced that the official in charge of the project immodestly boasts that it has "more suberb capabilities than any other existing tank." Some of these "superb capabilities" include a 120-millimeter gun firing at 15 rounds per minute, smart munitions that can avoid obstacles to reach their targets, an active defense system against incoming artillery, and a special suspension that allows for three distinct configurations and downhill firing. With a top road speed of 44mph the XK2 is certainly no slouch, and with an estimated cost of $8.5 million per vehicle, it's certainly no bargain either. Combined with the country's already impressive army of autonomous vehicles, robotic sentries, and multi-wheeled killbots, the Black Panther should make potential aggressors think twice before they launch an attack against the Koreans (or at least make sure that they have a few good EMP's).

[PlasmaKrab]

DRG said:I've already started mine.... both K1 and K2

Don

Great!
I can't wait to see them, your Type-90 was awesome already!