new S Korean tank...

[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).

[RecruitMonty]

Well, I can understand why they have to talk all this shop. What with crazy Kim in the north and the costs of the project and all. They clearly had to spend a lot of money on it, after all designing a new MBT is not cheap. I suppose Korean taxpayers are just like any others so they need to know the money was well spent. Telling them Korea has the best tank in the world might just do that. Its better than anything they have in the North. Thats a bonus I suppose.

[PlasmaKrab]

Just keep that bit of info somewhere handy in case it changes again, but:

Looks like Turkey has selected a new tank a last (again)!
Of course, remember that it's at least the third time a winner was declared by external soucres in ten years, so let's wait and see.

[Sarunas]

150 Horsepower tank? Greeks, beware I bet it's 1500 though.

[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!

[Siddhi]

heck, if it really has that RoF, has the active anti arty capability (which the US pioneered ages ago) and all the rest of those gadgets i take my sarcasm back...it does sound pretty good. still trying to find out you "autoseal" a main gun though, if it is done down at the beach level how would you evacuate the barrell afterwards? spinning it around with centrifugal force )? treadheads enlighten us..

autoloaders are totally the way to go, to date only the yanks can afford to train their tank crews in combat conditions enough to really get a respectable RoF; read about a German vs US competition once in which the M1's were able to have twice the RoF of the Germans simply b/c their loaders were not doing the job for the first time...

[Marcello]

"active anti arty capability"

What would that be ? An anti ATGM system which got mangled in translation?

[PlasmaKrab]

A hard-kill anti-ATGM system with anti-top-attack capability?
That was studied at some point for the Leclerc IIRC.