For the Chinese light tank also called Black Panther, see Type 15 tank.
K2 Black Panther
K2 Black Panthers of the 11th Maneuver Division of the Republic of Korea Army in tank field training
Type
Main battle tank
Place of origin
South Korea
Service history
In service
2014–present
Used by
See Operators
Production history
Designer
Agency for Defense Development Doosan Mottrol Hyundai Rotem Poongsan Corporation Samsung Thales Samyang Comtech WIA
Designed
1995–2008
Manufacturer
Hyundai Rotem
Unit cost
₩7.8 billion (production batch 1)[1] US$8.5 million (constant 2009 USD)
Produced
2008–present
No. built
Lot 1: 100 Lot 2: 106[2] Lot 3: 54[3] Lot 4: 150 (planned)[4] Total: 410
Specifications
Mass
Combat weight: 56 t (55 long tons; 62 short tons)[5]
Length
Overall: 10.8 m (35 ft 5 in) Chassis: 7.5 m (24 ft 7 in)
Width
3.6 m (11 ft 10 in)
Height
Highest: 2.4 m (7 ft 10 in) Lowest: 2 m (6 ft 7 in)
Crew
3 (commander, gunner and driver)
Armor
POSCO MIL-12560H armor steel and Samyang Comtech silicon carbide non oxide ceramic plate along with ERA and NERA modular add-on armor in addition to soft-kill and hard-kill active protection systems
1× 12.7×99mm (.50 BMG) K6 heavy machine gun (3,200 rounds) 1× 7.62×51mm NATO coaxial machine gun (12,000 rounds)
Engine
Lot 1: STX Engine/MTU Friedrichshafen MT883 Ka-501 4-short stroke, 12-cylinder water-cooled diesel, dry weight: 2,064 kg 1,500 hp (1,103 kW)[6]
Lot 2, 3: HD Hyundai Infracore DV27K 4-long stroke, 12-cylinder water-cooled diesel, dry weight: 2,550 kg 1,500 hp (1,110 kW)[7]
Power/weight
27.3 hp/t (20.35 kW/t)[5]
Transmission
Lot 1, 2: RENK HSWL 295 TM (5 forward, 5 reverse gears), dry weight: 2,450 kg
Lot 3: SNT Dynamics EST15K (6 forward, 3 reverse gears, in development), dry weight: 2,500 kg[8]
Suspension
Semi-active in-arm suspension unit (ISU) with dynamic track tension system (DTTS)[5]
Fuel capacity
1,296 L (342 U.S. gal)
Operational range
450 km (280 mi)[5]
Maximum speed
Paved road: 70 km/h (43 mph) Cross country: 50 km/h (31 mph)[5] Acceleration from 0–32 km/h (0–20 mph) in 7.47 seconds (MT883 Ka-501) or 8.77 seconds (DV27K)
K2 Black Panther (Korean: K-2 흑표; Hanja: K-2 黑豹; RR: K-2 Heukpyo) is a South Korean main battle tank, designed by the Agency for Defense Development and manufactured by Hyundai Rotem. The tank's design began in the 1990s to meet the strategic requirements of the Republic of Korea Army's reform for three-dimensional, high-speed maneuver warfare[9] based on use of network-centric warfare.[10][11][12]
Mass production began in 2013, and the first K2s were deployed with the South Korean armed forces in July 2014.[13]
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