South Korea Next Generation Main Battle Tank XK2 흑표

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XK-2 Aka Black Panther
General characteristics
Crew : 3 (commander, gunner, driver)
Length : 10 m (7.5m chassis)
Width : 3.6 m
Height : 2.5 m
Weight : 55 tons

Armour and armament
Armour : Layers consisting of soft- and hard- kill anti-missile defense, ERA, NERA, modular & new unknown type of composite
Main armament : 120 mm Rheinmetall L55 license-produced by WIA (1 round ready to fire in the chamber, 16 rounds inside autoloader magazine with additional 23 rounds in the chassis)
Secondary armament : 1× .50 (12.7 mm) K-6 heavy machine gun machine gun (3,200 rounds)
7.62 mm coaxial machine guns (12,000 rounds)

Mobility
Power plant : 4-cycle, 12-cylinder water-cooled diesel produced by STX Engine (similar to MTU MT883 Diesel Engine)
1,500 hp
Suspension : In-arm Suspension Unit
Road speed : 70 km/h (acceleration of 0-32 km/h within 7 seconds)
Power/weight : 27.2 hp/tonne
Range : N/A

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South Korea Next Generation Main Battle Tank XK2 흑표

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  • The XK-2 utilizes ...

    The XK-2 utilizes an ISU, or In-arm Suspension Unit installed on every bogie on the tracks, with every one of them being able to be individually controlled.
    The ISU is also lighter and simpler to maintain than the HSU.
    Thus, the K2 will be able not only to "sit", "stand" and "kneel", but to "lean" towards a side or a corner as well.

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  • Fair enough :) ...

    Fair enough :)

    Do you know why it has the hydraulic suspension? Presumably it is designed for fighting over rough terrain?

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  • Nice demonstration ...

    Nice demonstration video. Now take it up into the mountains dummies. A tank is pretty much useless there.

    Except for the southern part of Korea, tanks are useless anyway. And btw, I would consider it an honour to fart in your air for ten minutes while we traversed a river.

    I wonder how long it takes to get that stack up.

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  • takedownroddy, ...

    takedownroddy,
    Good pointing out, but in fact, the gap is not large at all.

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  • F**k korea you ...

    F**k korea you cowards and F**king losers

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