XK-2 Black-panther

[dalton2621]

Discovery channel brought me here

[meee2014]

this tank uses russian active protection system arena which is another advantage this tank has over leopard 2 while leopard has good sights and rangefinders etc. it lacks active protection systems which even the americans are putting in their abarms tanks now

[sel1071]

Turkey is not the buyer of xk 2 .Altai tank is the indiginious tank..W e only et some technologi transfer from Korea.Our tanks are different.even soft waes and hard wares are different too..Altai tank has seven Wheels..but korean ank has 6 weels.Altai tank is longer and bigger than Korean tank

[TheDashingRogue]

NORTH KOREA RAPE DEH SOUTH KOREA NORTH IS BEST KOREA WE STARVE YOU FACE RAPE YO WIFE KILL YOUR HORSE

[myungfile92]

b7a2ryusei..

for da first time i heard some shit jap tank is better dan leopard2

[93214919321491]

That is a bad ass tank. I would love to see the day when it will fight along side Abrams in Afghanistan.

[Chur4les3]

awesome tank. if i were of the korean army, i dont sell this shit to other country!

[b7a2ryusei]

Type10>Type90>Leclerc>Leopard2­A6>M1A2SEP>MerkavaMk4>Challeng­er2

K2?? WTF?

[HamZang1124]

@b7a2ryusei

lol please say more like that , then more people will say WTF? to you japs lol

specially this point "Type10>Type90>~~Leopard2a6" lolololololololololololololol

[b7a2ryusei]

@HamZang1124 =Ttongsul

Type10 is very  accurate tank.→watch?v=tAJjTlQpz3Y

but,K2 is poor Tank.

FCS,Gun,Armor,Suspension,Engin­e,Transmission,,,,ALL POOR

[SirHungryHippo]

@b7a2ryusei seriously, enough with the jap vs SK comparisons man...

and besides...type 10 is waaay more expensive than its actual value, i guess thats why no one wants to buy japanese military tech

[b7a2ryusei]

@SirHungryHippo

What's Korea's military technology???

120mm L55GUN・・・German

120mm Autoloader・・・France

PowerPack・・・German

[SirHungryHippo]

@b7a2ryusei are you fucking retarded or some shit?

you said k2 is a "poor" tank, and i just explained how the jap tank is rediculously expensive for its unremarkable performance.

[AnhOOful]

@b7a2ryusei ??? 120mm gun made korea technology. you can find video in youtube and Powerpack is already developed. but this powerpack has some errors and needs repairing. Do you know different powerpack and diesel engine? all parts of k2 is made korea technology..why?? korean companies want to export k2 to foreign country. if k2 made in foreign technology, never export to other country..

[Vanadium]

@AnhOOful than show it, the 120mm gun is under license made German Reihnmetal Gun. The K2 is able to fit the 140mm Gun from Rheinmetal too but the development for this gun is on hold since the 120 can kill all the shit out there ATM.

[ysjoo22]

@b7a2ryusei in your opinion there are no damn 'own technology developed' if u want to argue the small parts. so shut up. Because of your kind, the Japanese people are getting bad reputation

[kahuna028]

@natsplit yea the K2 has soft-kill system. Its to be upgraded with hard-kill system in the future

[natsplit]

What happend at 3:45?

Does the tank offer anti-missle self defence systems?

[epicfail86]

@natsplit

yes.It has an anti missile system along with smoke grenade launcher to prevent laser-guided missile systems.

[MrLazyAzn]

@wisdomwild83 it can. If they want it to float, they inflate these built in airbags. Don 't know why they didn't show it though :/

[xxwzaebd]

Best tank in the world.Yes.

[ACTEKBEO]

так это

же Леопард

[chinaownseverything]

korea < china

[reckneya]

@chinaownseverything

Actually.. Korea > bad gay pr0n > china

[wisdomwild83]

why the tank is not floating. i thought this is a amphibious tank, it kinda weird but the design of the tank is good. I love float tank than dive tank in water, I think the best amphibious tank is based on great capabilities such as float at water, firepower at that is suitable shoot their cannon at water while moving or steady. Not just that they also have a great armor. I know it impossible but it can be done if we know the secret....

[nedeljko031]

People will never learn that noone really ever saw real T72M in combat :D Only shitty copies and downgraded versions.....

[THEABRAMSMBT]

VERY NICE (SOUTH) KOREAN TANK!

[icantafford]

Only thing the K2 is misssing is sloped turret armour. I'd also prefer a tank where the engine is in the front of the chassis (like in the Merkava). Damn nice tank though!

[swedishvolvo]

What models of tanks can swim across rivers like the xk2 demonstrated?

[Porsche1080]

I'm not certain about the M1 but i'm sure the T-90 and the leopard 2 can.

[AntarcticaMan24]

the Leopard 2 can.

[Arcantos95]

@swedishvolvo Leopard 2

[Porsche1080]

this tank looks excellent for korean terrain , but can it handle the dust in iraq?

well we know one thing for sure: north korea's screwed

[trueprophesy]

probably it can handle tha dusk

[imagifyer]

yeah but the unique thing about the k2's fording technique is that the cupola extends to allow for steering

[sarg1988]

very nice tank indeed. it looks most impresive, but its a fact that it uses a german gun which is the Rheinmetall 120 mm L55 smoothbore gun. Though i must say that it looks alote like the Leopard 2A6 and a Abram tank. Atleast this shows that the South Korean army is alote smarter when it comes to designing their tanks, by making a tank a real beast and not a russian death trap.

[Tupolev202]

The K2's main armament is an indigenous L55 120 mm smoothbore gun, not from Rheinmetall.

Russian death trap? Please specify which tank u think is a death trap. Let me guess, those iraqi T-72 monkey models?

[sarg1988]

Okey i might be mistaking myself by calling it a Rheinmetall, i've read it somewhere.

And no i'm not only revering to the iraqi T-72's but mostly to the WW2 tanks and the T-55. Its a well known fact that the russians diden't really care that much about comfort or crew safety, but im pretty sure alote of that has changed now.

[Danielelcabroncete]

A lot of modern tanks can do that, only need a snorkel, the Leopard 2 and the T-90 for example

[evilmonkey1971]

Wow @ 1:40 I never saw a tank turn into a submarine before...

[Icix1]

looks like a slightly modified abrams

[ArticCat66]

No wheeled piece of crap will ever replace the main battle tanks!

[soviet1]

europe are a superior mind, asian are a import fabric

this is a real

[TheLexingtonMidget]

Do your research before you make such blatantly stupid statements, please.

[Rok0705]

This tank was made especially for Korea's natural terrain.

[mrsamshin]

it can go underwater? wow, its truly is a black panther.

[joseluisnewyork]

Congratulations, its a really beast tank, someone can say me how much is this beast?, Peru like to buy 300 new tanks than can defeat a Leopard A4.

[byunjoe]

I looked it up and its a whopping ₩8,300,000,000 Korean won, or around USD$8.5 million. Currently the most expensive tank in the world!

But the prices will go donw after mass production begins.

[gwupete]

Peru like to buy lot of things. Peru cannot defeat even Bolivia. Peru need to work at cleaning home and taking care of people. Peru Army el big joke.

[joseluisnewyork]

Peru bought to Russia in 1970 360 T-55 tanks, 27 SU-22. Today that weapons are obsolete and is logic that we need to buy new tanks, Russia offers the T-90 and sukkoi 30mk. Of course the actual economy is much better than 1970's and Russia likes to negociate again with us a big purchase of weapons.I'm sorry if you don't like this gwupete.

[TheBigTittyTwister]

That is the most amazing tank since the leopard 2!

[2mo666]

dammn that fucker really iss really fast

[savagewimptr]

i still say all tanks are yesterdays weapon, a hunk of steal goin nowhere fast and when it does you need iran or iraq's oils supllies to get there, save your money and spend on unmanned aireal targeting and anti tank weapons deplyment systems and well then bobs ya uncle ,

[Halcyon307]

Tanks are still relevant, they have the presence on the battlefield both psychological and tangible. UAVs are increasingly, but doe not have the same deterrant ability asthe tank itself. Note, that the role of tanks have changed, the are less and less geared to armoured warfare but more towards a rapid response unit. The trend is best demonstrated by the South African military's trend to smaller, lighter, highly mobile AFVs.

[RippersToll]

Tanks are nor yesterdays weapon! I think there will allways be some sort of war chariot in place tank or not , you just cant take and hold ground without armor support.

[europeanleft]

Turkish people likes Koreans since the Korean War. Probably thats why Turkey is the only buyer so far

[SolidSnake311]

Yep, looks this pussy cat is gonna kick leos ass anytime soon, sooner than expected. The only buyer so far so good for this tank is Turkey, they are planning to field several hundreds pehaps even up to 1000 of K2s.

[lester7c]

that fucker is really fast

[predestinemercy]

This is the best tank in the world, advanced FCS, 55 caliber gun, 1500hp engine. Best of all, unlike previous generation of Korean tanks in the 80s~90s(K1/K1A1), Korea's industrial capabilties have advanced sufficiently since to indigenously develop and produce over 99% of the XK-2's subsystems

[predestinemercy]

This from another site - 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.

[BluePlue]

That thing can go into underwater for god sakes! Awsome and during battle low rider tanks pimp other tanks out.

[Zyamaman]

Well, if all the specifications they publish about this tank will remain true when it hits mass production, I believe it might as well replace the Leo A6 as the best MBT in the world.

I mean the stuff they claim about this tank is simply amazing!

[parzifal2]

mm the best is the leopard2 a6

[DeltaHardcore]

the leopard 2a6 is shit because the chassis of the leopard 2 was not made to take the L55 cannon the Leopard 2a5 or the Leopard 2 PSO are better

[enomosiki]

The main difference between the L44 and the L55 is the barrel length. Just about everything else remains the same. Any MBTs equipped with L44 can be up-gunned to L55 with minor modifications. Your statement is invalid.

[DeltaHardcore]

I was in the Bundeswehr and i was loader gunner in a Leopard 2 a4 the most of our superiors were saying that the leo 2 a5 ist better. My statement is not invalid because of my source.

[enomosiki]

It is, when you consider the potential increase of firepower that the L55 can offer over the existing L44, not to mention the improved armor and systems upgrades from A4 to A5/6.

[HACKYone]

lol???but u know that everyone says that uor takn....(leo2a5 and a6 and pso) are the best from the world???2a5-pso all the same chassis.....

[DeltaHardcore]

Dicker man sollte nicht von panzern quatschen wenn man nicht in einer panzerkompanie war außerdem wussten meine vorgesetzten mehr als sonst wer denn sie haben die meiste erfahrung weil sie auf dem beim Gefechtsübungszentrum des Heeres dienen und wenn die sagen das der A6 probleme macht dann stimmt das

[Ellusionist01]

M1A1/2? They don't even look the same. & God damn that L55 Gun is huge.

[HYPHYDUM408]

Looks like they sorta copied the m1a1.  Didnt they do that with the k1a1? I mean even the NAME is almost the same.

[byunjoe]

Americans left Koreans with plenty of M1 Abrams tanks. So we figured what the heck lets make our own tanks with these tanks' chassis, so we modified the m1a1 made it suitable to our terrain etc, etc.

[enomosiki]

Since when did the Americans leave their Abrams to Koreans? Get your facts straight, please.

[unklebo]

super its like a nigros car

[happosai21]

looks like a southkorean version of the leopard 2a6. the gun is the same. but the lowriderthing is cool Oo

[viperq]

Lowrider tanks. Sweet