2007 New generation tank, XK-2 S.KOREA

[TheBigTittyTwister]

@KiranaForever According to russian statements NK still operates some T-34. Read articles about north korean military, it's catastrophic lay and form your own view on it. That nation is so isolated and underdeveloped that even the Swiss Guard could conquer the country all alone. The only reason why nobody bombed NK OUT OF the stone age is that South Korea fears a reunification and the ramifications for the national finances and the economy. It would be much "worse" than the german reunification.

[pjh3228]

Stop hating and justifying your kind, Japanese. Besides, this tank costs only half of the type 90 and one third of TK-X or type 10. So beat it.

[pjh3228]

if you actually consider this seriously, we face two problems.

A. Korean tank and Japanese tanks are created for different purpose.

B. Comparing prototype and already 'refined' product is not an accurate comparison.

And besides, If you actually look at closely, defensive capability of type 90 is only concentrated on front armor, and nowadays, even K1A1 has better armor capability than type 90. Mobility? Are you even aware that Type 90 and TK-X use more fuel than M1 Abrahms?

[b7a2ryusei]

XK-2 looks like Type90 prototype#1

[Hanul91]

@b7a2ryusei

LOL type 90 is a copy, XK-2 is consider the best tank in world.

[b7a2ryusei]

@Hanul91

Really?

Firepower: K2(120mm L55 K276) > Type90(120mm L44 JM33)

FCS: Type90 > K2

Mobility: Type90(30hp/t) > K2(27hp/t)

Protection: Type90(RHA:800mm?) > K2(RHA550mm + ERA)

[Hanul91]

@b7a2ryusei

For FCS and mobility, K2 is greater than Type 90. For defense capitacy, is unknown.

[b7a2ryusei]

@Hanul91

FCS&Mobility :watch?v=T_sN9NgQm7g

What Is better?

[bodingoji]

@b7a2ryusei Get away japanese.

[BloodyMcHaggis]

@hankooktotal afaik it is the L55...look it up in military-today...

[nirsi19]

the only rock n roll tank

[vonBeavis]

Very impressive. A far cry from the M-48 and M-60s the ROK army was using when I was there in the 80s. I don't think Dear Leader Kim's T-55s, 62s, and 72s are any match.

[pain1205]

hm...seems like we germans need to upgrade our tanks a lil bit....that ECM is kickass

nevertheless our Leopard has a higher speed by a higher weight... i think they should have used a better engine.

anyway a tank which has to be watched out for, i don´t want to encounter one fo these modern bastards.

although a threat to be reckoned with... im glad we´re not enemies

grettings from germany

P.S.: nice vid

[BloodyMcHaggis]

greetings from Germany!

its a quite nice mbt, but you forget, that every nation is upgrading its tanks for more efficiency...what includes the quite cool ECM etc.

what i could not find out is if the sides are armoured also...are they?

but still quite nice^^

PS: Rheinmetall ftw!

[arischerhund]

this is the ebst tank, many people have no idea, this is better than leopard, better than abrams and better than all russian tanks...congrats to brotherland korea !

[buergie]

Well, the first Leopard 2 was delivered 1979, which was 30 years ago. Your brotherland needed 30 years to built something, which still has to prove if it is really superior. :-)

If yes, chapeau.

[95predator]

it has the same technical components leopard had before but the radar is good but this is too in the ifv puma that is already in production, so the next version of leopard 2 a6 will be better, and the armor of leo is better

[SancharKhan]

I heard Turkish and Korean Military forces will develop this monster together... Is that true?

[Antillektuell]

turkey got a license to build these tanks. i dont know if turkey is also involved in the developement. i only read that rheinmetal and a french comnpany (developed leclerc) are involved. wiki also says that the south koreans bought some russian tanks to study them.

but im no expert on this!!!!!

[TheBigTittyTwister]

It would be nice to see what a south-korean K2 does to an old north-korean T-34/85 from WWII...

[SaintMathaeus]

...muhahaha yeah that would be real fun.

[wyrdmagyk4]

Ahhh cmon...

that would be like Brock Lesnar

beating up a 5 year...not even fair...lol

[russiamaximka]

ahaha next generation tank. leopard 2 and t-90 is better

[Calemir]

looks like a cheap copy with some nice ideas.

But i dont think that this tank will get a real german armament...

[rriturajg]

congrats to korea!

[southernID]

Very good, North Korea will have troubles if they are going to invade your country.

[aznpride0]

This tank going to own any type of NK MBT

[cCcbalkanTURKcCc]

Respekt!!!

[bedri76]

not german

[KINGofCO2]

Really awesome!

[gutayui]

めずらしくもないことですねぇこんなの

[PecuniaLuxMea]

0:52 fucking awesome :)

[kambokdol]

cannon is not german~ and engine is not german ~~

doosan made engine export to turkey for next generation turkey MBT

[zulu2k6]

the cannon is german, it's a rheinmetall 120-mm L/55. the engine is german too, it's a MTU MB-883 Ka500

[akifakyel]

but its only by prototype...serial manufacture will have korean engine.but i'm not sure,if the cannon will be german soon..

[ecthelion83]

It's probably cheaper to build their own...as for the origins of the designs, a lot of these weapons are foreign in design but have either been licensed for local production or have been modified and then produced (again this is cheaper since you don't have to import anything) so technically they are no longer foreign. Plus the Leopard isn't perfect and in terms of combat the M1 Abrams (despite its flaws) has seen more real action - if anything, it would be wiser to improve upon that design.

[Wast3m]

how does it's active protection system work???

i think it needs to get rid of turbo disel engine. but all in all, its lower section looks very similar to m1 abrams . the tank looks very slow and heavy, but posture control is very sophisticated.

[evisevi]

Hi,

There is still much work to do..

At 3:03 the tank generates not a "smoke-ring".

Or is this the fault of Rheinmetall ?

[Wast3m]

the barrel seems okay, no 'smoke-ring' is okay

[panzerkw]

You talk out of your arse little boy. Stick to the plastic kits.

[dlssocjs]

are u jap ?

[dlssocjs]

scum !

[00Phalanx]

What a perfect tank that is.

[fedzog]

looks quite impressive.

[respinK]

Way too much electronic stuff. Guess it will have a very high failure rate, the cost of ownership will be very high and I guess they will have a BIG problem to repair things like level control under battlefield conditions.

"Can we just reboot, the le--evv-vv-el c--con--- control hangs and shakes..."

Didn't u install update 3 Version 3.56 for level control software 2.2? No, doesnt work with Softwareversion 4.5 of the climatecontrol. Unless you wanna be fried accept the shaking level control.

[KJlost]

...XK-2 electronic gears are fairly standard, off-the-shelf material in the MODERN armor. It's one of the first to put all the stuff together, but if you think this tank is going to have high failure rate, you better remember that your countries MBT (if you could afford one--where the hell u from?) would probably suffer the same damn fate.

[durchdiemitte]

i think it's a great tank

modern desin of the leclerc plus Rheinmetal gun

from leo 2A6 plus amunition. engine by MTU and the transmission ist also from germany

[Ellusionist01]

hey dip shit before you start bashing other countries why don't you get your links to properly work. You fail at life dumbfuck

[cble1e418]

Is this tank able to fire at over 3km target while running like Type 90?

[KJlost]

We already set THAT standard 10 years ago with the K1A1.

[HamZang]

and aim system is SAMSUNG's system

[HamZang]

het fuck japs! xk2 use Doosan Engine.

No Leclerc Engine .. stupid japs ㅉㅉㅉㅉ

[cantouch]

Japan

Type-90 use 2 cycle Stroke Engine like bike

TK-X use Low power Engine like 1980's

[cantouch]

Doosan Engine

S&T Transmission

[cantouch]

Doosan Engine

in 2005, Doosan InfraCore and S&T heavy-industry contracted with ADD for develeping XK-2's 1500hp Engine and Transmission

in 2007, Doosan developed XK-2's Engine

in 2007, S&T developed XK-2's Transmission

[kkj2man]

제가 영어가 짧습니다. 한국분들 중에서 아래 제글을 영어로 옮겨 주실분 있으시면 감사 하겠습니다. ^^

[kkj2man]

kawa6633님 일본사람으로써 한국어를 무척 잘 써주셔서 감사합니다. 다만 한가지 지적하고 싶은것은 차기 한국전차는 일본의 90식 전차처럼 값만 비싸고 제구실 못하는 전차도 아니며, 당신이 최고의 전차라 생각하시는 일본의 자랑 90식처럼 옆과 전차 하부가 종이장 처럼 얇지도 않습니다. 그럼으로 전차가 바위에 걸려 하부가 찢어지는 사고도 나지 않을것입니다. 님께서 90식의 성능을 과대포장하고 계시오나, 90식의 성능은 k1a1과 동등 또는 그 이하임을 당신과 당신의 주변 밀리 메니아님이 계시다면 정확히 판단하실것 입니다. 물론 자국 무기체계에 대한 자긍심은 무엇이라 평할것 없으나, 일단 타국의 무기를 비난하기 전에 자국무기에 대한 비평을 먼저하고 자국무기를 향상시키시길 바랍니다.

[MonkeyDudeMan1]

The last part shows the whole army XD, (joke)

[Samsun55]

Crazy tank...

it can hide very well behind a tree :)

[IdunCareLesSn00b]

They are better than what north korea has.

[sojuncoke]

even the Mini Abrams tank they had before was better than the soviet era tank N. Korea had.

[Miaumensch]

This Tank is able to challenge the world best Tanks like:

The Leopard 2A6

The Leclerc

The T90

and the Abrams M1A2

[stg44rulz]

hydralics in a tank that is sooooooooooooo fucking badass

[ZProjectKoreaZ]

lol pimp my tank with posture control! jk I don't like pimping...

[WarMasterX6]

Lol I like this new model tank. Weird how it goes underwater lol hey y not? makes it quicker to get past small rivers and stuff. Armor seems a bit light but it makes up for it with speed and manuverability.

[trakkaton]

it's a good thing that there's always billions for advanced killing machines like this while people are staving to death and do not have clean water.

[f0rdman]

its their fault they keep multiplying

[trakkaton]

Dumpshit, they multiply because they are poor. They multiply because they have no medicine, no social security and high infant mortality. No education and no pension. Vaccination programmes reduced birth rates drastically. Educate yourself before you badmouth millions that are dying while you have your shiny life exploiting them, affluent chauvinist!

[f0rdman]

no means of supporting myself or my offspring... sounds like a reason to multiply to me!

[trakkaton]

Can't read?

Too dumb?

Uneducated and ignorant?

Well then shut up and kill yourself!

[f0rdman]

lol this is hilarious. you don't even make any sense. you amuse me.

[ZProjectKoreaZ]

then why don't you do something about that. Go to Africa and help those people with your own hands. What... you don't want to? And shithead, the better machines, the faster a war would end. And that means less casualties on our side. So you want to use all the money to help the poor and let us risk more casualties?

[trakkaton]

1. When it comes to my projects in Africa and elsewhere dumbfucks like you who know nothing about me should shut up.

2. The huge problem with spending on killer machines does not improve with charity projects. Neither the killing nor the spending, imbecile.

[trakkaton]

3. Reducing casualties? Are you mad? Whom do you want to attack? War is madness to begin with, and killing machines are not bought for defense but for wars of aggression. Defense means guerilla tactics which clearly involve NO tanks. Get educated.

[KJlost]

Wrong friend. We make these multi-billion weapon programs so OUR people do not starve and get poisoned from dirty water. Everyone else can go to hell.

[trakkaton]

Are you out of your mind or what?

Can you eat tanks?

Can they filter water?

What is a B2 bomber good for?

Bombing some helpless country from 10 000 feet!

ONE example where they did something else?

[KJlost]

Well Korean's are not exactly eating dirt and drinking poisoned water at the moment, are they? So what's the point of worrying about something that's not our problem? You're out of YOUR mind if you expect a NATION to give up on defense to help people outside the border.

[trakkaton]

"Defense means guerilla tactics which clearly involve NO tanks."

Maybe they should start an education programm, starting with reading abilities, followed by the basic knowledge of debate.

[enomosiki]

It's called population control, nitwit. And it's the perfect solution for making the world a better place, by removing idiots such as you.

[trakkaton]

At least I'm not a programmed imbecile repeating what others told him in order to make himself look like an ignorant tool without a brain.

[enomosiki]

It's quite ironic for you to say that, considering the fact that you are simply an illiterate retard with no perception in reality.

[trakkaton]

If you're shot in the face, I'll shit in the hole, imbecile.

[enomosiki]

Aww... Would you look at that, a dry Internet threat made by an idiot. I really would like to see you try in real life, though.

[sojuncoke]

uhm S. Korea is the 13th richest country in the World

[trakkaton]

So what?

Read before replying!

[SoldierofGondor]

13th? its the 11th or 10th dude

[gammabeta23]

well i bet the auto loader will jam and its not even battle tested yet all this thing is is a paper tiger

[KJlost]

Great opponent the RPG-7 is.

[brtshstel]

1:17 ::base thumps:: "low..ride..er baby lowrider"

[Kadrun]

low, high, front, back, left, right... :D

[osakar]

hey someone give me a RPG7.

I will destroy that junk. lol

[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.

[DStyle23]

thats 1 hell of a tank!

[jimbosudbury]

its abeautiful tank, but it doesnt have the strength and powr of the british challenger. that tank is undestroyable to anything man designed.

[Ellusionist01]

all respects to the challenger 2 but i'd beg to differ to your argument.

XK2 has 1,500 bhp while as the Challenger 2 only has 1,200 bhp.

120mm gun is almost the same. Your argument holds no merit.

[nest992]

so perfect

[Zyamaman]

I was amazed when I read about this tank.

I mean you never hear about South Korea, and no one really regarded them as serious weapons developers!

And then, out of nowhere, they come up with something like, fall on you like a ton of bricks!

If the stuff they say about this tank will remain true when it hits mass production, it just might take the place of Leo A6 as the best MBT in the world!

[YOUNGF0X]

is a pretty tank

[YOUNGF0X]

eat ur foods, fuck ur mothers, lol

[possumGFX]

lol..whats wrong with you man?

[esse10]

study first your own history! you chink.

[x9xi]

possum, don't be duped by some impostor losers.

[x9xi]

and this is for esse too,. Btw, XK-2 is one of the best MBT in the world ,along w/ those from China and Japan.

[hancho17]

don't listen to this guy,he's just jealous that korea is doing better than monglia.

[YOUNGF0X]

thats hot

[rookandpawn]

lol who do you think makes the m1a2 abrams United States tanks?

[joonbug214]

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. One thing that hasn't changed with time though, are the Japs' and Chinkys' monumental inferiority complex and low self-esteem of their pathetic beings.

[manick91]

damm cant you see it its M1A2 abrams with a difrent turret so its not that nice

[hancho17]

actually the similarity is just aesthetic. a lot of the subsystems were indigenously designed and build, and it's had just as much infulence from the t72 and t80 in it's design as the abrams. so don't go around saying it's just a abrams wannabe

[nuclearthreat545]

Posture control is sexy. I think the US should buy a couple thousand of these babies

[Matt56112]

i like the u.s M1A2 better

[hucser]

THE BEST TANK IN THE WORLD!!!!!!

M1 is the only tanks that have been proven at the COMBAT ZONE (both Urban and conventional warfare).

Other tanks are just based on the SPEC!!!!

but damn... XK-2 is damned good for SPEC man..

[ragerancher]

Er Challenger 2 has been proven.

[Wast3m]

i heard chally 2 hasto overhaul armour coz armour has weakspot.

[shehan117]

THIS IS NATING (SOUTH COREA? NO) NORTH COREA YES

RED ARMy YES

[snowmanll]

that`s south korea tank :)

[albert008]

The tank is so-so

[pyoon]

It's actually one of the best tanks in the world.

[sandyboy911]

wow.... thats a hell of a tank....wonderful