KNMBT XK-2 Black Panther

Next-Generation Battle Tank to Debut by 2010




By Jung Sung-kiStaff Reporter
The country's next-generation main battle tank equipped with advanced weapons systems will be deployed in the military by 2010, a state-run defense research institute said Tuesday.

During the Korea Ground Forces Festival 2005, the Agency for Defense Development (ADD) made public the Korea Next-Generation Main Battle Tank (KNMBT).

The Army's five-day event started simultaneously in Seoul and the Chungchong and Kyonggi provinces earlier in the day.

The agency has spent about 240 billion won ($230 million) for the development of the battle tank since 1995.

The 55-ton KNMBT features various enhanced functions compared to the existing K1M1 tanks. It is equipped with a 55-caliber 120 millimeter gliding gun with increased penetrating power. A sophisticated missile guidance system, dubbed ``fire and forget,'' will also be applied to the tank, according to the officials.

With the fire and forget system, missiles can hit targets without further guidance, even if they are moving, they said.

The ADD also displayed next-generation rifles that can use both 20 millimeter high explosive round and standard 5.56 millimeter ammunition. Among the main features of the new rifle are the laser distance measurement system and the precise aiming system for day and night.


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[boerakker15]

i think  that all the aliens are scared to come to the earth XD

[KJlost]

...in what way does it resemble ANY Russian tank?

[mokpoly]

i have no idea why som ppl calling this thing is clon of leopard, its more likely to be a leclerc

[kertaspaper94]

2:16-4:18 target practice for snipers :)

[pg1171]

It's an M1 withe a slab sided turret! Makes a great target! Sloped sides were developed during WWII by the Germans and Soviets. All the really good MBT's have sloped armor! Unless it's armor can stop EVERYTHING, I wouldn't start crowing that it's the best in the world!

[Hananim91]

Best Tank in world!!!, japs can't make shit only fucking boats. 

[xxwzaebd]

1000% best tank in history. Japan cannot build real tanks or rifles. Japan should import weapons from Serbia since they make much better ones than Japan.

[xxwzaebd]

Two megabytes doesn't seem to like high technology weapons..but we need at least 2000 K2, and 12 KDX-3 and so on.

[takajong]

@schwanzinmundkopf WW1 do not effect us in SEA. Those brits,French, Dutch still occupied us and they steal all our resources and assets. until WW2 when GERMAN fuck them in Europe, then d JAPS was inspired to attack those bastards. if not, we see those bastards r to strong, we have try for few hundred years. d last war, the viets did it in Indochina (french, brits, us and its allied) thanks to german. salute germania and your machines r d best.

[nedeljko031]

@JELLO136 about 8mil USD not 2mil :D

[schwanzinmundkopf]

@takajong and the reason why it arent the germans is that they lost ww2^^ the ottoman emipre lost ww1 too but the turkish people didn't wanted to be ruled by illbrained westerners ( winston churchhill, i hope he and his family burn in hell )

but to said it easy the brits are a nation of thiefs and murders, the breed of inzest!!!!!!

[schwanzinmundkopf]

@takajong dude it werent the germans in ww2 it were the turks in ww1 which tought the brits a leason... every revolution in asia is because they saw that the turks revolted succsesfull against brithish/french/italian/greek/­armenian ( they all occupied parts of turkey and started ethnic cleasing against the turks ) imperialism with soviet help