MBT K2 Black Panther Korea Selatan

K2 Black Panther adalah tank tempur canggih utama yang akan menggantikan penuaan M48A5K tank Patton dan melengkapi seri K1 dari tank tempur utama saat ini menerjunkan oleh Republik Korea. Skala penuh produksi massal diharapkan dapat dimulai pada tahun 2009. Tentara ROK berencana ke lapangan sekitar 680 Black Panthers.


Keterangan dan kelengkapan :

Weight 55 tonnes (60.63 tons)
Length 10 m including gun (32.81 ft)
7.5 m chassis only (24.61 ft)
Width 3.1 m (10.17 ft)
Height 2.2 m (7.23 ft)
Crew 3 (commander, gunner, driver)
Armor Layers consisting of soft- and hard-kill anti-missile defense systems, ERA, NERA, modular & new unknown type of composite armor
Primary
armament 120 mm (4.72 in.), 55 caliber smoothbore gun (40 rounds)
Secondary
armament 1× 12.7 mm (.50 caliber) K6 heavy machine gun (3,200 rounds)
1x 7.62 mm (.30 caliber) coaxial machine gun (12,000 rounds)
Engine 4-cycle, 12-cylinder water-cooled diesel
1,500 hp
Power/weight 27.2 hp/tonne
Suspension In-arm Suspension Unit
Operational
range 450 km
Speed 70 km/h (43.5 mph) (acceleration of 0–32 km/h [0–19.9 mph] within 7 seconds)