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Samsung Techwin signs deal for delivering 120 K9 Thunder self-propelled howitzers to Poland.
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| Samsung Techwin signs deal for delivering 120 K9 Thunder self-propelled howitzers to Poland | |||
A South Korean defense company is to finalize a deal to sell its indigenous
self-propelled howitzers to Poland, military officials said Wednesday.
Under the US$320 million deal, Samsung Techwin Co. will export 120 of
the K-9 self-propelled howitzers to Huta Stalowa Wola, the Polish public
defense company, a military official said. |
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South-Korea's
K9
Thunder 155mm self-propelled howitzer |
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“Samsung
Techwin will produce the first 24 units here before 2018, and after that,
HSW is to build the remaining 96 units,” official said. The
rest will go through technical transfer and be manufactured in Poland.
The K-9 was developed in 1998 as a replacement for the K55 self-propelled howitzer, a variant of the M109. The main armament consists of a 155mm/52 caliber ordnance with a maximum firing range of 40 km. The K9 Thunder has a maximum rate of fire of 6 rounds per minute and is capable of multiple-round simultaneous impact firing. It is able to fire three rounds in 15 seconds. The vehicle is powered
by a German MTU MT 881 Ka-500 diesel engine, developing 1,000 horsepower.
The K9 thunder is fitted with NBC protection system. |
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