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Techwin South Korea to sell K9 155mm howitzer to Egypt 10407172.
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Defense & Security News - Egypt
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Techwin from South Korea could sell K9 155mm self-propelled howitzer to Egypt.
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According to the Facebook account Egypt Defense Portal, The South Korean Defense Company Techwin is confident to win new contract with the export of its K9 155mm tracked self-propelled howitzer. After Norway and Estonia, Egypt could be one of the new foreign customer for the K9.
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 South Korean army K9 155mm tracked self-propelled howitzer at Seoul Defense Exhibition. |
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End of this year, Techwin could sign new contracts to deliver the K9 155mm self-propelled howitzer to Turkey and Egypt.
Techwin has started the negotiations for the delivery of the K9 to Egypt since 2010 with a signature of MoU (Memorandum of Understanding) with Egypt for military collaboration with South Korea. The negotiations were stopped in January 2011 due to political situation. In March 2017, the renewal of the MoU was launched after the visit of South Korean Ministry of Defense in Egypt for military cooperation between the two countries. The K9 could replace the old American-made M109A2 and M109A5 155mm self-propelled howitzers in service since many years with the Egyptian armed forces. According the Military Balance, Army of Egypt has a total of 164 M109A2 and 204 M109A5. The K9 Thunder is a South Korean self-propelled 155 mm howitzer developed by Samsung Techwin. The development program of this 155 mm/52-caliber self-propelled howitzer has been underway since 1989. In 1996 the first prototype of this new artillery system was tested. The main armament of the K9 consists of one 155 mm/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. |
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