K2 Black Panther - South Korean Main Battle Tank Overview

Wish to donate to support my channel? - Paypal link: The K2 Black Panther (Hangul: K2 ’흑표’; Hanja: K2 ’黒豹’) is a South Korean main battle tank that replaces most of the M48 Patton tanks and complement the K1 and K1A1 series of main battle tanks currently fielded by the Republic of South Korea. Mass production commenced in 2013 and the first K2 tanks were deployed with the armed forces in June 2014. In 1995, the South Korean Agency for Defense Development (Hangul: 국방과학연구소) was given the task of developing a modern armored fighting vehicle based upon Korean state-of-the-art domestic technologies. It was intended for this development program to further modernize the Republic of Korea Army, despite the superior capability of existing K1 and K1A1 designs versus existing North Korean tanks, most of which are aging T-55s and Type 59s. Emphasis upon indigenous technologies would also allow the