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Re: K2EX: The Best Tank on Earth (Not Made in USA) Is Getting Better
« Reply #1 on: June 20, 2024, 03:48:59 PM »
  While the South Korean panther is undoubtedly a fine tank..there are worldwide, several in the same category.

  It is quite an audacious statement to say it is the "best tank in the world".. which caused me to consider the expertise and experience of the
    claimant.  Surely, he must have much armored warfare experience and engineering expertise to make such an outright claim.

  So I looked up the author of the article, one Peter Suciu, so as to ascertain his competence, to make such a bold statement.

  Here is what I found..   https://www.amazon.com/stores/author/B002SAX4NA

    Although it is likely a fine competitor in the top 5 or 6 tank models...  As I see it, with competing tanks and all the features
    involved, t would be extremely difficult to  pronounce any single one as "BEST" !
 
  Consider this, For it's designed purpose, middle east desert and urban warfare, the Israeli Merkava..has to be near the pinnacle.. since it was
   designed and engineered for that purpose.

  For the mountainous terrain of South Korea, the adjustable, activated suspension on the Panther, must work very well for final zeroing on target.

 The German Leopard and the French LeClerc  are perhaps ideal for European defense.

   
  Then there is the "proof is in the pudding" concept.  Over the years, new models have been produced that promised great things..until they faced
   real battle..

  So far as I know the American Abrams and the British Challenger...are the only current ones that have been tried in the smoke of battle...and both have acquitted themselves very well.

  We have yet to see how certain ones now in Ukraine hands have done..once the boasts and propaganda have been analyzed.


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Re: K2EX: The Best Tank on Earth (Not Made in USA) Is Getting Better
« Reply #2 on: June 20, 2024, 05:37:08 PM »
Many on-line military sites have listed the latest Korena main battle tank ( this is a development just as the Abrams is modified) as among the very best; It is good enough that Poland has bougnt several hundred.
Right now the German Leopard is being used in the Ukraine also as Poland is replacing the Leopards with the Black Panther.

Since Russia's invasion, NATO member Poland has signed contracts worth $12.7 billion to buy South Korean weapons including tanks, artillery and fighter jets. In 2022, Warsaw made a first order for around 200 K2 "Black Panther" battle tanks built by Hyundai Rotem.

https://www.barrons.com/news/poland-takes-step-towards-s-korean-k2-tank-production-4b14bb8d

Remember Korea has to be ready to defend against fanatial North Korea, if the crap hits the fan.

In a rather sad event; the war in the Ukraine is showing what is correct and incorrect with a lot of the newest main battle tanks.
The Russians are getting a lesson they never would have had other wise.

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Re: K2EX: The Best Tank on Earth (Not Made in USA) Is Getting Better
« Reply #3 on: June 21, 2024, 08:41:40 AM »
Many on-line military sites have listed the latest Korena main battle tank ( this is a development just as the Abrams is modified) as among the very best; It is good enough that Poland has bougnt several hundred.
Right now the German Leopard is being used in the Ukraine also as Poland is replacing the Leopards with the Black Panther.

Since Russia's invasion, NATO member Poland has signed contracts worth $12.7 billion to buy South Korean weapons including tanks, artillery and fighter jets. In 2022, Warsaw made a first order for around 200 K2 "Black Panther" battle tanks built by Hyundai Rotem.

https://www.barrons.com/news/poland-takes-step-towards-s-korean-k2-tank-production-4b14bb8d

Remember Korea has to be ready to defend against fanatial North Korea, if the crap hits the fan.

In a rather sad event; the war in the Ukraine is showing what is correct and incorrect with a lot of the newest main battle tanks.
The Russians are getting a lesson they never would have had other wise.

  Without a doubt; the Black Panther is a first line tank among it's half dozen or so, peers.  ..And there is no doubt Hyundai ios cpable of producing such a weapon.

     Yes, Russia is getting a convenient preview of the capabilities of various tanks...both their positives and negatives..and be ready for them, should t     he need arise.

  Had such an opportunity been available to the US before WW2..we perhaps would not hav ebeen caught quite so "flat footed" in reference to the
   excellent "Zero" fighter plane produced by Mitsubishi..

   At the start of the Pacific war, were we wt a disadvantage with Wildcat vs Zero.  Then, when the Imperial Japanese Navy decided to invade the
   Aleutian  Islands, a current ly produced Zero was force landed in a marsh on Attu.  The American forces immediately sent the Zero to Grumman Aircraft..where it was promptly reverse engineered..and the Grumman Hellcat came out, absolutely dominating the heretofore indomitable Zero.
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