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S. Korea: a New Main Battle Tank XK-2 (video of field test)
Tag Story & Chosun Ilbo ^ | 03/02/07

Posted on 03/04/2007 2:55:18 AM PST by TigerLikesRooster

Click the following link and again click the video screen to start the video. It is 4 min. 26 sec. long

Click Here for Video


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Your Opinion/Questions
KEYWORDS: armor; korea; mbt; test; xk2

1 posted on 03/04/2007 2:55:25 AM PST by TigerLikesRooster
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To: TigerLikesRooster; AmericanInTokyo; OahuBreeze; yonif; risk; Steel Wolf; nuconvert; MizSterious; ...

Ping!


2 posted on 03/04/2007 2:55:58 AM PST by TigerLikesRooster (kim jong-il, kae jong-il, chia head, pogri, midget sh*tbag)
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To: TigerLikesRooster

Nice, here is more info http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XK2


3 posted on 03/04/2007 3:06:03 AM PST by AdmSmith
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To: TigerLikesRooster
Thanks.. Nice video demo..

For those who are interested, here's the Wikipedia link for more info..

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XK2

4 posted on 03/04/2007 3:14:48 AM PST by Drammach ("If you make yourselves sheep, the wolves will eat you." -- Benjamin Franklin)
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To: AdmSmith
Beat me by 8 seconds!! LOL !!

Missed it by that much!!

5 posted on 03/04/2007 3:16:26 AM PST by Drammach ("If you make yourselves sheep, the wolves will eat you." -- Benjamin Franklin)
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To: Drammach

Like minds


6 posted on 03/04/2007 3:29:31 AM PST by AdmSmith
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7 posted on 03/04/2007 3:45:19 AM PST by decimon
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So how does it compare with the Abrams?


8 posted on 03/04/2007 5:00:44 AM PST by chopperman
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Its optimized for the Korean terrain while the M-1 is a general purpose unit. The key differences would be the sights and IT equipment, none of which is being disclosed


9 posted on 03/04/2007 7:09:55 AM PST by Starwolf
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To: TigerLikesRooster

Amazing fjording/snorkeling ability! Great post!


10 posted on 03/04/2007 9:55:25 AM PST by gaijin
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I like the idea of the auxillary power unit - most of the time in a tank is spent in "observe" mode.


11 posted on 03/04/2007 11:13:11 AM PST by glorgau
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