Friday, November 21, 2008

K200

IOC: 1984

K242A1

Also Known As
K281A1

Origin
South Korea

Contractor/s
Doosan Infracore

Family Members
K200A1
K216
K263
K277
K288A1
KAFV30M
KAFV40
KAFV90

Description: South Korea's K200 is an amphibious armored personnel carrier developed by Daewoo Heavy Industries & Machinery, now Doosan Infracore, based on US AIFV. Doosan Infracore developed a complete family of armored vehicles based on the K200/Korean Infantry Fighting Vehicle tracked chassis. These vehicles are powered by a diesel engine rated at 350-hp and weigh roughly 13 tons. The Korean Army took delivery of first K200 vehicle in 1984. Several thousands vehicles have been produced for South Korea so far. Malaysia remains as the sole export customer.

K242A1/K281A1 are 106mm(4.2-inch)/81mm mortar carrier vehicles derived from K200A1 chassis. The crew for K242A1 consists of seven men with only five on the K281A1 mortar carrier. These mortar carriers are fitted with .50 (12.7mm) caliber machine gun as secondary armament. K242A1/K281A1 ammunition capacity is for 70 and 99 rounds respectively.

Specifications
Accommodation: Crew 7

Guns: Main Gun Caliber 106 mm

Number of Weapons: 99

Weights: Max Weight 13,200 kg (29,101 lb)

Performance: Top Speed 20 mps (38 kt)

Power: Power 350 shp

Operators

South Korea

Notes
(*) lead contractor
IOC: Initial Operating Capability
FOC: Full Operating Capability
CEP: Circular Error Probable
Comm: Commissioning Date
Meters (m) Kilometers (km) Nautic Miles (nm) Inch (in) Yard (yd) Foot (ft) Millimeter (mm)
Pound (lb) Kilogram (kg) kN (KiloNewton) Ton (t)
Meters per Second (mps) Kilometers per Hour (kph) Knot (kt) Miles per Hour (mph)
Liter (l) Galon (gl)
Year (yr) Minutes (min) Second (sec)
Shaft-Horse-Power (shp)

Last Updated: Saturday, October 25, 2008

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