Wednesday, December 03, 2008

K200

IOC: 1984

KAFV40

Origin
South Korea

Contractor/s
Doosan Infracore

Family Members
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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.

KAFV40 is an infantry fighting vehicle variant of K200A1 delivering greater firepower. It is equipped with turret operated by the gunner. The turret is fitted with side-by-side 40mm K4 high speed grenade launcher and .50 caliber machine gun. KAFV40 has been deployed within Korean Army mechanized infantry and cavalry units.

Specifications
Accommodation: Crew 3, Passengers 8

Guns: Main Gun Caliber 40 mm

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, November 22, 2008

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