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K2 Black Pantherlarger figure on 0 of 2
M60 tanklarger figure on 2 of 2
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Chassis
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| Specification | K2 Black Panther | M60 tank |
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| Type | Main battle tank[source] | Main battle tank[source] |
| Place of origin | South Korea[source] | United States[source] |
| In service | 2014–present[source] | 1959–present[source] |
| Used by | See Operators[source] | See Operators[source] |
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Overall: 10.8 meters (35 ft 5 in) Chassis : 7.5 meters (24 ft 7 in)[source]
Gun forward
Single sourceHull
Single source6.946 m (22 ft 9.5 in) (hull), 9.309 m (30 ft 6.5 in) (gun forward)[source]
Maximum; Cross country Acceleration from
Single sourceMaximum; Paved road
Single sourcePaved road: 70 km/h (43 mph) Cross country: 50 km/h (31 mph) Acceleration from 0–32 km/h (0–20 mph) in 7.47 seconds (MT883 Ka-501) or 8.77 seconds (DV27K)[source]
Maximum; Cross-country
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Single sourceBatch I: STX Engine/ MTU Friedrichshafen MT883 Ka-501 4- short stroke , 12-cylinder water-cooled diesel, dry weight: 2,064 kg Batch II-IV: HD Hyundai Infracore DV27K 4- long stroke , 12-cylinder water-cooled diesel, dry weight: 2,550 kg
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Single sourceBatch I: STX Engine/ MTU Friedrichshafen MT883 Ka-501 4- short stroke , 12-cylinder water-cooled diesel, dry weight: 2,064 kg 1,500 hp (1,103 kW) Batch II-IV: HD Hyundai Infracore DV27K 4- long stroke , 12-cylinder water-cooled diesel, dry weight: 2,550 kg 1,500 hp (1,110 kW)[source]
Continental AVDS-1790-2 V12 , air-cooled twin-turbo diesel engine
Single sourceContinental AVDS-1790-2 V12 , air-cooled twin-turbo diesel engine 750 bhp (560 kW)[source]
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| Designer | Agency for Defense Development Hyundai Rotem Poongsan Corporation Hanwha Systems Samyang Comtech Hyundai WIA Doosan Mottrol[source] | Chrysler Defense Engineering[source] |
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| Designed | 1995–2008[source] | 1957[source] |
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| Manufacturer | Hyundai Rotem[source] | Chrysler Corporation Delaware Defense Plant (1959; initial low-rate production) Detroit Arsenal Tank Plant (1960–1983)[source] |
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| Unit cost | ₩ 7.8 billion (production batch 1) US$ 8.5 million (constant 2009 USD)[source] | M60 : $481,911 (1962) M60A1RISE : $703,278 (1976) M60A2 : $726,712 (1974) M60A3TTS : $1.292 million (1990)[source] |
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| Produced | 2008–present[source] | M60 : 1959–1962 M60A1 : 1962–1980 M60A2 : 1973–1975 M60A3 : 1978–1983[source] |
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| No. built | Republic of Korea Army : Batch I: 100, Batch II: 106, Batch III: 54, Batch IV: 150 (ordered) Polish Land Forces : Batch I: 180, Batch II: 180 (ordered) Total: 440[source] | Over 15,000 (all variants)[source] |
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| Armor | MIL-12560H armor steel and silicon carbide non-oxide ceramic plate along with ERA add-on armor[source] | Upper glacis: 4.29 in (109 mm) at 65° 10.15 in (258 mm) LoS Turret front: equals 10 in (250 mm)[source] |
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| Main armament | Hyundai WIA CN08 120 mm 55 caliber smoothbore gun (40 rounds, 16 available in the bustle autoloader )[source] | M68 105 mm (4.1 in)[source] |
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| Secondary armament | 1× 12.7×99mm NATO K6 heavy machine gun (3,200 rounds) 1× 7.62×51mm NATO coaxial machine gun (12,000 rounds)[source] | .50 BMG (12.7×99mm) M85 machine gun on commanders cupola[source] |
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| Power/weight | 27.3 hp/t (20.35 kW/t)[source] | 15.08 bhp/st (12.4 kW/tonne)[source] |
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| Transmission | Batch I-III: RENK HSWL 295 TM (5 forward, 5 reverse gears), dry weight: 2,450 kg Batch IV: SNT Dynamics EST15K (6 forward, 3 reverse gears), dry weight: 2,500 kg[source] | General Motors , cross-drive , single-stage with 2 forward and 1 reverse ranges[source] |
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| Suspension | Semi-active in-arm suspension unit (ISU) with dynamic track tension system (DTTS)[source] | Torsion bar suspension[source] |
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| Fuel capacity | 1,296 liters (342 U.S. gal)[source] | 385 US gal (1,457 L)[source] |
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| Wars | — | Cold War Yom Kippur War Western Sahara War Ogaden War Iran–Iraq War Invasion of Grenada Lebanese Civil War 1982 Lebanon War Multinational Force in Lebanon Persian Gulf War Operation Desert Shield Operation Desert Storm Yemeni Civil War (1994) 2011 Bahraini uprising Houthi insurgency in Yemen Kurdish–Turkish conflict 2008–2011 Cambodia–Thailand border crisis Sinai insurgency Turkish military intervention in the Syrian Civil War Yemeni Civil War Saudi Arabian-led intervention in Yemen Turkish military intervention in the Second Libyan Civil War Sudanese civil war (2023–present) 2025 Cambodia‒Thailand conflict[source] |
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| Developed from | — | M48 Patton[source] |
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| Variants | — | See Variants[source] |
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| Ground clearance | — | 1 foot 6.2 inches (0.463 m)[source] |
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| Reported operators | — |
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30 mph (48 km/h ) (road) 12 mph (19 km/h) (cross country)[source]