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K200 KIFVlarger figure on 0 of 3
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Measured figures
Configuration
| Specification | K200 KIFV | Namer |
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| Mass | 13.2 tons[source] | 60+ tonnes[source] |
| Type | Armored personnel carrier[source] | Heavy armoured personnel carrier[source] |
| Place of origin | South Korea[source] | Israel[source] |
| In service | 1985–present[source] | 2008–present[source] |
D2848T (261 kw) at 2,300 rpm
Single sourceK200: Daewoo/MAN D2848M A1: Daewoo/ MAN
Single sourceK200: Daewoo/MAN D2848M 280 hp A1: Daewoo/ MAN D2848T 350 hp (261 kw) at 2,300 rpm[source]
turbocharged diesel engine
Single source1,200 hp (895 kW) turbocharged diesel engine[source]
Bars compare reported quantities only. A larger figure does not make a system better; configurations and test conditions differ.
| Used by | See Operators[source] | Israel Defense Forces[source] |
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| Wars | Yugoslav Wars 1999 East Timorese crisis Iraq War Haitian conflict[source] | Gaza War (2008–2009) Operation Protective Edge Gaza war 2026 Lebanon War[source] |
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| Designer | Agency for Defense Development Daewoo Heavy Industries[source] | Israel Military Industries[source] |
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| Designed | 1980–1984[source] | — |
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| Manufacturer | Daewoo Heavy Industries (1984–2000) Daewoo Heavy Industries & Machinery (2000–2005) Doosan Infracore (2005–2009) Doosan DST (2009–2016) Hanwha Techwin (2016–2017) Hanwha Land Systems (2017–2019) Hanwha Defense (2019–2022) Hanwha Aerospace (2022–present)[source] | IDF Ordnance (assembler)[source] |
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| Unit cost | $1.41 million (domestic) $1.32 million (export)[source] | $5 million[source] |
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| Produced | K200: 1984–1996 K200A1: 1994–present[source] | 2008–present[source] |
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| No. built | 2,500 (estimate)[source] | Up to 290 are currently operational 531 in total planned to be produced by 2027[source] |
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| Armor | Aluminium alloy[source] | Classified composite matrix of laminated ceramic – steel – nickel alloy + underlaid reactive armour . Sloped modular design.[source] |
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| Main armament | 1 x M2 machine gun[source] | Samson RCWS equipped with either 12.7 mm (0.50 in) M2 machine gun or Mk 19 grenade launcher[source] |
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| Secondary armament | 1 x M60 or K12 machine gun[source] | 1 × 7.62 mm (0.300 in) FN MAG MG 1 × 60 mm (2.4 in) external mortar 12 × smoke grenades[source] |
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| Power/weight | 26.5 hp/ton[source] | 20 hp/tonne (15 kW/tonne)[source] |
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| Transmission | K200: David Brown T300 7 forward, 7 reverse A1: Allison Transmission X200-5D (early) or X200-5K (late) 4 forward, 1 reverse[source] | — |
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| Suspension | torsion bar[source] | Helical spring[source] |
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| Payload capacity | — | 9 infantrymen[source] |
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