K21 vs Namer: Specs Compared

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AArmoured vehicles

Infantry fighting vehicle

Credit

대한민국 국군 Republic of Korea Armed Forces · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Resized · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Source ↗ · Modified

BArmoured vehicles

Heavy armoured personnel carrier

Credit

https://www.flickr.com/people/45644610@N03 · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Resized · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source ↗ · Modified

First system

Second system

At a glance

K21larger figure on 0 of 1

Namerlarger figure on 1 of 1

Counts only measures both sources give with the same scope. A larger figure is not a better system.

Measured figures

22 of 26 rows sourced on both sides

6.9m

8.2 מטרים

Length

All recorded figures & sources

6.9 m

Length

Single source

6.9 m (23 ft)^[source]

8.2 מטרים^[source]

3.4m

Configuration

K21 and Namer configuration
Specification	K21	Namer
Type	Infantry fighting vehicle^[source]	Heavy armoured personnel carrier^[source]
Place of origin	South Korea^[source]	Israel^[source]
In service	2009–present^[source]	2008–present^[source]
Designer	Agency for Defense Development^[source]	Israel Military Industries^[source]

Designed	1999–2008^[source]	—

Manufacturer	Hanwha Defense (originally Daewoo Heavy Industries, later renamed as Doosan DST, follow by Hanwha Defense Systems)^[source]	IDF Ordnance (assembler)^[source]

Unit cost	$3.2 million^[source]	$5 million^[source]

Produced	2009–present^[source]	2008–present^[source]

No. built	466^[source]	Up to 290 are currently operational 531 in total planned to be produced by 2027^[source]

Armor	2519 aluminium alloy chassis. Layers consisting of S2 glass fiber reinforced Al 2 O 3 ceramic armour All round protection against 14.5×114mm API projectiles as well as 20 mm FSP Frontal armour is resistant to 30 mm APDS rounds fired from a 2A72 autocannon (standard on BMP-3 turrets) Roof armour is resistant to 155 mm artillery shell fragments Soft- and hard-kill anti-missile defense systems, ERA , NERA (only for the K21 PIP)^[source]	Classified composite matrix of laminated ceramic – steel – nickel alloy + underlaid reactive armour . Sloped modular design.^[source]

Main armament	SNT Dynamics K40 40×365mmR autocannon (240 rounds) Two Raybolt ATGM launchers (planned)^[source]	Samson RCWS equipped with either 12.7 mm (0.50 in) M2 machine gun or Mk 19 grenade launcher^[source]