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South Korean main battle tank K2 Black Panther is considered to be the most expensive tank in the world, with a price tag of over $ 8.5 million per unit.

Since the tank has not yet participated in a real fight, it is difficult to say whether the price is too high or justified, but there is no doubt that its characteristics and weaponry are really impressive.

Black Panther is armed with German, Rheinmetall 120mm, 55 caliber smooth pipe cannon, which is licensed product in South Korea. Secondary armament consists of a 12.7 mm heavy machine gun and K6 coaxial 7.62 mm machine gun.

Maximum speed is 70 km / h and can it accelerate from 0 to 32km / h in 7 seconds. Operating range is 450 kilometers. The tank can cross the river deep up to 5 meters using a breathing system which also serves as the tower for the tank commander.

In addition, K2 is equipped with an advanced fire control system that is linked with radar system of extremely high frequencies that covers the front of the turret, along with the already traditional laser rangefinder and cross wind sensor.

The system can be 'locked' to a specific target at a distance of 9.8 kilometers using a thermographic camera.

Development of this tank began in 2009, and mass production started in 2013. At the beginning, 680 Black Panther were ordered , but meanwhile the order was reduced to 390 only.

South Korea already in his armory possesses K1 main battle tank, which is produced on the basis of the American M1 Abrams, and which is better than all that rival North Korea has , and that is mostly outdated Soviet armor.

In addition, with a cost of $ 4.4 million (31 million) K1 is almost half the price of the Black Panthers.

K2 is manufactured using domestic technology, so it could be exported. For now, the only buyer is Turkey, which has purchased a license to use K2 technology in its future tank, Altay.

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