K200 Korean Infantry Fighting Vehicle

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K200 Korean Infantry Fighting Vehicle
The K200 is a South Korean infantry fighting vehicle, originally produced by Daewoo Heavy Industries (now part of Doosan Group), intended as a domestic replacement to older armored personnel carriers such as M113 that were in main line of service with the Republic of Korea Armed Forces at the time of K200's development. The K200 was supplemented by the K21 since 2009 in South Korea. a total of 2,383 K200 vehicles of all configurations were produced between 1985 and 2006, among which 111 K200A1 vehicles had been exported to Malaysia.

The K200 series of vehicles transport mechanized infantry platoon safe from the enemy’s light weapons. The hull of the K-IFV is of all-welded aluminium armour with an additional layer of spaced laminate steel armour bolted to it. This composite armour provides a higher level of protection for less weight. It can protect against 12.7mm on the side and 7.62mm on the rear, and against anti-personnel mines. The engine compartment is located at the front right of the vehicle and is separated from the remainder of the vehicle by a bulkhead. The engine compartment is fitted with a fire extinguishing system that can be operated by the driver or from outside the vehicle. The air inlet, air outlet louvres and the exhaust pipe are located on the roof of the vehicle to allow amphibious operations.

K200A1
Type Infantry Fighting Vehicle
Place of origin Republic of Korea
Production history
Designer Agency for Defense Development
Manufacturer Daewoo Heavy Industries (now part of Doosan Group)
Unit cost $1.41 million (domestic)
$1.32 million (export)
Produced 1985 - Present
Number built 2,383
Specifications
Weight 13.2 tons
Length 5.49 m
Width 2.85 m
Height 2.52 m
Crew 3 + 9 passengers

Main
armament
1 x 12.7mm machine gun
Secondary
armament
1 x 7.62mm machine gun
Engine MAN-Doosan D2848T 350 hp (261 kw) at 2,300 rpm
Power/weight 26.5 hp/ton
Transmission Allison Transmission X200-5K
Suspension torsion bar
Operational
range
480 km
Speed 70 km/h
6 km/h on water

The K200 has six electrically operated smoke grenade launchers mounted across the front of the hull as countermeasures against electro-optical and infrared targeting. If the KIFV variant features a turret, the smoke grenade launchers mount on the turret (three on each side).

K200 can provide infantry firepower support with 12.7mm and 7.62mm machine guns. Stronger anti-infantry and anti-material firepower can be brought to bear by equipping a 20mm Vulcan gun, or 82mm and 107mm mortars. Anti-tank capability can be added by equipping the Metis-M anti-tank missile system. The K200 is highly modular, and its variants provide additional combat supports such as air defense and vehicle recovery by outfitting many different equipments. The vehicles accommodate 12 people including one infantry squad, the driver, and gunners.
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