Kev tsim tawm ntawm South Kauslim lub teb chaws lub tank sib ntaus sib tua tseem ceeb K-2 "Black Panter" yuav pib sai tom qab ncua sijhawm ib xyoos vim muaj teeb meem kis. TsAMTO tshaj tawm nrog rau "Corea Times" thiab cov ntaub ntawv ntawm Lub Chaw Haujlwm Pabcuam Kev Ruaj Ntseg ntawm Ministry of Defense ntawm Koom pheej Kauslim (DAPA). Cov kev ntsuas ntxiv tau lees paub qhov tsim nyog ntawm lub tuam txhab xa khoom thoob tebchaws raws li ib feem ntawm 12-lub tog raj kheej 1500 hp lub cav diesel. thiab kev xa mus rau kev ua haujlwm.
Raws li tus neeg sawv cev DAPA, txhua qhov ua tsis tau zoo uas tau tshwm sim tau raug tshem tawm thiab kev pom zoo rau kev tsim khoom ntawm lub tank yuav raug kos npe sai li sai tau. Kev saws me nyuam MBT K-2 los ua hauj lwm nrog Cov Tub Rog Tub Rog ntawm Koom Haum Kaus Lim Kauslim tau npaj rau thaum kawg xyoo 2011. Kev tsim cov 390 K-2 tso tsheb hlau luam tau npaj yuav pib rau xyoo 2010 tom qab ua tiav qhov kev xeem. Lub tank tau npaj los hloov MBT K-1 thiab cov roj av American M-48 Paton uas tsis siv tam sim no. Tab sis qhov kev xeem hauv lub Xya Hli 2009 qhia pom qhov tsis zoo ntawm lub cav thiab kev ua haujlwm tau zoo.
Thaum lub Kaum Ob Hlis 2009, lub tebchaws Cov Rooj Sib Tham Hauv Tebchaws tau txiav txim siab txiav 50 billion yeej hauv peev nyiaj rau kev tsim cov tso tsheb hlau luam tshiab hauv xyoo 2010 kev tiv thaiv pob nyiaj siv (88.2 billion yeej). Lub teb chaws tus kws saib xyuas kev tiv thaiv, Kim Ta-jung, tau hais tias txawm tias txoj haujlwm tau ua raws sijhawm, cov phiaj xwm tsim tawm thawj 100 MBTs los ntawm 2014 tsis hloov pauv. MBT K-2 tau tsim los ntawm Lub Chaw Haujlwm Tiv Thaiv Kev Tiv Thaiv nrog rau 20 lub tuam txhab Kaus Lim Qab Teb coj los ntawm Rotem. Cov peev txheej peev txheej kwv yees kwv yees $ 230 lab.
Thawj thawj zaug, K-2 tau nthuav tawm hauv xyoo 2007 thiab niaj hnub no yog cov khoom lag luam tseem ceeb ntawm South Kauslim kev tiv thaiv kev lag luam, tsim los ua kom lub teb chaws cov tub rog muaj zog thiab muag nws rau kev xa tawm. Koom pheej Kauslim tau nkag mus rau hauv K-2 kev hloov pauv thev naus laus zis pom zoo nrog Turkey.
Lub tank muaj riam phom nrog 120-mm du-bore stabilized cannon nrog lub thoob ntev ntawm 55 calibers nrog lub tshuab tsis siv neeg, 12, 7-mm tshuab hnyav tshuab K-6, 7, 62-mm coaxial phom tshuab thiab muaj rab phom fais / tsav turret. Lub tshuab fais fab tsim los ntawm "STX Engin" nrog lub peev xwm ntawm 1500 hp. muab kev nrawm txog li 70 km / h thaum tsav tsheb ntawm txoj kev loj thiab 50 km / h - ntawm qhov av ntxhib. Cov pa nkag mus rau hauv lub raj tso cai rau lub tank txhawm rau txhawm rau teeb meem dej mus txog 4, 1 m sib sib zog nqus thiab qhib hluav taws thaum txav mus. MBT tau nruab nrog cov cuab yeej tswj hwm riam phom digital, tiv thaiv kev tiv thaiv tshuaj lom neeg, lom thiab nuclear phom sij. Cov neeg coob ntawm lub tank yog 3 tus neeg.
