Estonia Agrees to Buy K-9 Thunder Artillery Systems from South Korea

These are very capable artillery pieces that Estonia is purchasing from South Korea:

South Korean troops take part in an exercise using self-propelled artillery near the Demilitarized Zone on May 10, 2016. According to reports on Tuesday, June 26, 2018, a South Korean company has entered into a $54 million deal to sell howitzers to the Baltic nation of Estonia.

Estonia has agreed to buy South Korean artillery in a $54 million deal that officials say will substantially boost the small Baltic country’s defense capacity.

The Estonian military procurement agency says the contract with Seoul-based weapons producer Hanwha Land Systems is for 12 K9 Thunder howitzers, training, maintenance and spare parts.

Agency director Col. Rauno Sirk said after a signing ceremony on Tuesday that the artillery pieces “will bring Estonia’s defense capacity to a new level and be one of the most considerable steps of building up armored maneuvering capacity.”

The first howitzers are to arrive in Estonia in 2020.  [Stars & Stripes]

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