Kim Jong-un Conducts Test Ride of New North Korean Tank
|Fortunately the designers of this tank made the hatch wide enough for Kim Jong-un to be able to get into it:
This photo, carried by North Korea’s Korean Central News Agency on March 14, 2024, shows the North’s leader Kim Jong-un guiding “training matches” involving tank troops the previous day, as the country unveiled a new main battle tank. (Yonhap)
North Korea has unveiled a new battle tank during training exercises, state media reported Thursday, amid ongoing joint military drills between South Korea and the United States.
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un drove a new tank himself during the “training match” between tank units Wednesday in a bid to inspect tank troops’ actual combat capabilities, according to the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA).
Calling them “the most powerful tanks in the world,” Kim expressed satisfaction over their striking power and maneuverability, it said.
Yonhap
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It’s fairly obvious by the looks of those tanks, the Russians have had a lot to do with this new tank design.
I notice he never gives new bicycles or scooters test drives, only stuff designed to hold multitons…