South Korea to Replace German Engine in Its K-9 Howitzer with Domestically Produced One
I kind of assumed the K9 would have had its own domestically produced engine considering Korea’s manufacturing prowess; regardless soon it will have a Korean made engine:
South Korea has produced the first homegrown engine for the country’s K9 self-propelled howitzer after a yearslong development project, the state arms procurement agency said Friday.
The move comes after the country began the 32.16 billion-won (US$24.5 million) project in 2021, involving STX Engine Co., Hanwha Aerospace Co. and others, as part of efforts to reduce reliance on foreign defense parts, according to the Defense Acquisition Program Administration (DAPA).
The K9, produced by Hanwha Aerospace, has been powered by a German MTU engine, built by STX Engine under a license.
DAPA said the homegrown engine will be more cost efficient and have improved performance. It is also expected to help efforts to export the K9 as it would not need to undergo extra approval procedures required for components of foreign origin.
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Much safer supply-chain-wise. Germany is having a lot of issues.
https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/germanys-struggle-clean-up-its-supply-chains-has-lessons-europe-2024-04-30/
Setnaffa, it is always a pleasure to see the Eurotards repeatedly pound their own weeners with a hammer while maintaining a stupid look.
Once they are properly deindustrialized and there is a shortage of jobs and money for citizens, but no shortage of benefits for “refugees”, getting everyone on board for another war in Europe will be so much more simple.
Rebuilding and reindustrializing Europe will solve American financial problems and bring in a new age of American prosperity.
The 2030s will make the 1950s look like the 1930s.
CH, it may be that rebuilding them is not in the current plans for Trump nor Harris.
They might just need to solve their own mess.