At MSPO 2020 Defense exhibition in Poland, the South Korean Company Hyundai Rotem unveiled a scale model of the K2PL Main Battle Tank, a South Korean variant the K2 Black Panther tailored for the Polish army. In January 2020, “The Korea Times” newspaper website has announced that the South Korean Company Hyundai Rotem could sign a deal with the Polish government to develop and produce 800 K2 Black Panther main battle tanks (MBTs).
The K2 Black Panther is the latest generation of Main Battle Tank (MBT) developed by the South Korean defense company Hyundai Rotem for the Korean armed forces. The K2 was unveiled for the first time to the public during the Defense Exhibition ADEX at the Seoul Airport in October 2009. The mass production of the tank started in 2013 and the first K2 MBTs were entered in service with the South Korean army in 2014.
The main armament of the K2 Black Panther consists of a German-made Rheinmetall 120-mm/ L55 smoothbore gun produced under license in South Korea. The gun is fitted with an automatic loader with 16 rounds ready to fire and 24 rounds are stored inside the hull. The second armament includes one 7.62 mm coaxial machine gun mounted to the left side of the main armament. A 12.7 mm K-6 heavy machine gun is mounted on the top right of the turret.