According to information published by the Philippine News Agency on April 27, 2022, South Korea will supply K-136 Kooryong 130mm Multiple Launch Rocket System (MLRS) to the Philippine Army and the Philippine Marine Corps with expected delivery in June this year.
Citing the Philippine News Agency, the K-136 Kooryong MLRSs (Multiple Launch Rocket Systems) will be donated by South Korea to the Philippine armed forces and only the shipment will be paid by the Philippines.
The South Korean MLRS donation was announced in 2019 and 22 MLRSs will be delivered to the Philippines.
The K-136 Kooryong is a 130mm MLRS that was designed and built in South Korea by the company Daewoo in collaboration with the Defense Science Research Institute, according to a request of the South Korean army. Daewoo Heavy Industries was in charge of production while the rocket was developed by Hanwha.
The K-136 Kooryong is based on a locally-made KM809A1 5 tons 6×6 military truck chassis with a crew at the front and the rocket launcher weapon system mounted at the rear. The launcher station consists of a pod of 36 launch tubes of 130 mm caliber arranged in a rectangular shape that can be turned away from the unprotected cab. The rocket tube arrangement is a single rectangular bank of four layers each with 9 tubes.