Korean-Made Automated Ammo Supply Vehicle Unveiled 2005 October 5th (Wed)South Korea recently unveiled a domestically produced manned robotic armed ammunition re-supply vehicle, that automatically delivers ammo to the army's K-9 self-propelled guns, the Army said Tuesday.
The K-10 automatically supplies up to 12 rounds per minute to the K-9 self-propelled gun and has a load capacity of 104 rounds.
The vehicle has an automatic controller which performs ammunition inventory control and automatic defect detection or diagnostic tests. It is priced at around US$2.6 million.
Development started in 2002 with US$12.7 million from the Army and was led by Samsung Techwin along with the Agency for Defense Development and the Defense Quality Assurance Agency. The K-10 will be deployed next year.
(englishnews@chosun.com )
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