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South Korea’s Hanwha Aerospace has finalised an agreement with Thailand’s Defence Technology Institute (DTI) and Chaiseri to develop the K200 Infantry Fighting Vehicle (IFV) to meet the requirements of the Royal Thai Army (RTA). This follows the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the three companies in August 2024.
The K200 was developed in 1981 in South Korea for the Republic of Korea Army (ROKA). It was based on the Armoured Infantry Fighting Vehicle (AIFV), itself a further development of the M113 Armoured Personnel Carrier (APC), which was originally developed in the United States in the 1950s.
While the standard configuration of the K200 is an APC armed with either a 12.7 mm or 7.62 mm machine gun for self defence and infantry support, the vehicle has been further developed into an IFV armed with a turret-mounted 30 mm cannon, a Self-Propelled Anti-Aircraft Gun (SPAAG) equipped with a 20 mm Vulcan Gatling cannon, a mortar carrier capable of firing mortars of up to 107 mm calibre, and other variants.
Weighing around 13 tonnes, the standard K200 variant has a length of 5.5 metres, a width of 2.85 metres, and a height of 2.5 metres. It has amphibious capabilities, using inflatable floatation devices on either side of the vehicle for river crossings. Powered by a 350 hp diesel engine, the K200 has a maximum speed of 70 km/h on paved roads, 6 km/h in water, and a range of 480 km on a full tank.
Serial production of the K200 ceased in 2006 after 2,383 vehicles of all variants were produced. Besides the ROKA, Malaysia is the only other recorded operator, with 111 units in service.
South Korea’s Hanwha Aerospace has finalised an agreement with Thailand’s Defence Technology Institute (DTI) and Chaiseri to develop the K200 Infantry Fighting Vehicle (IFV) to meet the requirements of the Royal Thai Army (RTA). This follows the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the three companies in August 2024.
The K200 was developed in 1981 in South Korea for the Republic of Korea Army (ROKA). It was based on the Armoured Infantry Fighting Vehicle (AIFV), itself a further development of the M113 Armoured Personnel Carrier (APC), which was originally developed in the United States in the 1950s.
While the standard configuration of the K200 is an APC armed with either a 12.7 mm or 7.62 mm machine gun for self defence and infantry support, the vehicle has been further developed into an IFV armed with a turret-mounted 30 mm cannon, a Self-Propelled Anti-Aircraft Gun (SPAAG) equipped with a 20 mm Vulcan Gatling cannon, a mortar carrier capable of firing mortars of up to 107 mm calibre, and other variants.
Weighing around 13 tonnes, the standard K200 variant has a length of 5.5 metres, a width of 2.85 metres, and a height of 2.5 metres. It has amphibious capabilities, using inflatable floatation devices on either side of the vehicle for river crossings. Powered by a 350 hp diesel engine, the K200 has a maximum speed of 70 km/h on paved roads, 6 km/h in water, and a range of 480 km on a full tank.
Serial production of the K200 ceased in 2006 after 2,383 vehicles of all variants were produced. Besides the ROKA, Malaysia is the only other recorded operator, with 111 units in service.
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