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A short video of the recent cold weather exercise the 11th Maneuver Division recently conducted. Noting in the video the K2 gunnery and the K21 river crossing.
 
 

K2s of the 8th Maneuver Division, 73rd Mechanized Infantry Brigade, 57th Tank Battalion, during a training exercise on the 16th of January at the Jipo-ri Training Grounds.
 

 

Cagefication of Merkava tanks continues. 

A correction to the above post.
 
New images of the Joint New Years Training show that I was incorrect with what I had read about the US unit training with the Capital Mechanized Infantry Division. These new images, along with a little more digging on the matter, show that the Stryker Brigade was of the 4th Infantry Division and not the 2nd Infantry Division (2nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division.) 
 

 
Reading from DVIDS on the matter,
"(June 10th, 2023)The 2/4 SBCT, from Fort Carson, Colorado, will replace the 2nd SBCT from 2nd Inf. Div. in the coming weeks as part of a regular rotation of forces..." 

50mm ammunition pricing for the XM30 now out & about. 
 
 

Footage of various units during a large scale exercise held to celebrate the New Year.
 
K2s of the 8th Maneuver Division, K21s of the 11th Maneuver Division, and vehicles from other units are shown.
 
 

ROK Army 3rd Infantry Division artillery exercise with it's respective K55A1s and K9s.
 
 

M48A3Ks with subcaliber training devices of both a K2 and M16A1 flavor.
 

With the AAI ROKIT mockup being discovered not too long ago I had a figuring of there being more than just that mockup being thrown into the ROKIT program ring. Some info was found recently that makes mention that, along with AAI, Teledyne also was selected to make a mockup for the ROKIT program.
No photos were included in this document of either mockup, though more interesting would be that of what Teledyne had in mind, but at least suggests there is one more design we haven't seen yet.
 

M48A3Ks with subcaliber training devices of both a K2 and M16A1 flavor.
 

More photos from ADEX 2023. 
 
These photos come from Bemil Chosun who did quite a good job at capturing photos of most of what is displayed at ADEX. 
This post will just be of the outdoor Korean vehicle displays.
 

 

With the AAI ROKIT mockup being discovered not too long ago I had a figuring of there being more than just that mockup being thrown into the ROKIT program ring. Some info was found recently that makes mention that, along with AAI, Teledyne also was selected to make a mockup for the ROKIT program.
No photos were included in this document of either mockup, though more interesting would be that of what Teledyne had in mind, but at least suggests there is one more design we haven't seen yet.
 

K9A1s of the 7th Maneuver Corps during a fire exercise back in November.
 

This tank (simpler version of Karrar) received designation T-72F.
https://www.tasnimnews.com/fa/news/1402/09/15/3001977/تانک-های-t-72f-ارتش-دورزن-نقطه-زن-و-هوشمند-شدند-فیلم
 

Contract signature:
 
https://www.minister.defence.gov.au/media-releases/2023-12-08/contracts-signed-infantry-fighting-vehicles

The K9A1 testbed for the AS9 Huntsman for Australia during test firings at the Proof & Experimental Establishment under the Joint Proof and Experimental Unit in Port Wakefield, November 21st, 2023. 
 

 

A better picture of a previously posted picture of two K2s at the Hyundai Rotem factory in Changwon. The K2 with the KAPS on the left is XK2 PV-2 while tri-color camoed K2 on the right is a bit harder to determine but it could possibly be XK2 PV-1 or PV-3.
 

Bare K2 turrets and hulls at the Hyundai Rotem Changwon production plant. Photo comes from the May 2021 Issue of Defense Times Korea.
 

Early K2 models from two early 00s issues of the Korean magazine Military Review
 

 

A better picture of a previously posted picture of two K2s at the Hyundai Rotem factory in Changwon. The K2 with the KAPS on the left is XK2 PV-2 while tri-color camoed K2 on the right is a bit harder to determine but it could possibly be XK2 PV-1 or PV-3.
 

The Patton family line in ROK service at the War Memorial Museum; M47, M48A2C, and M48A5KW. 
 

 

 

 

XK1 prototype that is on display at War Memorial Museum, Seoul.
 

 

XK9 prototype that is on display at the War Memorial Museum, Seoul.