Daewoo Korean Infantry Fighting Vehicle (South Korea) KEY RECOGNITION FEATURES • Well sloped glacis plate with trim vane, driver front left, commander's cupola with external 7.62mm MG to rear of driver, gunner's cupola with shield, 12.7mm MG right • Troop compartment rear with single roof hatch, ramp in hull rear, two firing ports with vision block in each side of troop compartment • Suspension has five road wheels, drive sprocket front, idler rear, no track-return rollers
SPECIFICATIONS Crew: Armament:
3+7
1 x 12.7mm MG, 1 x 7.62mm MG, 1 x 6 smoke grenade dischargers 5.486m (overall) Length: 2.846m Width: 1.93m (hull top), 2.518m (MG shield) Height: 0.41m Ground clearance: Weight, combat: 12,900kg Weight, empty: 10,700kg Power-to-weight ratio: 21.70hp/tonne 0.63kg/cm2 Ground pressure: MAN D-2848T V-8 diesel developing Engine: 280hp at 2,300rpm Maximum road speed: 74km/hr Maximum water speed: 6km/hr Maximum cruising range: 480km 400 lit Fuel capacity: Fording: Amphibious Vertical obstacle: 0.64m Trench: 1.68m Gradient: Side slope: Armour: Classified Aluminium and steel Armour type: NBC system: Yes Night vision equipment: Yes (passive for commander and driver)
DEVELOPMENT Korean Infantry Fighting Vehicle was developed to meet requirements of South Korean Army by Special Products 184
Korean Infantry Fighting Vehicle without armament
Division of Daewoo Heavy Industries with hull very similar to US Armored Infantry Fighting Vehicle. KIFV has MAN engine, British Self-Changing Gears T-300 fully automatic transmission and different roof arrangement. Commander has pintle-mounted 7.62mm M60 MG which cannot be fired from inside vehicle, gunner has full front, side and rear protection for 12.7mm M2 HB MG. Mounted on glacis plate is bank of six electrically operated smoke grenade dischargers firing forwards. KIFV is fully amphibious. VARIANTS More recently Daewoo has offered an improved version of the KIFV with a new powerpack consisting of the D2848T turbocharged diesel developing 350hp coupled to an Allison X200-5D series fully automatic transmission. 20mm SPAAG, basic KIFV fitted with locally produced Vulcan 20mm anti-aircraft gun system that is made in South Korea. Mortar carrier, two versions, 81mm and 107mm.
