Compare Self-propelled artillery

K9 Thunder and PLZ-05 (Type 05)

Name:	K9 Thunder	PLZ-05 (Type 05)
Origin:	South Korea	China
Produced:	1999	2008
Unit cost:	3.9 million $	-

Full description:	Description, operators	Description, operators

Specifications

Main armament:	155 mm howitzer	155 mm howitzer
Firing range:	30 - 56 km	20 km - 100 km (WS-35)

Engine:	MTU MT 881 Ka-500 8-cylinder water-cooled diesel 1000 hp	8V150-cooled turbocharged diesel 800 hp
Speed:	67 km/h (41 mph)	56 km/h (35 mph)
Weight:	47 t	35 t

Crew:	5	4

Firing range

Caliber

Speed

Weight

Dimensions

Length:	12 m	11.6 m
Width:	3.4 m	3.38 m
Height:	2.73 m	3.55 m

Images

K9 Thunder

Author: By 권순삼, 국방시민연대 (Defense Citizen Network) - http://dcn.or.kr/?_filter=search&mid=d5&search_target=title&search_keyword=%EC%9E%90%EC%A3%BC%ED%8F%AC&document_srl=31320, CC BY-SA 2.0 kr, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=11390453 License

PLZ-05 (Type 05)

Author: By Max Smith (Megapixie (talk)) - Own work, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=10191355 License