Compare Self-propelled artillery

K9 Thunder and PLZ-45 (Type 88)

Name:	K9 Thunder	PLZ-45 (Type 88)
Origin:	South Korea	China
Produced:	1999	1997
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	24 km - 39 km

Engine:	MTU MT 881 Ka-500 8-cylinder water-cooled diesel 1000 hp	Deutz turbocharged air-cooled diesel engine 525 hp (386 kW)
Speed:	67 km/h (41 mph)	55 km/h (34 mph)
Weight:	47 t	33 t

Crew:	5	5

Firing range

Caliber

Speed

Weight

Dimensions

Length:	12 m	10.5 m
Width:	3.4 m	3.3 m
Height:	2.73 m	2.6 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-45 (Type 88)

Author: By Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff from Washington D.C, United States - 110226-N-TT977-267; alternative source, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=14539724 License