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PLZ-45 (Type 88) and K9 Thunder

PLZ-45 (Type 88) K9 Thunder
Name: PLZ-45 (Type 88) K9 Thunder
Origin: China South Korea
Produced: 1997 1999
Unit cost: - 3.9 million $
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Specifications

Main armament: 155 mm howitzer 155 mm howitzer
Firing range: 24 km - 39 km 30 - 56 km
Engine: Deutz turbocharged air-cooled diesel engine 525 hp (386 kW) MTU MT 881 Ka-500 8-cylinder water-cooled diesel 1000 hp
Speed: 55 km/h (34 mph) 67 km/h (41 mph)
Weight: 33 t 47 t
Crew: 5 5

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Dimensions

Length: 10.5 m 12 m
Width: 3.3 m 3.4 m
Height: 2.6 m 2.73 m

Images

PLZ-45 (Type 88)
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
K9 Thunder
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