South Korea: Hanwha, K9 self-propelled gun, 30 cars exported to Australia: The future SPHs
South Korea: Hanwha
A business talk of 1 trillion won.
We will export 30 K9 self-propelled guns to Australia.
The K9 self-propelled gun has a maximum range of 40 km and can shoot 6-8 shots per minute.
The K9 self-propelled gun that can be used in various operation environments has been
Turkey,
Poland,
Finland
India,
It was exported to Norway etc.
(Japanese version of Chosun Ilbo)
https://news.yahoo.co.jp/articles/f72d7c4cc3af383f7c6400fcf01f2ff7a6bf1067
Australia names Hanwha as preferred supplier of 155 mm self-propelled howitzers Hanwha Defense
Australia (HDA)
has been selected as the preferred supplier to the Australian Army (AA) of30 K9 155 mm self-propelled howitzers (SPHs)
and
15 K10 armoured ammunition resupply
vehicles (AARVs),Defence Minister Linda Reynolds announced on 3 September.
The minister
said in a statement that a request for tender (RFT) will be issued later in September to HDA,which is a wholly owned subsidiary of South Korea’s Hanwha Group, to progress the Protected Mobile Fires programme under Project Land 8116 Phase 1.
The future SPHs
will be produced and maintained at Geelong near Melbourne, creating up to 350 jobs to deliver “this critical capability” to the ADF, said Reynolds.According to Australia’s 2020 Force Structure Plan, which was released in July,
the cost of the initial phase of the project is estimated at between AUD900 million and AUD1.3 billion (USD658 million and USD950 million).