韩华防务完成向韩国军方的K9 SPH交付
韩华防务
已经完成了向韩国军方交付K9 Thunder 155毫米/ 52口径自行榴弹炮（SPH）的任务，
根据该国国防采购计划管理局（DAPA）11月13日的声明。
该机构没有透露
多少架K9已交付给大韩民国陆军和海军陆战队
但是简斯
据了解，自1999年以来，估计有1300种这种跟踪系统已移交给该国军队。
The K9 family of armoured SPHs
was designed and initially manufactured by Samsung Techwin to provide a modernised system
that would be better suited to counter the threats posed by North Korea.
The K9 was first deployed in 1999 to the western border islands of Yeonpyeong and Baengnyeong.
According to Janes Land Warfare Platforms:
Artillery and Air Defence, the 46.3-tonne K9
is designed to provide an armoured force with the indirect fire required to defeat conventionally equipped opponents.
The range of the system using standard ammunition
is 18 km, but this can be extended to 30 km through rocket assisted projectiles, or to 40.6 km using advanced base-bleed ammunition.