This means that there are two medium
tanks fighting for contracts for the
philippine army. Windu believes the tiger
medium tank is superior to the K-21
tanks offered by south korea. The design
medium tiger tank specifications are
specific to regional areas in southeast
asia namely forestry, dense urban areas
and in the event of war. This tank is
specifically designed to deal with such
situations, added Windu. Even when brought
to the philippines this pindad tiger
tank has been given a separate name as
montana what the hell. Not only that the tiger tanks in the
philippines have also been painted with
the typical colors of the pinoy country
rambo.
Although pt pindad has optimism that it
can win the contract doosan's big name
cannot be underestimated. Especially the K-21 105 medium tank designed from the
base of the ifv infantry fighting
vehicle which has been tested for
reliability in various fields of
operation.departing from the existing
ifv platform. The development path of the K-21 105 is similar to the creation of
the amphibious tank used by the marine
corps, namely the AMX 10 Pac-90 which
carries a 90 millimeters caliber cannon. where the tank comes from the IFV APV AMX 10 p base.
Marines referring to its
history the prototype figure of the K-21
105 was first shown to the public in
2014. Officially K-21 105 is a joint
project between deuce and dst and the
belgian gun manufacturer CMI defence, now John Cockerell.
What is unique is that the tiger medium
tank and the K-21 105 use the same type
of cannon namely the Cockerell CCTV 105
hp high pressure dot this is
understandable because the tiger tank
project also collaborates with john
cockerell as a supplier of canon
components. By doosan the K-21 105 design
is favored because it has a lighter
chassis weight but has significant
firepower. Doosan said the K-21 to 105 was
cheaper, more strategic and tactical than
operating a Main Battle Tank (MBT) and one more thing this tank is said to
be cheaper to manufacture compared to
main battle tanks.
From the specifications the K-21 105 has
a combat weight of 25 tons much lighter
than the tiger tank which weighs 30 to
33 tons. From the protection aspect this
part of the tank can withstand the
impact of projectiles from 30
millimeters caliber cannons. While the
whole body can withstand the attacks of
12.7 and 14.5 millimeters caliber
projectiles as well as projectile
fragments from artillery.
For the
protection of the crew, anti-nuclear, nuclear, biological and chemical
protection and automatic fire
suppression are provided. manned by three
personnel namely commander, gunner and
helmsman the K-21 is powered by a deuce
indeed
2840 LXE diesel engine producing 750
horsepower. The maximum speed on the
highway reaches 70 kilometers per hour
and has a cruising range of 450
kilometers.
Equipped with automatic floatation bags
plus minimum preparation this tank can
swim in a limited way with a speed of up
to six kilometers per hour in water, as
the driving force when in the water our
tracks. The doosen K-21 105 is 8.5 meters
long, 3.4 meters wide and three meters
high. From the aspect of weaponry with
the cocker lctc 105 hp cannon. This
cannon can shoot anti-tank missiles
namely the Falaric 105.
The missile which
is included in the Gun Launched Anti-Tank Guided Missile (GLA/TGM) segment
can hit targets as far as 5000 meters. Operation turret can be driven
electrically and mechanically. The barrel
of this 105 millimeter smooth per cannon
can fire various types of ammunition
including the APFDS type with an
effective firing range of 1 500 meters. The barrel is also equipped with a bore
evacuator and is covered with a thermal
jacket. For the movement the barrel has a
maximum elevation angle of 42 degrees to
minus 6 degrees. Of course with a 360
degree dome swivel angle.
