South Korea modernises its armoured vehicle fleet
The Republic of Korea Army (ROKA) continues to receive modern equipment via new contracts awarded to major domestic OEMs for engineering vehicles, tanks and 155mm self-propelled howitzers (SPHs).
On 26 December, Hyundai Rotem announced that it had received a production contract for the K600 Korea Combat Engineer Vehicle (KCEV). This contract is worth KRW174.3 billion ($156.9 million), and the first units will be delivered before the end of 2020.
However, no details on the number of K600s to be produced were disclosed.
Hyundai Rotem displayed a prototype of the 55t K600 at Seoul ADEX in October 2019. The K600
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