K3 Main Battle Tank

[Shadow Reaper]

Lots of innovation here, but the most surprising thing is the hydrogen fuel cell/electric drive unit. The article drops the ball on this and fails to note the HP they intend, size of battery, whether they are planning on the new solid state batteries, etc. in fact at one point it says “fuel cell” and at another it says “diesel”, which is obviously a contradiction. Likewise, they state it is lightweight but then say 55 tons. Again, more PR than reality.

Perhaps the biggest surprise is it’s a Hyundai. Whoda thunk looking at an Elantra they could build something like this? Or did they? The article does not state whether this is in prototype or drawing board. Can’t call that “journalism”.

The New K3 Tank Looks Like a B-21 Raider Bomber and Runs on Hydrogen

South Korea's K3 tank breaks the mold with hydrogen fuel cells, AI, and drones. See how this "6th-gen" concept aims to leapfrog the M1 Abrams.

www.19fortyfive.com

 

[Aramsolari]

Hyundai making tanks isn’t a surprise at all. Their Hyundai Rotem subsidiary has been making tanks and other armoured vehicles for decades now (along with their bread/butter civilian trains and rolling stock).

it’s a Chaebol (Mega corporation) like the Japanese Keiretsus (ie Mitsubishi). They’ve always been involved in one way or another in defence related products.

They’re basically real life MegaCorps from the Cyberpunk world.

 

[BUTUZ]

Yes - you know its proper cyberpunk mega corp mitsubishi when you can buy:

Car
Plane
Train
Boat
Tonk
Air Con/Heat pump for your house
TV
Spy Satellite
Robot butler
Nuclear power plant
Elavator for your hotel


Could probably just keep typing random words and they'd do that too