by TankNutDave | Apr 5, 2017 | Main Battle Tanks, South Korean Fighting Vehicles
The K1E1 Tank is described as the “Advanced Version” of the K1 Tank, by the vehicle’s manufacturer Hyundai Rotem. It is an upgrade package for the K1 Tank, rather than a new production model. Since production of the K1 and K1A1 tanks, South Korea has...
by TankNutDave | Apr 5, 2017 | Main Battle Tanks, South Korean Fighting Vehicles
The K1 Tank was South Korea’s first true Main Battle Tank. It was a joint design with the former Chrysler Defence company (now part of General Dynamic Land Systems) who had originally designed the M1 Abrams, hence both vehicles similar appearance and the K1...
by TankNutDave | Apr 5, 2017 | German Fighting Vehicles, Tracked Fighting Vehicles
The German Marder 2 Infantry Fighting Vehicle, is a former replacement project for the Marder 1 IFV. Project development began in 1984 and it was planned that 1000 vehicles would be purchased for the former West German Bundeswehr from 1997 to 2001. With the eventual...
by TankNutDave | Mar 13, 2017 | German Fighting Vehicles, Tracked Fighting Vehicles
The Puma IFV SPz (Schützenpanzer), is a German Tracked Infantry Fighting Vehicle currently in service with the German Army (Bundeswehr). It is currently the most modern and possibly advanced Tracked IFV in NATO. The Puma IFV design requirement was to offer maximum...
by TankNutDave | Mar 12, 2017 | 8x8 Wheeled Infantry Fighting Vehicle, German Fighting Vehicles, Lithuanian Fighting Vehicles
The VILKAS Infantry Fighting Vehicle (Wolf) is the latest acquisition of the Lithuanian Land Force. During August 2016, Lithuania officially purchased 88 Artec Boxer’s (Drive Modules & IFV Mission Modules) as used by NATO Allies, Germany and the Netherlands....