North Korean state media has unveiled a large scale new factory manufacturing the next generation Tianma 2 main battle tanks, as well as tracked vehicles carrying very high calibre 600mm rocket artillery for the KN-25 system. The facility was shown during a visit by the chairman of the ruling Korean Workers’ Party Kim Jong Un, who stressed that replacing the Korean People’s Army’s armoured vehicles of the last century with the latest models had become a primary task of building the armed forces. The chairman expressed satisfaction that in the field of tank industry, North Korea’s new tank design its fire controls had been updated, improving the comfort of the tank crew.
The industry had also demonstrated the high performance and reliability of its “super high power” engine project allowing or mass production. He highlighted the development of an integrated power transmission system that can improve the driving performance and various mobility performance, as well as the innovative upgrades to the latest active protection system, passive protection means, and electronic warfare systems, which marked major progress made in the development of key technologies of the new tank and the highly value the achievements of scientific and technological personnel.
Poster Comment:
If NATO invades Belarus, they will be greeted by North Korean artillery and tanks with appearances by MR Oreshnik, Mt Kinzhal and MR Iskander.