Ceremony Held in Changwon for Export of 'Premium Weapons' K2 Tank and K9 Self-Propelled Howitzer to Poland

Continuing a New History of Defense Industry Exports

Changwon Special City in Gyeongnam held a delivery ceremony for Changwon's premium weapons, the K2 tank and K9 self-propelled howitzer, which Hanwha Defense and Hyundai Rotem will export to Poland.

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters, Reporter Song Jong-gu] On the morning of the 19th, Changwon Special City in Gyeongnam held a delivery ceremony for Changwon's premium weapons, the K2 tank and K9 self-propelled howitzer, which Hanwha Defense and Hyundai Rotem will export to Poland.

Hanwha Defense and Hyundai Rotem signed a comprehensive contract with the Polish Military Procurement Office on July 27, and subsequently signed the '1st Execution Contract' on August 26 to implement the comprehensive contract.

This delivery ceremony was held to fulfill the '1st Execution Contract' signed with Poland. Additional execution contracts will be signed step-by-step to implement the comprehensive contract in the future.

The event was attended by Eom Dong-hwan, Administrator of the Defense Acquisition Program Administration; General Yabonski, Commander of the Polish Army; Ambassador Ostaszewski of Poland to Korea; Park Wan-su, Governor of Gyeongsangnam-do; and Hong Nam-pyo, Mayor of Changwon Special City. The ceremony proceeded with the delivery of the K9 self-propelled howitzer at Hanwha Defense’s 1st plant, followed by the delivery of the K2 tank at Hyundai Rotem’s Changwon factory.

Changwon’s premium weapons have established their global reputation with major export deals such as the 1 trillion won K9 self-propelled howitzer export to Australia in December last year, the 4 trillion won Cheongung-II export to the UAE in January this year, and the 2 trillion won K9 self-propelled howitzer export to Egypt in April. With the achievement of the 7.7 trillion won export of K2 tanks and K9 self-propelled howitzers to Poland, a new chapter in defense industry exports is being written.

In particular, just two months after signing the '1st Execution Contract' for the Poland export on August 26, 24 K9 self-propelled howitzers and 10 K2 tanks were produced, demonstrating not only quality and price competitiveness but also delivery competitiveness by supplying weapon systems on time to the global market, brightening export prospects.

Mayor Hong said, “To lead the future market with Changwon’s defense industry operating worldwide, we will create Nuclear Power and Defense Specialized National Industrial Complex 2.0 to strengthen the cultivation and support of defense companies.” He added, “By benchmarking world-class defense cities such as Grenoble in France and Sendai in Japan, we will make our best efforts to attract Korean defense companies to Changwon through expanding large-scale shared research facilities and supporting talent acquisition.”

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