Ultra Powerful South Korean K9 Thunder Artillery Mass Live Fire vs Mountain
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- Опубліковано 16 сер 2021
- This truly awesome and impressive artillery live fire video shows a total of 18 ultra powerful South Korean K9 Thunder Self Propelled Artillery howitzers in action during a mass live fire exercise.
The video features the simultaneous firing of the artillery and the impacts on a mountain aswell.
The K9 Thunder is a South Korean self-propelled 155 mm howitzer designed and developed by the Agency for Defense Development and Samsung Aerospace Industries for the Republic of Korea Armed Forces, and is now manufactured by Hanwha Defense.
K9 howitzers operate in groups with the K10 automatic ammunition resupply vehicle variant. The entire K9 fleet operated by the ROK Armed Forces is now undergoing upgrades to K9A1 standard, and a further development of a K9A2 variant is in process.
In 1980s, the ROK Armed Forces came in need of new artillery system to contest North Korean equipment. The armed forces operated M107 self-propelled gun and K55 self-propelled howitzer; however, they had shorter firing range compared to M-1978 Koksan and were outnumbered by various North Korean artillery. With the success of designing and manufacturing KH-178 and KH-179 towed artillery, and experience gained by license producing K55 (KM109A2), the Ministry of Defense ordered to develop new system that has longer firing range, faster firing rate, and high mobility. The development started in 1989 and was led by the Agency for Defense Development (ADD) and Samsung Aerospace Industries (now Hanwha Defense).
The ADD first offered upgrades on existing K55, inspired by the United States' M109 Howitzer Improvement Program (HIP), but was rejected by the Republic of Korea Army. As a result, the ADD determined to create new weapon system and worked on conceptual model till 1991. Early concept requested by the military includes river crossing capability and installation of M61 Vulcan as anti-air weapon, which were removed due to unnecessity for such long-range weapon.
In 1992, the Ground System Division of United Defense LP (now BAE Systems Land and Armaments) invited members of the ADD for its first M109A6 Paladin release ceremony and expressed interest in participating Korea's self-propelled howitzer program by upgrading K55 to Paladin standard, which was rejected by South Korea.
By late 1990s, internal review showed localization of 107 out of 235 (45.5%) technologies required to build the artillery. After the review, South Korea decided to continue developing domestic main system, main gun, 155 mm ammunition, fire control system, structure, and autoloader. On the other hand, engine, transmission, and INS were chosen to be imported from foreign partners, and license produce hydropneumatic suspension to boost up localization by 70%. The engineers faced biggest challenge on designing main gun and suspension due to lack of experience; while licensing the K55, its main gun was brought as finished product and suspension was produced under knowledge base from the United States.
The turret servo electrohydraulic system is a derive from that of K1 MBT. Automatic fire control system enabled rapid aiming, faster shooting, and improvement to accuracy.
Originally, Air-Log hydropneumatic suspension, which was being used for British AS-90, was chosen for test for license produce, but failed to absorb shock from much bigger 52 caliber gun. Later, South Korea developed domestic hydropneumatic suspension and sold to Britain.
The contract for the K9 artillery system was awarded to Samsung Aerospace Industries on 22 December 1998. The first vehicle was rolled out on 17 December 1999, and was fielded to the Republic of Korea Marine Corps in Yeonpyeongdo.
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Can we get 5000 likes for this? The impacts alone are worth 5000 likes aren't they?
imagine those in ww1 era lmao
@@inigo5460 Would've been the end of trench warfare
Impacts are my favorite
Alotta Yellow Red Fellow gonna be running Red Blood from this bad boy.
@@ThisGuyRides Yep, few shots with DP-ICM will kill everything on trench.
This Ultra super power brave counrty. I`m proud that my country Poland has alliance with South Korea Seul and encourage both coutries to meet more and just come and visit each other .
Then you can Fight in this war in the First row in the front
Commander: See that mountain?
Soldier: Yes sir!
Commander: I don't.
Soldier: Yes sir!
ㅋㅋㅋ yes, we don't like mountain 😂
Proud Indian we got k9 , we named it vajra its superb .
yeah
South koreas military demos are always some of the best
that's saying a lot coming from Texan 🙏
But as Korean, it’s true😂😂😂😂
Korean Military is sucks
Watch Finnish defence force videos, they are good too.
Artillery has a kind of beauty to it. You just don't want to be on the receiving end.
I have personal experience not being on the receiving end of artillery, and I do like it here.
I grew up in a small town in the border of Ethiopia-Somalia-Kenya...there’s a time alshabab took control of it and we were shelled by government forces.I would never wish anyone to experience what we went through that night.My grandfather taught me that “If you hear the whistle sound of a motar,it means you survive to die another day”
@@MrRockyOne So you're from Korea?
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What is "beauty" in it? destruction, mass murder?
Glad we have these in our arsenal in Finland too.
Wow..... the body is so stable when it's firing...
If there was one battalion guarding that mountain, and the shells fell like that at the same time... just thinking about it is terrifying.
You will be in pieces before you feel anything
Don’t have to theorize about it. It happened and people survived it to tell about it. During Sino-Vietnamese border skirmish, there was a constant back and forth over a hill top. Vietnamese built very sturdy trenches and fortifications while the Chinese bombarded that hill nonstop using several hundred artillery pieces for over a week. Each square meter of that hill received roughly 3 tons of TNT and the entire hill was reduced by about a meter in height.
Vietnamese casualty rates was 96% and when the Chinese pushed up, no whole pieces of corps can be found. After that, both sides realized that fixed fortifications won’t work and constructed a series of smaller trench networks for quick retreat and regrouping.
That will be the Korean War looks like.
With the AI-assisted upgrades,
the warfare will be brutal...
and amazingly fast.
@@sina697alphaI agree. For example, the Korea Combat Training Center (KCTC) training in Korea indirectly allows soldiers to experience that individuals die easily on the battlefield, even if they are not in practice. The North Korean military's role unit uses a North Korean-style tactic to build an anti-tank defense line consisting of infantry in the valley, but once shelled, the damage will be serious.
There are close to 3,000 of these self-propelled guns in Korea and they are the newest and getting stronger.
right
N Korea with his nuclear charges have no chance .
About 4000 155mm and another 8 or 9000 other artillery pieces 105mm and 120mm mortar, excellent work from a brilliant nation. 👏 I hope South Korea and the UK can develop systems together with Japan, Australia and New Zealand.
South korea loves artillery to much
I'm so proud we got five full battalions of this excellent self propelled howitzer. It will serve well our artillery arm known for its ability of concentrating mass salvos on point targets and then quickly changing to the next target.
Awesome equipment. Its used by Finnish Defence Forces too. 🇰🇷🤝🇫🇮
Yes we are almoust neighbours.
@@s3ns1 judging by how many countries are in-between, thats an accurate assesment
Mokari!!!! 위장도색이 우리나라것보다 멋진!!!!
🇰🇷🇫🇮 We pray that there will be no war between Finland and Russia
@@user-ww9hp9fo5n there won't. Russians learned their lesson last time, and learned it well
This is why every man on the ground fears artillery...
Just hide under the table. EZ.
@@Hero4fun77 tell that to the civilians getting ripped apart daily in Mariupol.
@@islandvibez Chill, internet warrior boy.
No wonder the french got destroyed by the prussian in the franco-prussian war
@@islandvibez must be fun at parties
Mountain: * exists *
Artillery: "you're dead"
unbelievable site. Australia is building a batch of 30 K9 units that will be known as the huntsman, which is named after an indigenous spider.
Hopefully further batches will follow on in a continuous production line.
Ahh, australia and spiders .
Perfect
I wonder what we think we'll accomplish with 30 AS9s when that amount is lost in one month of war lol. Ah well a massive improvement to what we had last decade
@@DollyRanchdon’t sweat it mate.
It’s not like y’all have your shipping
lanes in a hostile area. Nor you have
serious enemies.
Keep bear minimum, and host military
drills every once in a while, and you’re
golden.
Soldier: There is an enemy on that mountain, sir!
Commander: Destroy!
S: Them?
C: The mountain!!
The German translation is just hilarious: "Holy sh*t!! 18 South Korean artillery guns penetrating a mountain simultaneously."
Hilarious. Meine jüte
Ich war verwirrt, like wie haben die das geschafft
well, we also subsidized ISIS, so .... greetings from the Reich, lol!
@DOGofWAR DOGofWAR I have polish roots too , but I feel very ashamed for your opinion. PiS Propaganda must be going hard in this times :D
But hey have fun living with your doublestandarts. Now Ukrainian Refugees are welcome in Poland , but others not (like middle eastern).
Step - mountain being pounded hard
Soon, Seoul will be one of the major defense partner for India. Superb
Seoul is just another South Korean city....
The loud noise upon impact reminds us why this self-propelled gun was given the name “Thunder”.
Ahh the good ol' Queen of Battle, those impacts were awesome! Absolutely terrifying!
That's one way to clear foliage. Wish I could use this method to clear the weeds in my backyard...
Whats stopping you? The weed rights convention?
You will clear the weeds and the backyard at the same time
Coordinating fire like this is a beautiful thing.
When I was in the Corp I saw the toughness of the R.O.K. Marines. I was impressed.
When our Marines ran the mountains in South Korea I learned respect; but when you see coordinated fire like that. I know North Korea fears and Respects the south.
ROKUS ironclad alliance 👍
@@user-et3gd2op9h Yes sir, the US supports ROK. Very impressive K9 and K2!
@@jamison884 support? More like USA want to colonize South Korea.
People still don't seem to know much about Korea and don't know the status of the Korean economy and businesses in the world. Korea is not the best country, but it is the 10th largest economy in the world and the 8th largest spending on defense. And Korea is the sixth largest exporter. Korea's cultural industry is already in vogue around the world. I don't think Korea is such a Neglected country
@@user-oe1qf6uk3p 자랑은 내가 하는게 아니라 남이 해줄때 가치있는겁니다
한국군 포병장교로 전역한 사람입니다. 한국은 70년동안 전쟁준비를 해왔습니다. 그것도 국지전이 아닌 즉각적인 전면전, 총력전을 대비한 전쟁준비 입니다.
이제 전쟁은 내강토에서 하지 맙시다. 어짜피 벌어질 전쟁이라면 적의 영토에서 시작해서 적의 영토에서 끝냅시다. 그럴려면 우선 적보다 먼저 전쟁을 결심할줄 아는 용기가 필요하겠지요.
문쩌웨인
졸라ㅜ자랑스럽다 못해 눈물리 날 지경이네 ㅎㅎ. 한국 포병 만세
우리는 우리 공격한 새끼는 반드시 죽인다는 작전임. 방어로는 안 끝나.
@@Skinwalker-666 무인기 맞추는게 쉬운줄아네 미국도 중국 감시풍선위성 터르리는데에 애먹었는데
Wow, never seen so many tanks firing cannons at the same time. Imagine being a soldier on that mountain
Well these are Self Propelled Howitzers
self propelled artillery
I will survive in that massive firing, running escape very fast like thunder. 😂
Dead people can't imagine
Watching them in a synchronize fire is like watching a very good dance.
There was a lot of dancing going on in WW1! Look into how they used to do a barrage.
Beautiful weapons.
Sand ant: At last i finished my house
Korean soldier: Fire!!!
The British need this is replace AS90 👊🏻💥💥💥
Is there any problem?
I am amazed by the aiming. They hit that whole side of the mountain. Can't be easy with a target you can't see!!!
GPS target.
What? Forward observer needs to see them mountain, not the artillery pieces themselves
This wonderful cannon was contracted by Egypt and manufactured locally. We hope that South Korea will agree to give us the best and last version and full ammunition for our Egyptian armed forces to defend our homeland
long live korea
Egyptian government made the right choice. K9 is already well established in India, Norway, Finland etc.
We dont betray allies ever.
Pay us well lol
결재가 걱정이지...
대한민국은 신용만 제데로 지켜준다면
최고의 서비스를 제공한다
늘 그래왔던것처럼.
@@wristsosloppy528
나는 우리가 최신 한국 탱크를 얻고 이집트 군대에 합류하기를 희망하고 당신과 진정한 파트너십이 있기를 바랍니다
I'm happy Poland army will have a lot of K9 and K2 black panther tank
같이 갑시다
We go together!
@@user-xo4oh5kz6g같이 갑시다 ㅇㅈㄹ ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
Cool cool. If i remeber correctly my home country Finland is going to get these K9 too :3
Whole Europe happy too.
K9PL and K2PL hehe
The development of defense weapons in the Republic of Korea has been accomplished for 70 years in preparation for a war with North Korea, and in the future, Korea will continue to develop advanced weapons at a rapid pace.
The K-9 Vajra will be deployed along the worlds largest heavily fortified border that incredibly tight cone of impact will be devastating. I can imagine the combination of massed K-9 155mm rounds and MLRS hammering into the ground.
100 howitzers are already deployed along the LAC by Feb 2021.The Indian army will purchase another 200 K-9 Vajra from Larsen and Toubro.
K-9 Vajra made under a license from ROK at a plant in Western India. That is on top of the M-777 and a gun called ATAGS developed by DRDO.
중국놈들 혼쭐 좀 내줘. 인도 친구들
Temperatures in Korea occur from 40 degrees Celsius to minus 40 degrees Celsius.
And 70% of the country is covered with mountains.
In winter, it is very cold and very dry.
In summer, the temperature rises to 40 degrees Celsius and the humidity remains above 90%. It has the sea on three sides and even has salinity.
It's the best condition to test weapons.
We call that God's country.
Exactly.
In real engagement, lot of unexpected climate variables make army going hell.
Weapons made in countries with 4 distinct seasons and large annual temperature or humidity intervals have strengths in that regard.
Lol during the Korean War, the US fought battles in the heat of Daegu in July-August, where it is nicknamed "Daefrica" these days b/c of how hot it gets in the summer.
And in the winter the GIs fought in the Gaema Plateau, where it gets as cold as Siberia in the winter.
@@jamesdakrn chunfrica
ABSOLUTELY
American here, Love to see our South Korean brothers and sisters showing the world that they are not to be trifled with!
Thank you. May God richly bless you.
May God keep America and South Korea strong.
Wow, you seem to have a great international eye to judge a country called Korea just by looking at the shelling. But you don't know for sure where your country is on the map. Isn't it?
@@user-kl9bx7qm7k I know where my country is on a globe and a map. I also know where the Korean Peninsula is on the globe, and a map!
Not the whole world. Just one and it's puppet and the fool it pulls the string on. China. NK. Russia.
Esta artillería necesita el Perú... Fantástica detonación!!
It is shockingly stable
Compared to Chinese plz-4 self propelled howitzers that dance lightly, Korean K-9 self propelled howitzers are reliable.
Lol😂😂😂
India having these wepon oooooo wow😍
Owing to korea.
Korea exported K-9 to India last year.
Fearsomely accurate. Must be hard to correctly gauge the area of effect on film, I wonder what the actual area hit is.
Damage 100 area damage 0
They are well trained.
It hits about 50meters about in radius.
taget width...300m
How much would we have to pay to do the same damage with a missile? We all know why we should buy a k9.
Commander: move that mountain
K9 battalion: 🫡
And this is why I'm artillery in the world of tanks
And the video also gives the reason, why they turned the artillery down in world of tanks. It was much better in its first years of the game.
The most impressive artillery video ever
woah. that mountain never stood a chance
korea has this k9 thunder 3200 unit
All those years of playing Starcraft have finally payed off.
K9 명품 자주포 아녀..⁉︎ 🇰🇷💙
imagine yourself on that hill 😂 the ultimate terror
@Qᴜɪᴄᴋ Sᴀɴᴅ sweet release of death?
The best in the world.
Beautiful.
That's an interesting amount of firepower.
some sharp lookin artillery tanks!
Beautiful
Excellent show of a world class artillery.
쇼로 보이니.？훈련이다.!!
Literally moving mountains 👍
next level: All hit the same spot in the same second.
Thank - You .
A FORMIDABLE FIRE POWER
AND A FORMATION
Division commander : I don't like that mountain a little...
Commander: He doesn't like that mountain
Battalion Chief: Erase that mountain
Three battery captains: Yes sir
Russian and Chinese SP howitzer rocks back and forth hard making it hard for accuracy. They just used tank chassis for artillery turret and didn't solved rocking issue for SP artillery.
"See that hill over there? Well I don't want to..."
- Korean officer.
The Emperor's will have spoken.
Moving mountains. Literally.
It's been about 15 years since I was in the army as a forward observer. Damn I wish i had firepower like that i could have called in! Most I ever had was a 6 gun battery
I'm picturing uncle Rico talking about states.
was FA-FO as well....almost 20 yrs ago tho. Most I have called in was 18 x 105mm. I think the target was on the same hill shown in the video. I still remember sketching this scene after the dig-in at the OP.
@@fritzkrakaz that's cool! I loved AIT in FT Sill where they gave you like an hour to just sit on a hilltop and draw the landscape. when i got to my duty station my sergeant taught me how to fold the paper so that each crease was so many mils it was especially helpful with polar missions. I always wanted to go to the artillery base in Australia but never got the chance.
@@Trumplican seems like the folding trick is universal. The best moment of being in OP course is when you see them mountain go up in sparks and smokes. Few seconds later you hear dududup~~!!
@@fritzkrakaz yeah i used to love when they made you estimate the distance by the delay in sound. I forget now what it was something like 330 meters for every second of delay i think. I also loved the big 155mm shells when they shot from behind your location you could hear the woosh and sometimes even see them fly past. Man i miss calling in artillery.
If we ever go to war with mountains, we'll know exactly who to call
Impressive recoil surpression!
beautiful
Amazing and beautiful
I'm starting to understand why no grass grows on that hill.
POV: Comrade dear leader Kim just ordered your unit to cross the DMZ.
Relate to Sound speed measurement , the target distance is ahead from camera, about 2 km.(1.2 mile)
Brutal....
Imagine a battalion storming that hill just to be greeted by that artillery.
What hill?
WOW. That's what you call accuracy.
Honestly thats pretty normal. Unless you are russia or north korea cuz these 2 have accuracy of +-1km
Beauty and madness.
Buena sincronización, si señor ;)
Yeah, take that mountain!
Looks like the mountain lost another battle.
But still winning the war.
Cool, I it would also be a cool demo if they all targeted the same point and shoot in 1-2s succession to se how accurate it is.
What a wonderful weapon!!! I love it!!!
Beautiful 👌
@ㅅㅈㅅ 미국 형님 응딩이
Sgt. Bilko's hover tank impressed everyone
there can never be enough artillery in the world
more dakka is always good
i did work in ROKAF(republic of korea airforce) but i also proud our ROKA(republic of korea army)
We will be stronger
It would be pretty cool to be on the mountain...just to see what would happen :)
Holy that is a big mountain
Oh well this will bring peace to the world.
The mountain has been real quiet since.
Mountain:
Artillery: Curse you !
These artillery have less recoils than modern Warfare weapon wtf 😶
maybe the tanks are very heavy
@@Soulleey
It's not because the k9 is heavy. It's because it adopts a hydraulic suspension system. In addition to the k9 self-propelled artillery, most of the ground mechanization equipment made by Korea, such as the k2 tank and the AS21, adopted the hydraulic suspension system. As a result, the ride comfort is very comfortable even with armored equipment.
They use powder patches, so soldier can adjust how much powder to use. Maybe they used really mild charge for demonstration.
Korea is one of the world's top five industrial nations and the top patent holder. Believe it or not, our technology is world top class. Korea is not just a country that makes cars
When K9A2 rolls out, It will be the killer SPG ever been made.
It will arm with a 100+ Km glided GPS guided precision munition, PARA-recon muntion, fully network fire control system without operating crew so it downs its crew to 2 person, a driver and a commander. A single K9A2 can fire 27 rounds in 3 minutes if gets rapid firing order with solo TOT capability, it means a K9 battalion can fire 487 155mm rounds in 3 minutes, SK has 69 K9 battalion currently, it has 62Km range with avearge munition and more advanced tech will be installed
They have a plan to make K9A3 will be fully unmanned SPG when it services after 2030
South Korea is a really scary country.
I don't get it, why you would still need these when you have aircraft to deliver bombs on target where ever. Even though they're mobile, I just see them as a slow moving target with a giant bullseye slapped to its back.
I'm sure there is a reason and I'm open to being educated on the topic.
@@silentblackhole Korea's air defense network is one of the world's most dense places. In addition, the mobile surface-to-air defense system is operated very delicately at high and medium altitude and low altitude. Take a look at Russia's ongoing invasion of Ukraine.
Even if it is dropped with a fighter or the air defense net is neutralized, the occupation is completed only when ground forces enter. In addition, there is a clear limit to fighting only with missiles and air force in actual war.
As you may not know, the Korean military does not exist only for defense. If a war breaks out in Korea, it will strike all the core origins of the perpetrator, and the invading state will lose its function as a state. And the South Korean military is preparing to attack with fast mobility at the forefront. In short, the Korean military is a unit in preparation for attack.
On the surface, South Korea seems to exist only for defense, but in fact, the basic strategy hidden in it is an attack-oriented army called the "poison attack strategy." Attacking South Korea means that the invading country also loses its national function. In other words, the Korean military is an army specialized in attacks. This means that it is not a country where people sit still and run.
Why do you need infantry when you have special forces? It's such a shortsighted idea as to say.
Does it mean that I don't need F15 because I have F22? I think you're the one who doesn't even have the concept of the most important high-low mix strategy in the military doctrine.🤔
@@silentblackhole Do you know that the Korean Air Force has launched a threat shot at a Russian military aircraft invading the airspace of Dokdo, Korean territory? We are not afraid of Japan, China, Russia, and North Korea. This is because even if we die, we will make the other person helpless. After that, other forces will kill them safely. We've been preparing it for 80 years. And all men over the age of 18 in Korea have military tactics. He is acquiring Dokdo law and survival training to grasp the topography and is specializing in learning various weapons. To invade South Korea is like entering a trap to die. The invader will see 50 million people becoming enemies.
@@silentblackhole It is not only the South Korean military that the invaders have to deal with, but also with these people.
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If these united people become enemies, will the invaders be able to survive?🤔
This is the reason why Korea has survived to this day despite numerous invasions in its long history.
Max power 😮
That mountain had it coming
Good show guys keep it up I hope you get the 5000.👌🙌👏👍
''You see that enemy encampment?'' ''Yes Sargeant!'' *well I want it gone*
그들은 가루가 되었습니다.
1:08 I really enjoy that music in background. The artillery is good too.
Well done!
댝쳐!
Awesome , they are using different type of ammo , HE , White phosphorous and fragmentation rounds . Right ?
Willy pete is banned
@@gekkomidnight568 targeting personnel intentionally is banned. Equipment and POL sites are still on the menu. Oh.... every soldier has "equipment" on them. ;-)
@@andrewmohs4734 want a roasted helmet for dinner? ;)
HE + WP, no frag
It's like cooking food. First, tear them into small pieces, bake, then chop again.
Well done South Korea!
댝쳐!