The Howitzer Designed to Obliterate North Korea 

i was so disappointed after seeing the title

bring back the old title

who changed the title

Poland just received first batch of K9s and tanks K2. *THANK YOU KOREA!* We've bought hundreds more, eventually will produce licensed K9PL and K2PL!

I was there. I was in a Patriot unit, A 6-52 ADA on Suwon AB. We had live Patriots ready to fire if given the word. It was VERY tense but our Air Defense units were ready if need came to be. I'm also grateful to our ROK and KATUSA forces there with us.

Hanwha Defense Industries Australia are building a new factory for manufacturing the K9 in Australia. The new facility included R&D and testing facilities for ongoing development of the howitzer. Construction began in April and the factory and facilities will be finished in 2024. The Australian variant is called the K9 Huntsman, and is similar to the Norwegian K9 VIDAR. Excellent, as we need as many of these howitzers being built as possible. Also all Korean export K9's use Australian Bisalloy armor plating. Also in April Hanwha convened a meeting in Korea between the militaries of Australia, Estonia, Finland, Norway, and South Korea to share user experience of the K9 in service and to take feedback about improvements sought by operators and to discuss potential developments such as a robot version, using railguns and other future weapons systems. It seems Hanwha is very serious about the long term evolution of the platform.

The hardest part was loading the shells, besides that it was all automatic so pretty confortable machine for the crews. Also it turns into a giant refrigerator during winter when you turn off the engine. But Still proud to serve as a K9 artilleryman from 7th self propelled artillery brigade.

Finland has had these for a while now. I was trained for towed 155mm howitzers. One time we were trained in a forest and about a dozen of these joined us. Pretty cool seeing them drive around.

bro I don't know why but your voice puts me in war mode lol, your voice is perfect for these videos

You guys make better content than the history channel these days!

The feed system for that automated rearmament vehicle made my jaw drop.

Thank you for the history lesson on South Korea l wondered how come South Korea has developed into a country that has designed many great weapon systems even their very own Tank that are selling all around the World now also a Country that has fought hard to keep it's fragile peace with the North.

Damn, if I had to describe this thing in one word it would be "formidable"! That resupply system is slick!!!

I like the idea of a US Army variant of this licensed for manufacturer here. And that rearmament system is a artillery battery Commanders dream on steroids

Wow, that automatic re-loading system is amazing! ]They should keep that quiet

Great video. The south African army had this type of combat vehicle in operation in 1982. With base bleed ammo that could reach over 40 km..salute

In Norway we have k9 and k10 😁👍🇳🇴

guuh, my FEBA barracks was located within forward artillery base and whenever those K-9s did their fire exercise my ears would ring all day long

The narration, music and content from this channel is just amazing!

They are lucky they didn't get mopped up after an attack like that

The ammunition carrier resupply vehicle is quote quite impressive.

Schwerer Gustav would be an interesting design to revist with technology of this day and age and making it no longer a railway gun but a self-propelled artillery piece. Yes I understand the impracticality of it but still would be interesting to see revisited.

i had no idea that north korea actually has ever attacked south korea's soil since the war.

Funny that I don’t remember this conflict hitting the news wires. This could have started another full blown Korean War.

As an FO for the old M110s in US inventory back in the 70s, all I can say is WOW. Really impressive stuff.

The Korean War has never been over.

I think this is the tank Poland is buying in latest arms deal.

_The SPH that every single army want._

Howitzers are really nessecary in modern warfare these days🌠🌍🌠

Great Video👍 A comparison between the K9 Thunder and the PzH 2000 would've been cool.

😂“South Korea exercise in disputed water” is an understatement , the entire freaking peninsula is disputed

Enjoyed your video and I gave it a Thumbs Up

great artillery hardware. no wander the k9 it's also being bought by Poland and soon many other allied coutries, as Caesers, PzH-2000 (I see the US palladin as less good), Zuzanas can't be produced in time to it's own army, Ukraine and others. in the future, near one so-so (2024), maybe the M1299 turn to be the king of the battle. Till then, in an time of uncertainty, the SK-K9/A1 is a great choice. Eager to see the A2 version, hopefully in real fire drills and not in real battlefields.

Great video. Very interesting information. Much appreciate it if you could reduce the volume of the incidental music, or allow it to be switched off. You voice is the best means to communicate the messages in this presentation. Thank you.

Excellent Video, Thank You Sir.

Great video!!! I really liked this. Very very interesting

Aug of 1976's tree incident came close as well. I was there!

Note: The K9 SPH is currently being tested for U.S.-made guided artillery and range extended ammunition. It is said that it passed the test of six shots per minute. The possibility of an American K9 with an American-made titanium L58 barrel on the K9 will be made.

We also have aquired (Finland) K 9`s.

Anyone who has been stationed in SK (Camp Howze in my day) close to the DMZ knows how ridiculously difficult the terrain is for any NK ground force to traverse South. From rock drops, natural and man made bottlenecks with logistical anticipation where they would likely move, cause they have no choice. All the defenders have to do is hold with home field advantage as long as possible til reinforcements arrive in greater numbers than the present force within days. Nukes? South Korea can be rebuilt, North Korea will be erased from existence if that's what they want.

Some examples of its use in battle would be nice.

Its up there with an archer system for sure

Thank you.

04/11/2022 THANK YOU. Australia is building some 25 of these beauties; we probably need to double this number. Hopefully the Redback APC will soon follow.

I remember during winter RCT, infantry recons like myself were freezing in our lean-tos, while K-9 artillery boys could stay in their vehicle with heaters on tho i do remember one of those artilleryman being yelled at and running the field in full rucksack cuz he drained the batteries or something

Conflict is far from over. I live in Japan and North Korea shot more missiles over Yamagata and Miyagi today. I hope Japan will continue to work closely with South Korea and US to end this sooner rather than later. China better put its dog back on its leash.

The K9 love it. our DogTank

Question could a Javalin or tandem shaped warhead penetrate through the top if not what size warhead would be needed at what speed etc.

This weopen reminds me of an old prototype called the Crusader.

Would love to see a video about the US Harpoon system.

Its been more than a decade to serve as a crew of k9 but its still interesting to see how the other guys see it in 3rd point of view. It was a shit but fun experience to be in army 🤣

I'm sure that this wasn't the title sir

I was a scout at camp Casey 2006-2007. I did reconnaissance on DMZ. One day they will go full out war again.

Lol did they not consider shooting down a passenger airliner a "trifling incident"

make video on koalitsiya self propelled artillery

Just have to say, that your narrations are fantastic!

I object to the phrase "ended the war" as all the armistice did was to delay the continuation.

Range is still deficit. "A G6 self-propelled howitzer with a 52-calibre gun (background) achieved the longest range ever attained with a conventional 155mm artillery round by firing it 76 km, while a PzH 2000 52-calibre gun (foreground) fired a shell 67 km at the Alkantpan test range in South Africa on 6 November." "Rheinmetall plans to develop and manufacture a new 155 mm gun with a significantly larger chamber and longer, 60-calibre barrel. The German procurement authorities have specified a maximum effective range of 75 km, according to Rheinmetall, which said it would use 83 km as the baseline as the course correction fuze necessary to achieve precision at these ranges reduces range by 10%."

Just one well placed bullet? ....could put an end to all of this Madness!! for the NORTH KOREAN People!!! Best Wishes to you all!

That's one K9 who bite is as big as it's bark.

In 1968 the towed 155MM howitzer could consistently drop shells on a 3 x 3 foot target from 11 miles away. The barrel had rifling like a snipers rifle. I know because the forward observer often times had to call our shells in close to him to drive away attacking viet cong. The curtain of steel was all that made it possible for him and his team to survive. The increased stability of a self propelled howitzer should enable it to be even more accurate. I'm certain the newer versions are at least as accurate and have a longer range making them a very devastating weapon.

Not sure, but i don't think the war has ever been declared over.

Music on this chanel slaps 100% of the time.

the north would get hammered in short order and the slaves would be liberated

That's crazy since north Korea just launched 23 missiles and one of them hit withing south Korean territory albeit the water so no harm but a huge escalation.

the "sparks" are a weird addition.

4:47 what are you doing, step-howitzer?

King of Battle!

"as the enemy struck" in the 90s?🤣

I've been inside one of these, when I was stationed in ROK. It was brand spanking new at the time. It was the M109A6, PzH2000, and the K9 were the premiere SPG/SPA at the time. (2003).

so they had 4 of them

Very nice I pose the question is it possible to develop a anti-howitzer shell essentially something that can intercept a 155 mm howitzer is it possible in addition is it possible is it realistic

That can be answered with a simple cheap Lancet drones

The development of much longer range artillery is much overdue!

cover sg version of it plz SSPH Primus!!!!!

Looks nearly identical to the PZH-2000.

Poland made a good decision going for this beautiful beast. Thank you ROK!

Yes Rico, kaboom!

Any one else think this looks like the Ferdinand chassis? anybody?? is it just me

and still, its brother german pzh 2000 broke down in ukraine and did not manage to meet the actual battelfield requirement. It may be the case for this one also

Is it possible to make a howitzer and instead of it firing a projectile at fires a beam laser beam that you reflect light or maybe even have an actual source to begin with call it how it’s your defense system

K9 may be the most powerful game changer in the battle by the power of explosion which can be burnt to the ground wihiin 50m radius.

Great stuff. I still think the leopard and abrams are just a tad better than a black panther tank. Barely. But this is the best tracked arty out there by far.

It is one thing talking about it and the other doing it! I'll believe it when I see it which will never be.

Looks similar to an M109 Paladin.

What about a Challenger II with a Railgun that doesn't use cordite or gunpowder but electromagnetics.

It’s an interesting system. Each shell has a dog in it that will bite the targeted enemy.

5:42 - why the HECK are the crew painting their faces? ☮

South Korean's are badass.

each year, more weapons. each year, stronger weapons. each year, less resources. each year, less and less.

Why do the pilots need camo painted on their faces?

Sounds exactly like today - the quote at 1:46...

Query _-is this the artillery system that has been purchased by Australia.

What island?

Appears to have same design flaw of T72. The shells are stored with the crew and no blast doors or dividers. An aerial attack Javelin type weapon will have these beast entering the Turret High Jump competition. Something the Russia/Ukraine war has demonstrated in spades!

I'm that guy who would find dich or hill side back up on it fire 100yds blow something up good lol

North Korea has 220mm artillery on t-55 chasis in mass

Well, did it work?

Looks a whole lot like the Pzh2000 from Germany.

Impressive howitzer cannon 👏! I am curious as to how it measures up against suicide drones like the Ukrainian Army is using against the Russians ? I've seen hundreds of Russian tanks and other vehicles blown apart like a jack in box or torn into scrap metal 🤔?