![The Black Panther weighs 55 tons and is operated by a crew of three. It is armed with a locally produced variant of the L55 120 mm smoothbore gun manufactured by World Industries Ace Corporation. Photo: Hyundai Techwin]()
The Korean automotive industrial giant Hyundai Rotem Co. has signed a contract worth US$820.29 million (901.5 billion won) with the Korean Defense Acquisition and Procurement Agency (DAPA) to deliver the first 100 'Black Panther' K2 Main Battle Tanks (MBT) to the South Korean Army.