Article 22 Australian armored vehicle order final… Hanwha’s’Redback’ fully unveiled for the first time [영상]

Total project cost up to 22,800 billion won (27 billion Australian dollars)Hanwha Defense’s’Redback’ finished product, which was the final candidate for the Australian Army’s next-generation infantry fighting vehicle business, was unveiled for the first time in Australia on the 12th. If Redback wins the order Achievements of up to 10 trillion won including the number of follow-upsThe defense industry is looking forward to reaping.

Currently, the Australian Army 450 unitsIt is engaged in the third project of’LAND 400′, which will introduce a new armored tracked vehicle of the company. Four companies, including General Dynamics Land System (GDLS) in the US, entered the bidding, and last year, Red Bag and German Line Metal Defense’s’Lynx KF41′ were nominated.

The Australian Army will be evaluating the performance, protection, and firepower of the two aircraft in earnest starting next month. If all evaluations are completed by October, Preferred negotiators selected during the first half of next yearI plan to do it.

Redback, named after the Australian venomous poisonous’Redback Widow’, has been deployed by the ROK Army since 2009. K-21 armored carIt was developed according to the required performance of the Australian Army. As a result, the body is made by Hanwha Defense, Major weapons and sensors, including turrets, are Israeli companies.I left it to.

In this regard, an official from Hanwha Defense said, “Unlike other domestic weapon systems, the redback was made for the Australian market from its birth. Rather than raising the localization rate, we focused on creating a system suitable for the overseas market by incorporating global defense technology. He explained.

According to Hanwha, the proportion of the vehicle price made by Israelis is about 20-30% of the price. The finished product, which was introduced on this day, was assembled locally in Australia.

Redback Silver 1000 hp power pack for K-9 self-propelled guns (engine + transmission)I put it. The firepower is a 30mm main gun and a 7.62mm machine gun, and a fifth-generation anti-tank missile developed by Israel Raphael. ‘Spike LR2’ Equipped with a back.

In particular, in order to increase the protection required by the Australian military, a multi-layered protection design was developed in cooperation with the Israeli protection company Plasan, and an explosion buffer was installed under the vehicle body. In addition ‘Iron Fist’It is equipped with an active defense system called as, and intercepts enemy anti-tank missiles by capturing them with an active phased array radar (AESA). You can see the outside situation at a glance inside the train ‘Iron Vision’ Technologies such as helmets will also be applied.

Hanwha Defense’s Red Bag is finally selected Production of vehicles in AustraliaI plan to do it. In the case of Victoria, a candidate site for factory construction, it was the center of the Australian automobile industry in the past, but the related industry has collapsed since GM Holden closed three years ago.

It is observed that the Australian government will make the final selection considering such circumstances. Hanwha Defense said, “It is expected to bring about 7.6 trillion won worth of economic ripple effect to all of Australia, including Victoria.”

Australia, the core axis of the US-led Indo-Pacific strategy, Continue to strengthen our forces to counter potential enemy ChinaAre doing. This armored vehicle introduction project is also evaluated as part of that.

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