The Redback Infantry Preventing Automobile (IFV), developed by South Korean firm Hanwha Protection, has demonstrated its excellent efficiency throughout a media invitation occasion held on Might 27 at an Military unit. The occasion passed off on the finish of the Republic of Korean Military’s six-week-long trial of the next-generation IFV. The ROK Military trial adopted the Redback’s profitable exams and evaluations final yr below the Australian Danger Mitigation Exercise to pick the popular bidder for the LAND 400 Section 3 challenge geared toward buying about 400 next-generation IFVs. In the course of the media occasion, the tracked armoured car impressed the viewers by showcasing its off-road manoeuvrability by way of an impediment course, together with a ramp and a muddy puddle of water. The car additionally carried out its pivot steer; turret rotation; and troop dismounting.
“The reliability and complex know-how of the Redback IFV has been proved throughout the newest ROK Military trial run of the car, which is anticipated to be a powerful foundation for the Redback’s worldwide gross sales and advertising. Domestically, we think about buying a Korean model of the Redback assembly the ROK Military’s operational idea and able to that includes know-how and efficiency required by the service, below a fast-track analysis and growth programme. With this strategy, the ROK Military will be capable of deploy next-generation IFVs sooner than schedule, which is able to contribute to bettering the service’s functionality to deploy and maintain armed forces,” mentioned Brig. Gen. Cho Hyun-ki, head of the DAPA’s Manoeuvre Programme Division.
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Hanwha Protection is on observe to fulfill the potential calls for of the ROK Military, as the corporate is scheduled to conduct the sturdiness testing on the Redback’s manoeuvrability on the Korean terrain from August this yr. The testing is to cowl round 10,000 kilometres of driving on tough terrain in addition to on paved and unpaved roads. The fast-track R&D programme is geared toward procuring weapons methods geared up with the newest applied sciences after verifying the navy utilisation of the methods involved. With this fast R&D programme, the navy is ready to shorten the interval of introducing state-of-the-art weapons methods to an extent. Making the most of core applied sciences of the K21 Infantry Preventing Automobile, the Redback was developed to fulfill the operational necessities of the Australian Defence Drive.
The Redback Infantry Preventing Automobile options a number of revolutionary applied sciences such because the composite rubber observe; the Iron Imaginative and prescient see-through helmet mounted show; the Iron Fist hard-kill energetic safety system; the In-arm kind hydro-pneumatic suspension unit; the offboard Well being and Utilization Administration System; and the Photo voltaic Sigma Protect know-how. The Redback can also be receiving sturdy consideration from the US and European markets. The Oshkosh Protection Consortium, together with Hanwha Protection USA, is making an attempt to leverage the confirmed functionality of the Redback for the US Military’s Optionally Manned Preventing Automobile (OMFV) design effort. A number of European nations have additionally proven within the Redback for his or her IFV acquisition programmes.
