== Sistem persenjataan ==
[[Berkas:K2 (7445555272) (cropped).jpg|kiri|jmpl|Tank K2 Black Panther menembakkan meriamnya]]
K2 Black Panther dipersenjatai dengan [[Meriam tank|meriam smoothbore]] kaliber CN08 120 mm 55 yang dikembangkan sendiri oleh Badan Pengembangan Pertahanan dan [[Hyundai WIA]].<ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-10-28|title=Wayback Machine|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211028082233/https://file.mt.co.kr/newfiledown.php?filepath=2016/01%2F01&filen=I_Machinery_20160105_SK_1823257457_102350.pdf|website=web.archive.org|access-date=2022-08-22|archive-date=2021-10-28|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211028082233/https://file.mt.co.kr/newfiledown.php?filepath=2016%2F01&filen=I_Machinery_20160105_SK_1823257457_102350.pdf|dead-url=unfit}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2022-04-17|title=포스코에도 BTS가 있다 – 포스코뉴스룸|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220417004833/https://newsroom.posco.com/kr/%ED%8F%AC%EC%8A%A4%EC%BD%94%EC%97%90%EB%8F%84-bts%EA%B0%80-%EC%9E%88%EB%8B%A4/|website=web.archive.org|access-date=2022-08-22|archive-date=2022-04-17|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220417004833/https://newsroom.posco.com/kr/%ED%8F%AC%EC%8A%A4%EC%BD%94%EC%97%90%EB%8F%84-bts%EA%B0%80-%EC%9E%88%EB%8B%A4/|dead-url=unfit}}</ref> Senjata ini dilengkapi dengan sistem [[autoloader]] seperti tank [[Leclerc]], sehingga memungkinkan tank dapat menembak hingga 10 tembakan per menit.<ref>{{Cite news|last=입력 2015. 02. 06. 03:05|title=파워팩 논란 K2전차 "전력화 이상무".. 1.2km 떨어진 1.2m 표적지에 '쾅쾅'|url=https://news.v.daum.net/v/M0P3RQMIhD|newspaper=동아일보|language=ko|access-date=2022-08-22}}</ref> Amunisi untuk meriam utama dimuat dalam 16 [[Selongsong (proyektil)|proyektil]] peluru. Tank ini memiliki total kapasitas 40 amunisi peluru untuk senjata utamanya. Pengidentifikasi [[Kode batang|''barcode'']] laser autoloader mengenali label klasifikasi yang telah diberi kode batang sebelumnya pada permukaan amunisi dan memilih amunisi ([[Sabot pembuangan yang distabilkan dengan sirip penusuk lapis baja|APFSDS]] atau [[Hulu ledak antitank berdaya ledak tinggi|HEAT]]).
[[Turet senjata|Turet]] dan [[meriam tank]] sepenuhnya ditenagai oleh sistem penggerak listrik. ''Electrical Gun and Turret Drive System'' (EGTDS) dirancang agar tank memiliki efisiensi tinggi dan kontrol penggerak secara presisi dan kinerjanya yang dapat ditingkatkan untuk stabilisasi tingkat lanjut. Ini juga dirancang untuk meminimalkan getaran dan kebisingan saat turet digerakkan.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-07-08|title=승리의 검은 표범! 현대로템 K2전차 ‘흑표’ 지식테스트|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210708105713/https://blog.hyundai-rotem.co.kr/44|website=web.archive.org|access-date=2022-08-29|archive-date=2021-07-08|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210708105713/https://blog.hyundai-rotem.co.kr/44|dead-url=unfit}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2022-08-01|title=Wayback Machine|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220801150212/https://www.mottrol.com/download/defense/MOTTROL_Defense_Catalogue.pdf|website=web.archive.org|access-date=2022-08-29|archive-date=2022-08-01|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220801150212/https://www.mottrol.com/download/defense/MOTTROL_Defense_Catalogue.pdf|dead-url=unfit}}</ref>
== Kapabilitas pertahanan ==
K2 memiliki [[Perisai kendaraan|perisai]] modular yang menggabungkan baja [[POSCO]] MIL-12560H dengan [[material komposit]].<ref>{{Cite web|date=2022-04-17|title=포스코에도 BTS가 있다 – 포스코뉴스룸|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220417004833/https://newsroom.posco.com/kr/%ED%8F%AC%EC%8A%A4%EC%BD%94%EC%97%90%EB%8F%84-bts%EA%B0%80-%EC%9E%88%EB%8B%A4/|website=web.archive.org|access-date=2022-08-29|archive-date=2022-04-17|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220417004833/https://newsroom.posco.com/kr/%ED%8F%AC%EC%8A%A4%EC%BD%94%EC%97%90%EB%8F%84-bts%EA%B0%80-%EC%9E%88%EB%8B%A4/|dead-url=unfit}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2022-04-17|title=Wayback Machine|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220417011756/https://www.subcomsolutions.com/assets/pdf/POSCO-Armour-Plates.pdf|website=web.archive.org|access-date=2022-08-29|archive-date=2022-04-17|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220417011756/https://www.subcomsolutions.com/assets/pdf/POSCO-Armour-Plates.pdf|dead-url=unfit}}</ref> Perisai frontal diklaim efektif menangkis peluru APFSDS 120 mm yang ditembakkan dari meriam L55.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Boring|first=War Is|date=2017-02-26|title=South Korea’s ‘Low Rider’ Tank Is the Ultimate Mountain Fighting Vehicle|url=https://medium.com/war-is-boring/south-koreas-low-rider-tank-is-the-ultimate-mountain-fighting-vehicle-aa78733a512f|website=War Is Boring|language=en|access-date=2022-08-29}}</ref> Blok ''Explosive Reactive Armor'' (ERA) juga dipasang dengan tambahan [[Perisai kendaraan|paket perisai]] kekerasan ultra-tinggi dan kekerasan tinggi serta ''Non-Explosive Reactive Armor'' (NERA) yang direncanakan untuk K2 Product Improvement Program (PIP) dan model varian ekspor.
Meriam tank dilengkapi dengan ''[[RWR|Radar Warning Receiver]]'' (RWR) dan ''[[LWR|Laser Warning Receiver]]'' (LWR). Ketika sistem ini mendeteksi radar pelacak atau laser pelacak musuh yang mengarah ke tank, meriam secara instan berputar ke arah dari mana radar dan laser terdeteksi.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2014-10-16|title=Recent News|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141016214630/http://www.mnd.go.kr/user/boardList.action?command=view&page=1&boardId=O_47261&boardSeq=O_104438&titleId=null&id=mnd_eng_030100000000|website=web.archive.org|access-date=2022-08-29|archive-date=2014-10-16|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141016214630/http://www.mnd.go.kr/user/boardList.action?command=view&page=1&boardId=O_47261&boardSeq=O_104438&titleId=null&id=mnd_eng_030100000000|dead-url=yes}}</ref>
[[Berkas:20사단 남한강 혹한기 훈련- (1) (24487615636).jpg|kiri|jmpl|Tank K2 melontarkan granat asap selama latihan manuver.]]
Sebagai sarana perlindungan lainnya, [[pelontar granat]] menembakkan [[granat asap]] K415 dipasang di kedua sisi depan meriam. Granat asap ini menghasilkan asap penyaringan multi-spektral yang efektif dalam pita visual dan [[inframerah]].
Di dalam tank, sistem tekanan positif dan [[Penyejuk udara|pendingin udara]] (AC) dipasang untuk melindungi awak tank dari [[senjata kimia]] dan [[Senjata biologi|senjata biologis]].<ref>{{Cite web|date=2022-04-16|title=개발실적|url=https://archive.ph/YeQLT|website=archive.ph|access-date=2022-08-29}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web|date=2022-04-17|title=BizⓝCEO 삼공물산주‥보호장비 생산 60년…국내 1호 방산 업체 {{!}} 한경닷컴|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220417234825/https://www.hankyung.com/news/article/2010062708591|website=web.archive.org|access-date=2022-08-29|archive-date=2022-04-17|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220417234825/https://www.hankyung.com/news/article/2010062708591|dead-url=unfit}}</ref> Terdapat pula sistem pencegah kebakaran otomatis yang diprogram untuk mendeteksi dan memadamkan api di dalam tank, dan sensor atmosfer yang memperingatkan kru jika tank memasuki lingkungan berbahaya.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=http://dnb2003.com/page_RFvP07|website=dnb2003.com|access-date=2022-08-29}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2022-04-24|title=Wayback Machine|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220424022933/http://journal.kadis.or.kr/UPFILE/PUBLICATION_FILE/J2016048/210301.pdf|website=web.archive.org|access-date=2022-08-29|archive-date=2022-04-24|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220424022933/http://journal.kadis.or.kr/UPFILE/PUBLICATION_FILE/J2016048/210301.pdf|dead-url=unfit}}</ref> Selain itu, interior tank dilindungi lapisan pelindung neutron yang terbuat dari [[Moderator neutron|moderator polietilen-boron]] untuk melindungi kru tank dari radiasi neutron hasil dari [[ledakan nuklir]].<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":0" />
== Varian ==
* '''K2:''' Varian produksi massal. Dikerahkan ke [[Angkatan Darat Republik Korea|Angkatan Darat Korea Selatan]] mulai 1 Juli 2014.
** '''K2 PIP (''Product Improvement Program''):''' Varian dengan perisai yang ditingkatkan dengan kekerasan ultra-tinggi dan baja kekerasan tinggi, peningkatan unit suspensi dalam lengan (ISU) semi-aktif ke unit suspensi dalam lengan aktif, integrasi sistem pemindaian medan resolusi tinggi ke sistem suspensi kendaraan.
* '''K2PL:''' Usulan varian lisensi K2 untuk [[Angkatan Bersenjata Polandia]].<ref>{{Cite web|date=2022-06-09|title=Hyundai Rotem favored to land $9 bil. tank deal with Poland|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220609065452/https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/nation/2021/08/205_282115.html|website=web.archive.org|access-date=2022-08-29|archive-date=2022-06-09|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220609065452/https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/nation/2021/08/205_282115.html|dead-url=unfit}}</ref>
* '''K2M (''Middle''):''' Usulan varian lisensi K2 untuk negara-negara [[Timur Tengah]].
* '''K2NO:''' Usulan varian lisensi K2 untuk [[Angkatan Bersenjata Norwegia]].
* '''[[Altay (tank tempur utama)|Altay]]:''' Varian ekspor K2 Black Panther, dibuat di bawah [[Transfer teknologi|ToT]] oleh [[Otokar]].<ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-10-10|title='흑표' 기술수출료 2014년까지 사용유예 {{!}} 연합뉴스|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211010185746/https://www.yna.co.kr/view/AKR20091011025000043|website=web.archive.org|access-date=2022-08-29|archive-date=2021-10-10|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211010185746/https://www.yna.co.kr/view/AKR20091011025000043|dead-url=unfit}}</ref>
* '''K2 ARV (''Armoured Recovery Vehicle''):''' Kendaraan pemulih lapis baja berdasarkan sasis K2.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2022-08-27|title=Wayback Machine|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220827204051/http://kdtj.kipris.or.kr/kdtj/3020210019610,M001.pdf?method=fullText&applno=3020210019610,M001&pub_reg=R&ver=null&rights=DG|website=web.archive.org|access-date=2022-08-29|archive-date=2022-08-27|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220827204051/http://kdtj.kipris.or.kr/kdtj/3020210019610,M001.pdf?method=fullText&applno=3020210019610,M001&pub_reg=R&ver=null&rights=DG|dead-url=unfit}}</ref>
* '''K2 CEV (''Combat Engineer Vehicle''):''' Kendaraan [[zeni]] tempur berdasarkan sasis K2.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2022-08-27|title=Wayback Machine|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220827202855/http://kdtj.kipris.or.kr/kdtj/3020210019612,M001.pdf?method=fullText&applno=3020210019612,M001&pub_reg=R&ver=null&rights=DG|website=web.archive.org|access-date=2022-08-29|archive-date=2022-08-27|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220827202855/http://kdtj.kipris.or.kr/kdtj/3020210019612,M001.pdf?method=fullText&applno=3020210019612,M001&pub_reg=R&ver=null&rights=DG|dead-url=unfit}}</ref>
== Pengguna ==
'''{{Flag|Korea Selatan}}'''
* [[Angkatan Darat Republik Korea]] – 260+ tank.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2019-05-30|title=Hyundai Rotem restarts K2 tank production {{!}} Jane's 360|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190530131100/https://www.janes.com/article/88891/hyundai-rotem-restarts-k2-tank-production|website=web.archive.org|access-date=2022-08-29|archive-date=2019-05-30|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190530131100/https://www.janes.com/article/88891/hyundai-rotem-restarts-k2-tank-production|dead-url=unfit}}</ref>
=== Pengguna di masa depan ===
'''{{Flag|Norwegia}}'''
* [[Angkatan Darat Norwegia]] sedang mengevaluasi antara K2NO atau Leopard 2A7, keputusan akan diumumkan pada akhir 2022.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2022-06-09|title=Nye stridsvogner: Det blir tysk-koreansk duell i Norge - Tu.no|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220609075510/https://www.tu.no/artikler/nye-stridsvogner-det-blir-tysk-koreansk-duell-i-norge/509000|website=web.archive.org|access-date=2022-08-29|archive-date=2022-06-09|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220609075510/https://www.tu.no/artikler/nye-stridsvogner-det-blir-tysk-koreansk-duell-i-norge/509000|dead-url=unfit}}</ref>
'''{{Flag|Mesir}}'''
* [[Angkatan Darat Mesir]] mengumumkan negosiasi dengan Korea Selatan untuk memproduksi bersama tank K2 Black Panther dengan transfer teknologi.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2022-06-09|title=Egypt holds talks with South Korea to produce locally K2 main battle tank {{!}} Defense News December 2021 Global Security army industry {{!}} Defense Security global news industry army year 2021 {{!}} Archive News year|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220609080310/https://www.armyrecognition.com/defense_news_december_2021_global_security_army_industry/egypt_holds_talks_with_south_korea_to_produce_locally_k2_main_battle_tank.html|website=web.archive.org|access-date=2022-08-29|archive-date=2022-06-09|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220609080310/https://www.armyrecognition.com/defense_news_december_2021_global_security_army_industry/egypt_holds_talks_with_south_korea_to_produce_locally_k2_main_battle_tank.html|dead-url=unfit}}</ref>
== Galeri ==
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