Norway’s Nammo to Create New 120mm Ammo for S.Korea's K2 Tank

Nammo has agreed to develop new and modern 120mm ammunition for K2 main battle tank produced by South Korea’s Hyundai Rotem.

The first test shots have already been fired, the company has announced.

The agreement between the two companies has an initial value of $5 million for the R&D part, and likely more than $100 million if Nammo ends up producing and delivering 120mm ammunition to K2 users.

Poland recently signed a contract to procure close to two hundred K2 tanks, in a deal where Hyundai will deliver a total of 1000 K2 MBTs with successive contracts. Norway is currently in the final stage of choosing a new MBT for its Army – the K2 is one of two candidates.

Initially, Nammo will start the work on integrating its current 120mm ammunition to ensure safety as well as compatibility with the K2 MBT. In the mid- to long term, Nammo together with Hyundai also expects to finalize the development of a programmable fuze. This will enable the K2 MBT to use rounds with different scenario dependent modes, with airburst as one such option.

The first successful test shots with the new airburst ammunition were fired at Rena firing range during last winter’s test and trials in Norway. To facilitate further development and testing procedures, an identical gun with the one used by the K2 MBT, delivered by Hyundai Wia, will be permanently set up by Hyundai at Nammo’s Raufoss test center.