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TK-8 Thor
Type Main battle tank
Place of origin GT
Unit cost: 8 milion euros
Specifications
Weight 55 tonnes (54 long tons; 61 short tons)
Length 10.8 metres (35 ft 5 in) including gun
7.5 metres (24 ft 7 in) chassis only
Width 3.6 metres (11 ft 10 in)
Height 2.4 metres (7 ft 10 in)
Crew 3 (commander, gunner, driver)
Armor Layers consisting of soft- and hard-kill anti-missile defense systems, ERA, NERA, modular & new unknown type of composite armor
Primary
armament 120 mm (4.72 in.), 55 caliber smoothbore gun (40 rounds)
Secondary
armament 1× 12.7 mm (.50 caliber) K6 heavy machine gun (3,200 rounds)
1× 7.62 mm (.30 caliber) coaxial machine gun (12,000 rounds)
Engine 4-cycle, 12-cylinder water-cooled diesel
1,500 hp
Power/weight 27.3 hp/tonne
Suspension In-arm Suspension Unit
Operational
range 450 kilometres (280 mi)
Speed 70 km/h (44 mph) (road)
50 km/h (cross country)
(acceleration of 0–32 km/h [0–20 mph] within 7 seconds)
Munitions
The TK8's primary anti-tank munition is an indigenously developed and improved tungsten APFSDS kinetic energy penetrator. This new munition offers significantly greater penetration than the current generation of tungsten rounds through better heat treatment of the tungsten alloy and a technique referred to as the "self-sharpening process". The latter works by making the tungsten core sharpen rather than deform during the penetration of armor. For attacking unhardened targets, the K2 can use a newly designed multi-purpose HEAT chemical energy round, which is similar to the NM830A1 HEAT MP-T, providing good offensive capabilities against personnel, unarmored and lightly armored vehicles on the ground as well as low-flying helicopters.
The KSTAM is a top-attack anti-tank munition designed specifically for use with the Black Panther. This projectile is fired in an high trajectory profile comparable to that of a mortar or that of long-range artillery. It should be emphasized that this is not an anti-tank missile—it does not contain any rocket propellant or motors, and travels through the air solely with the kinetic energy applied to it during the initial propulsion from the main cannon. The KSTAM round does, however, house internal guidance and obstacle-avoidance systems, in the form of a small millimeter band radar, IR and radiometer sensors. Should the need arise, it also has a limited ability to be manually controlled via live data link with the launch vehicle. Upon reaching its designated target area, a parachute deploys, giving the onboard radar system and sensors enough time to seek and acquire stationary or moving targets and fire its explosively formed penetrator from a top-down position, offering excellent anti-tank capabilities due to less protection present at top armor of turrets and hulls of tanks. Due to the fire-and-forget nature of these rounds, the launch vehicle can remain concealed behind cover while firing successive rounds towards the known location of an enemy. It can also provide effective indirect fire support against targets hidden behind obstacles and structures. The minimum range of the munition is 2 km, while the maximum range is 8 km.
video here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YZ1seG7MHZU
