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Meanwhile, North Korea has attempted to close the gap with its own new and perplexing battle tanks. (The manufacturer of the Altay is still working on an agreement with a foreign supplier to provide the tank’s drivetrain, without which the Altay remains a complete hull with a large caliber weapon system.) But for all its winning qualities the K2 has its drawbacks the ROK Army’s procurement of the vehicle was delayed owing to budget issues and only a few hundred are in service. Hyundai Rotem even used its expertise and knowledge base for the K2 to help develop the Altay battle tank for Turkey, albeit with mixed results due to consistent supply chain problems.

The K2 is often billed as one of the most sophisticated battle tanks in service today. To its credit, the K2 has superb characteristics. The Norwegian ground force does have an ongoing competition for a new third-generation main battle tank (MBT) that pits Germany’s KMW and South Korea’s Hyundai Rotem with the hopes of fielding the winner by 2025. Earlier this year the K2 performed a live fire demonstration in Norway where it was inspected and evaluated. This is the current status of the Hyundai Rotem K2, whose domestic variant is in service with the ROK Army alongside the older K1/K1A1/K1E1 tanks, as it travels beyond Asia. Some of the world’s best combat vehicles are assembled in South Korea and are now being shopped around for potential end users.