Hyundai Rotem has unveiled a prototype of its next-generation wheeled N-WAV (wheeled armored vehicle) for the first time at the 2023 Seoul International Aerospace and Defense Show (ADEX).
The N-WAV is currently a technical prototype, the company representative added.
“All facets of the old K808 AFV in service with the Republic of Korea Army have been upgraded to create the N-WAV,” the representative said.
Major upgrades include a new turret equipped with a 30mm gun, a new 700-horsepower diesel engine, and improved amphibious attack capability, according to the representative. On an official corporate specification sheet of the N-WAV, the AFV’s 700-horsepower engine is mated. to a fully automatic transmission with seven forward and opposite gears.
Rheinmetall and the joint venture UDI (formerly Ukroboronprom) have set up a joint venture in Kyiv, Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal said at the German-Ukrainian Business Forum in Berlin on 24 October. Rheinmetall stated in a press release on the same day that Rheinmetall Ukraine Defence Industry is jointly owned by Rheinmetall Landsysteme with a 51% stake and UDI with the remaining 49%, and as the joint venture has been in operation since October 18, the two corporations started strategic cooperation in May.
The Bundeskartellamt, the German Federal Cartel Office, approved the joint venture on Sept. 28, followed by approval from agencies in Poland and Ukraine.
The joint venture, which will initially operate in Ukraine, will repair, maintain, assemble, produce and expand military vehicles. It will be founded in Kiev and, first of all, will operate only in Ukraine.
The Egyptian military first displayed a K9 155mm self-propelled howitzer and its related K10 ammunition vehicle during an inspection of the 4th Armored Division via President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi on October 25.
The president’s office released a video of the event, which took place at a location that could simply be called an inspection field, about 40 kilometers northwest of Suez. The single howitzer, labeled K9 A1EGY, was towed in front of the booth on a trailer following other artillery systems in service with the Egyptian army. It didn’t have unit markings like cars in service.
The 4th Armored Division’s self-propelled howitzer sets were designed to be inspected with their M109 guns. The department also features M1A1 tanks and M270 rocket launch systems, making it one of the best-equipped formations in Egypt.
Estonia ordered the Nurol Makina NMS 4×4 armoured vehicles and the Otokar Arma 6×6 armoured personnel carriers (APCs) on 18 October, the Estonian Centre for Defence Investment (ECDI) announced in a statement on the same day.
ECDI signed contracts worth €200 million ($212 million) with the two Turkish corporations for 230 vehicles, as well as documentation, training, special tools, equipment and spare parts. Otokar said in an Oct. 18 press release that the ARMA contract is worth 13 euros. Million. Emre Akin, head of strategic plans at Nurol Holding, told Janes on Oct. 24 that his company signed a contract worth around $60 million to deliver 100 NMS vehicles.
The Estonian Ministry of Defense (MoD) said the NMS and Arma cars will equip the 2nd Infantry Brigade of the Estonian Defence Forces (EDF), and the 1st Infantry Brigade will also receive the NMS.
The contracts are valid for 10 years and allow for the acquisition of additional armored vehicles and spare parts, as well as requests for maintenance, repair and improvement of the vehicles.
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