Agency for Defense Development
NDIA 43rd Annual Armament Systems:
Gun and Missile Systems Conference & Exhibition
April 21-24, 2008
Ki-Up CHA
5th R&D Center, Agency for Defense
Development, Korea
Phone : (82)42-821-3141
E-mail : undersea@add.re.kr
Jong-Do KIM
R&D Center, S&T Dynamics, Korea
Phone : (82)55-280-5521
E-mail : kimjd@hisntd.com
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Introduction
□ K21 development program
9 from armored personnel carrier to infantry fighting vehicle
K21*1)
K200
Model
K21
K200
main
40mm
12.7mm
Armament
secondary
7.62mm
7.62mm
Crew
3+9
3+9
Ammunition types
APFSDS, MMFA*2), HEI
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9 Specifications
*1) K21 : Korean Infantry Fighting Vehicle
*2) MMFA : Multi-Mode Fused Ammunition
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Introduction
□ Necessity of MMFA
9 Threats : soldiers, light armoured vehicles, helicopters & bunkers
9 Function Modes : time mode, proximity mode & impact mode
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Brief for Fuze Programming System
□ Function modes of MMFA
9 Time mode 1 : accurate time function
9 Time mode 2 : increased time function
9 Proximity mode : proximity function
9 Impact mode : impact function, as default
Time mode 1
Time mode 2
Proximity mode
Impact mode
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Brief for Fuze Programming System
•1) 3P : Prefragmented Programmable Proximity fuzed (BAE Systems-Bofors Defence)
•2) AHEAD : Advanced Hit Efficiency And Destruction (Rheinmetall Detec-Oerlikon Contraves)
•3) ABM : Air Bursting Muniton (Rheinmetall DeTec -Mauser-Werke Oberndorf Waffensysteme GmbH)
•4) HEAB : High Explosive Air Bursting (GD-OTS)
Country
Ammunition
Fuze set method
Remark
Sweden
40mm 3P*1)
Contact + HF
Contact : power
Swiss
35mm AHEAD*2)
Electro-induction
Device on the muzzle
Germany 30mm ABM*3)
Electro-induction
Device on the muzzle
25mm HEAB*4)
Contact
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U.S.A.
30mm HEAB
Contact
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Korea
40mm MMFA
Contact
□ Fuze programming method
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Brief for Fuze Programming System
□ MMFA Configuration
Electronic Ass’y
Proximi