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Ironically, one of the biggest advantages for Korean weapon is North Korea. Because of North Korea, South Korea has to maintain a certain level of weapons. If Pzh2000 was mass produced like the K9 was, its price won’t be 3 times more expensive than K9. Economies of scale does play a huge part in military. Also, because of North Korea, South Korea keeps their weapon factories open and operational. Not a lot of countries can mass produce a huge number of weapons in a short period of time

So a Korean HIMARS / M142. Awesome. Good buy for Poland. 🇵🇱And thank you Korea 🇰🇷

Thank you Korea. God bless you. Greetings from Warsaw 🇵🇱 🇰🇷🇺🇦🇺🇸

The Canadian Armed Forces once had plans to acquire a MLRS. Maybe it should look into again and acquire the Korean K239 🇨🇦🇰🇷

For the sake of general knowledge, Chun-Moo means Chun = Sky & Moo = Raining Down. It's quite scary when you think about it. It signifies there are no survivors.

Unles you need very high strategic mobility, which pretty much only the USMC and more broadly the US have, the K239 is the best possible MLRS: same number of pods of the M270, but on a truck chassis and with all the advantages that dealing with South Korea has (since there are very few strings attached, reason why Poland went on a shopping spree)

congratulations to korea for their cutting edge military development this launcher reminds me of the stars 2020

Poland with 300 K239 MRL has enough fire power to wipe out an enemy army with able to fire 300x12= 3,600 227mm guided rockets fired within few seconds compared to 300 HIMARS able to fire only half that number and have to reload more frequently wasting time. K239 also gives more flexibility able to fire cheaper unguided 131mm rockets which is able to fire 300x40= 12,000 131mm rockets within few seconds. K239 can also fire 600mm KTSSM2 tactical ballistic missiles with thermobaric warhead at 280km range with bunker buster capability thus Poland doesn't have to worry about buying SSM for awhile. K239 has more than enough range to cover Baltic Sea thus able to help Poland navy. K239 is heavier than HIMARS but also can be transported by C130 aircraft.

The 130mm rocket, which is the smallest rocket available on the K239 Chunmoo, is not to be ignored. Although small in size, the rocket contains about 16,000 small fragments. Since it is a cluster bomb that explodes in the air, firing multiple shots will devastating an enormous area of ​​​​the enemy. South Korea has about 200,000 such rockets. It's not false. Because South Korea is at war with North Korea, it always has and continues to produce large numbers of rockets and missiles.

Interesting subject indeed. Here are my 2 cents worth: 1. The vehicle is almost irrelevant as long as it can take the recoils. Whether it is Polish, Finnish, English vehicle, as long as it has sufficient suspension and hydraulic arms, no issue. Mobility may play some role but given the distance from the front line, it is not as critical as artillery which is almost always within enemy counter artillery range. 2. The pod is not too difficult to produce. We have been seeing varying MLRSs from various countries. 3. The key to such system is data link and munition (range and accuracy). eg Korea spent $300m to develop K239 system. But spending average $1-3bn a year on its munitions (R&D and acquisition). Munitions are not typically interchangeable with other systems, with exceptions of unguided munitions. More advanced munitions (eg ATACMS, KTSSM) are not interoperable as they are the key differentiators. 4. Target acquisition and DataLink. M270 or M142 uses Link16 (not upgraded to Link16+ yet) where real time target designations are shared automatically. K237 can be integrated with Link16 and K-Link (Korean indigenous Link16) or any other local requirement. Koreans are quite flexible on this unlike USA. Various recon assets can be integrated with Link16 or KLink to share realtime target data. Not too clear about Indian systems having Nato compatible datalink (Tejas has the same issue). 5. Flexibility. This is the most interesting part. USA integrated NSM to HIMARS and M270. To my best knowledge, this was the first time a non-US asset was integrated to a US MLRS. Yet, there has not been much further development other than rumoured JSM. Kongsberg and Hanhwa has signed a MOU for NSM integration into K239. Poland has also requested integration of indigenous munitions into K239. This sparked an idea of flexible platform and Koreans are considering/ working on a flexible solution (eg there is a conversation re integrating HAPOON and other anti-ship systems) AND Korea is also interested in making K239 more like a universal platform after seeing NASAMS in action. With KLink and access to Link16, the process should not be too difficult. There is a conversation re extending pods and vehicle 2-3m longer to accommodate the larger munitions for longer range coastal defence systems and aerial defence system. This sounds interesting indeed but at the same time, equally dangerous. Koreans long had weird habit of multifunctioning their systems (eg Egyptian K9 procurement is lead by Navy, for coastal defence system. They tested K9 against moving surface target at sea and had decided to purchase the system. Australian Army also tested K9 against surface targets and accepted K9). K239 is more interesting because of its ability to accommodate larger antiship missiles. Korea is working toward an upgrade munitions for moving targets. It also produces antiair and antisurface missiles. They do have the technology to develop new munitions for moving targets (land or sea) OR integrate existing missiles to the system. They even have K-ASROC (aka Red Shark) which is rocket assisted torpedo (sufficient size to put 2 missiles per pod). They also produce and operate KVLS (Korea Vertical Launch System on vessels). I personally believe we have reached a technical threshold to have a land based MLRS which is of similar concept as VLS on ships where most of missiles are integrated onto a single platform. Now the flexibility really comes in where Korea allows local missiles to be integrated. With this portfolio of various missiles integrated, K239 will have a real decent chance of becoming the universal platform where any buyer may choose any decent missiles developed by themselves or their own allies or partners increasing the operational flexibility. For example, a coastal battery with DataLink may receive target data on a landing fleet. Rather than waiting for it to make a landing, it may choose to use Hapoon or NSM (or any similar system) to deny the access. Especially with the mobility (110km/h), with decent early warning, the asset can be deployed as a mobile coastal battery increasing cost effectiveness as well as survivability (shoot and scoot). Alternatively, if it can integrate Meteor (air missile ca 4m length, Meteor is already a BVR missile hence no lock on at launch needed) with an initial rocket booster (KASROC already has a rocket booster), can provide a significant aerial defence umbrella. The target data is once again provided by the DataLink. The idea might be too far fetched but it is wonderful to see that we are finally reaching a point where a universal system is possible for the first time. The best part is, Koreans are willing to license the technology such that the system can be produced and maintained locally.

K239 is accurate and Mordenized than himars. Good for Poland.

Finland should get these. Preferably on our armored 8x8 Sisu E13TP chassis.

Poland ordered 218 Chunmoos but also about 15 000 rockets, mostly the 239mm ones and some 400mm ones (the exact numbers are unknown). The deal can be extended as it allows Poland to buy 288 Chunmoos in total, local misile production is also possible.

Thank you so much Poland!

I found this video fascinating thank you for sharing and I love your channel 👍

As Korean word, “Chunmoo” has meaning of “covering the heaven”, it has the some strong points as follows. First, the exact shooting from far distance as Max. distance 300Km . Second , available with various kinds of cannonballs more than HIMARS . Third, It already have experiences of placement in the Korea peninsular by the Korean Army against North Korea Army.

Cannot be airlifted by C-130, but has more firepower per vehicle. A reasonable trade-off.

The South Korea or SOKOR have donated numbers of K136 KOORONG MLRS to the Philippines DND/ AFP

Peru will buy this soon will buy like 40 of this

10:55 Polish MoD spokesperson col. Platek informed on official MoD channels, that Poland will still buy approx 200-230 M142 HIMARS as addition to 288 K239 both of them will use Polish JELCZ chassis (8x8 for K239 and 6x6 for M142) 11:32 According to col. Platek there are no plans as of this moment to integrate FENIKS rocket family (Pol for: FENIX 41/45km range CEP below 10m)with K239, as additional WR-40 Langusta lunchers will be purchased (in new so called "MK2" wariant). This was also confirmed couple of times by the chief of Polish MoD

Interesting...

I've always found it counterintuitive that these kinds of MLRS pods have a 3:2 aspect ratio instead of a 2:1 aspect ratio. I guess it's a convergent evolution thing based on weight, available space, etc. But it looks like it would be much easier to have two of the XL sized rockets per pod instead of one. And the 400 mm rockets would be much less awkwardly packed. A fully packed 2x4 rocket pod would be at most a 25% weight difference vs the 2x3, so it doesn't seem like it would be a huge difference.

I do support the South korea Defense industry they know how to take US designs and make it more effective and also with lower costs, the arrogance of the Americans on selling their equipment at high costs and also less technology sharing will be their downfall in future international arms sales.

On the same category, your faithful Brazilian viewer would like to see your opinion on the ASTROS II Awesome video!

JAI HIND 🇮🇳 🇮🇳 🇮🇳 Nice video..Interesting topic chosen..

Malaysia is watching..✌️😊✌️🇲🇾

Beautiful piece of military hardware, Hope you do a video about the Israeli Lynx MLRS too.

PLEASE turn up the volume of your next videos. Not sure what you did here but it was very difficult to hear you and you're at max volume. Other than that, another great video!!

1970년대 초반에 개발 시작했으면 엄청 오래 됐네.. 한국은 다연장 무기개발 역사가 긴 나라입니다.

Greetings from Poland

Another great video, but I hope you don't mind me offering (some unasked-for) advice. While talking about the K239, you said that Korea offered it to Australia, "... this month". When someone watches this after October 2022, that will obviously be wrong. It might be better to actually state the date (month and year). Still, I enjoy your channel and the information it provides. Thanks!

Good video and good analysis as always. Turkey also has excellent artillery rocket systems, but unfortunately, our bad politics block possible sales.

Sekiranya ATM-TD, mahu menambah kekuatan artileri sistem peluru MRLS, sistem MRLS K 239 dari Korea mampu memberi kekuatan Artileri TD yang mantap dan megerunkan pihak lawan...

Cheaper option to the US himars with similar capabilities, US himars are too expensive for most countries budgets and thanks to South Korea for having a similar weapon to the himars.

THIS COULD BE A PART OF THE ARMY, NAVY AND AIRFORCE OF THE PHILIPPINES.

Make a video on Indian pinaka MBRLS too

TDM dan Kerajaan Malaysia bole menambah kekuatan senjata MRLS dr negara Korea...pilihan terbaik utk TDM..

I imagine Chunmoo will be the top contender for both the Philippine Army and Philippine Marine Corps after donating the K136 Kooryong, although its also more costly may put it at a disadvantage against the Israeli Lynx/PlUS MRLS which Elbit System will probably offer

Yes, if you do not need the system to be airlifted in C 130 type aircraft, you will be fine.

since we are talking about MLRS how about we talk about Astros ll ? I think it's a very interesting MLRS

This dang thing can shoot M270 and HIMARS pods AND South-Korean missiles and rockets. This could fire 122mm pods too, if there was such a thing...

It's required for border defense so I think C-130 transportability is not a issue.

Even "cost effective " means of shooting at each other are punishingly expensive. Imagine what WE could build... Without these bosses?

오랜만에 우리 부대 마크 보니 좋다

South Korea has been the only Western country which has prepared itself for a total war contingency. MLRS is a weapon for a total war. K-239 is good in terms of: 1) Price of rockets, guided or unguided. Poland is going to produce some locally. 2) Rocket motors and war heads. South Korea is one of the Western countries which has put a lot of effort for 'heavier and farther'. The 600 mm dia. missiles launched by the K-239 can send almost 500 kg warheads (a 'bag' of numerous tungsten BB's) up to 300 km. 3) guidance and 'surface' control. There is a video clip by the governemnt in which a second missile slips into the hole made by the first. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/oMePgsKJ18inYqM.html The US is focused on sending a small warhead over a much longer range. (PrSM missiles).. South Korea is focused on sending heavy warheads up to 500~600 km via a suppressed ballistic.

Escrevem isso ai, porque voces não conhecem o ASTROS 2020, e ASTROS 2030, da uma pesquisada ai detetive, pesquise sobre o 14x missil hipersonico, sobre o drone tupa 300, e sobre o t2 armadillo, fará um otimo video

Chunmoo ang himars of USA,plus brahmos we use for the main land of china and kooryong missiles plus àrtellery plus Atmos 2000 use for the warship of china and we need and anti aircraft missile,plus nuclear submarine and fighter jet plus LPD.

I would Like to see a video about the Astros systems (BR). its inferior than K239?

warhead accuracy better than himas or not

Please make a video on Pinaka MLRS, an Indian variant of HIMARS recently supplied to Armenia.

The Taiwanese should acquire this system asap.

Poland prepare early to fight with russian

Double the payload of Himars. Probably the same speed on a road too.

Can this thing use the same rockets as HIMARS

The K239 CHUNMO MLRS the South Korea of SOKOR HIMARS is the replacement for K136 KOORONG . The reason why SOKOR Replaced the K136 KOORONG because it operate less accurate the same with the Russia BM21 GRAD 122mm

There's a user who's worried about defending Taiwan, so I'm writing stan faktyczny armii tajwańskiej - Tajwańscy żołnierze z poboru nadal służą w wojsku od czterech miesięcy. (Podczas czteromiesięcznego treningu wyrywano chwasty, przestawiano opony i zamiatano liście. Znany również jako Armia Truskawek) Okres służby wojskowej dla żołnierzy z poboru w Korei Południowej wynosi 18-21 miesięcy, 4-5 razy dłużej niż na Tajwanie. Ponadto Tajwan ma wyższy PKB na mieszkańca niż Korea. Niemniej jednak Wydatki na obronę Tajwanu to mniej niż jedna trzecia wydatków Korei. ~ Krótko mówiąc, wola Tajwańczyków do samoobrony jest słaba To kraj, który szkaluje Koreę. Tajwan, który wciąż chce wysłać na wojnę wojska koreańskie Koreańczycy tego nie lubią. 양안전쟁 개전시 미국이 참전하면 일본,호주는 거의 자동참전 확정 그러나 휴전 국가 한국은 우선 북한 동향을 봐야 하기에 늦게 양안전쟁 참전 확률이 높습니다. 반대로 미국이 양안전쟁에 참전 않하면 다 참전 않합니다. 대만 징집병이 예전마냥 3년 군 복무한다면 중국은 함부로 대만을 점령하려 하지 못할것입니다. 그러나 미국 요청에 의한 징집병의 현 4개월에서 1년 복무 연장 마저 국민적 합의를 못 끌어내 연내 결정될꺼라는 신문 기사 올리고 있던 국가가 대만으로 미국은 양안전쟁시 tsmc폭파 후 미국 국익을 위해 반도체 인력 위주로 미국에 데려가려 한다는 계획도 신문기사로 올린 대만 방어 의지가 미국마저 오락 가락하고 있다.(지켜줄까? 말까?) 다행이도 패트리어트 미사일등 방공망 세계2위 국가이니 양안전쟁시 중국군 상륙작전에 엄청난 피해 예상 15일내 조기 점령 못하면 세계 대전 거의 확정된 국가가 대만 그러나 현 미국 민주당의 바이든 아닌 미국 돈 쓰기 질색하는 트럼프의 공화당 우세로 미국의회 채워지면 어떻게 전개될지 몰라요 현재 우크라이나 랜드리스도 미국 공화당이 11월 중간선거에서 이기면 중단할꺼라는 말 나오던 판 한국전쟁마냥 휴전이 예상됩니다. 폴란드 분들한테 하고 싶은말- 한국군에 관해서는 중국마저 핵무기 빼고 전쟁한다면 상대 가능 국가 거의 없어,러시아도 힘들다고 이야기했으니 한국군 장비 채우면 러시아 상대 가능할껍니다. 그리고 한국과 러시아가 친한 사유는 한국은 침략전쟁을 해본적이 없습니다. 과거 중국이나 일본과의 전쟁은 상대국가가 한국을 침략했던 전쟁에요 러시아의 관심은 유럽에요. 시베리아 쪽 지역은 전통적으로 변방이래 관심이 없었습니다. 한국전쟁마저 구소련에서 비행기 조종사나 파견했고 38선 이남은 전쟁 참전 않시켰다데요 한마디로 러시아나 한국이나 상대방과 전쟁해본적이 없기에, 상호보완적 산업 관계도 있어 체제를 떠나 실용적인 거래하고 있던 거에요 현재는 우크라이나 전쟁 관계로 서로 교류없어 그렇지 전쟁전에는 불법복제,해킹 우려 있는 중국이나 구소련시절 빌려준 돈 않갚는 북한보다 한국이 러시아와 더 친했기에 러시아 군사기술을 배울수 있었던 거에요 어떻게 친했는데? 구소련에 빌려준 차관 상환 대신 진행했던 러시아 무기거래 사업이었던 불곰사업 (이사업 통해 러시아 군사기술을 배운거에요..한마디로 돈주고 배운거나 마찬가지) 러시아 내수시장 스마트폰,자동차,라면등 점유율 1위 국가가 한국 북극항로 개발,일본과 영토분쟁 있는 쿠릴열도 개발 러시아의 파트너 국가가 한국.. 현재 국제적으로 수요가 많은 lng선 건조 세계1위 국가가 한국으로 러시아 자원 개발에 필수인 쇄빙lng선 건조는 한국이 세계 최조 건조국가로 러시아 야말 프로젝트는 한국 도움 없이는 불가능했던 건에요 러시아의 적성국가이자 한국의 제1동맹 국가 미국의 경제재재로 러시아 시장을 나온것으로 우크라이나 4월 초에 젤렌스키가 한국에 한국전쟁시 세계가 도왔다며 150~200여가지 무기와 비밀무기 요구(미국이 알려줬을것으로 추측) 는 어이없어 하는 한국 사람들이 많았었습니다. 민주주의 국가래도 전쟁전 한국기준 0.1% 도 않되던 거의 국가간에 교역 없었으면서도 한국인들 살해사건이 있어 한국정부와 마찰 있던 우크라이나가 러시아를 상대해야 된다며 한국에 랜드리스를 요구하니?? 덪붙이면 우크라이나는 한국과 일본 사이에서 일본편 들던 국가래 한국사람들이 않좋아하던 국가로 한국참전 16개국가에 우크라이나 사람도 있었다며 한국에서 무기지원 요구하는 우크라이나인들 시위도 있었으나 역사왜곡이나 마찬가지 건 (한국전쟁 당시 공산국가 중 물자지원이라도 해준 국가는 헝가리밖에 없거든요)이래 북한으로 인한 한국안보 문제도 있어 일부 호응이나 있었습니다.

At what cost to Poland??

Good work, South Korea. Great achievment. but there are many differences between distinct MLRS and their strong/weakest points that are not addressed. One of them, is the added target profile and less mobility due to 3X2 pods instead instead of those used in such like US Himars. I don't really see this feature as a plus, rather the opposite. Still a very interesting system, but really nothing game changer considering other western MLRS as others already extensively stated here.

폴란드와 한국은 형제의 국가입니다.

As an American citizen if I wanted to supply Ukraine with weapons systems how much would it cost???

Please Add Pinaka MLRS From India too.

oh my god why every country wanna copy us equipment weapons

니 이름은 이제부터 춘무여!

Compared to U.S. or German weapon systems, Korean weapon systems are 80% as effective at 50% of the cost. They are willing to transfer the technology as well and manufacture/maintain the weapon system locally.

Ultimate Automatic KPOP Blasting Device feat BTS.

HIMARS just yawned in boredowm.

Himars imitation

Sell them to Kenya too

미국 투자며 효과입니다.그들은 좋은 방패를 가졌습니다.중국방어용 입니다.공산주의에서 자본주의 링에 올려 격투를 신청합니다

Being 4th largest army on this planet has no meaning. Irak under Sadam was also the 4th largest army on this planet at that time.

so Australia is only getting 20 of them what a joke

It's a fair return to basics, isn't it? It was not the Koreans who invented this device firing dozens of primitive rockets or arrows around the 14th century. The hwacha. Like it's a tradition.

It would have been a lot better for the world if the US would have negotiated a peace treaty between the 2 Koreas, leading to the unification of the Koreas. But I guess that is too much to ask of the US Military Industrial Complex which wouldn’t benefit from this.

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I have nothing against South Korean weapon systems but it doesn’t seem like a very good idea for Poland to be buying the Chunmo vs the HIMARS, in the event of war they would be fighting alongside the US that uses 270mm rockets. Unless the Korean launcher can be retrofitted to fire US ammunition there could potentially be some severe ammunition shortage issues.

후진 러시아 군대는 그러한 기술을 꿈꿀 수 있습니다.

wait... when did poland choose it? didnt they want himars?

The contents are very interesting and informative for people like me with comprehensive interest in military stuff. But pls. do us a favour. Your audible quality is absolutely gross. You have to improve it to a much clearer level.

Main goal is "Not a penny to german industry".

But South Korea pretty much refuses to send arm to Ukraine...

Despite israel's effort to eliminate Iran, Pakistan, UAE, Russia, Turkey and South Korea's (just to name a few) weapons engineers and scientists their defence industries still manage to thrive

Norway and Australia cant choose the South korean system because of US threat if it does'nt choose their system

Here's hoping Ukraine gets some

even though the K239 Chunmoo has more rocket pods its still a heavy beast and in a battlefield like Ukraine where every seconds count to shoot and scoop before being targeted by Russian Cruise and Ballistic Missiles, Higher Mobility always wins the game like how it made difference in Ukraine by targeting important key targets while dodging Russian Satellites and Drones or risk losing the system. in case for South Korea facing and Inferior Technological North Korea having big and heavyweight MLRS like the K239 Chunmoo as a defensive assets are good for that kind of battlefield but a battlefield like Ukraine a more nimble and mobile forces like HIMARS are well suited for that kind of situation.

The Poles are clearly criticizing the ugliness of the truck for the Korean version. How evil of them to speak out the obvious truth so loudly!! p.s Music link: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/aJ6Vib1n2sudeaM.html

I hope u can make a content about yoon youngha-class missile boat/corvette of South Korea Navy there's is no other channels who make the video about that type of vessel of south korean Navy 🥺🙏

Korea needs to send some to Ukraine for testing. Then is can go toe to toe with HIMARS in combat.....

What you failed to mention in this video, is the accuracy of this system vs American made weapons. I'd be willing to bet that that these systems are a hit or miss vs American made weapons, which are accurate to within 1 meter. Cheaper? Yes. More effective? I seriously doubt it. But if they can help defeat the Russian army, go for it!

They should've named it the HwaCha... Which is the legendary rocket launchers of ancient Koreans. I remember using them in Age of Empires... lol

No one can beat Chinese MLRS satellite guided munitions with a 500km range that one can just fire from China into Taiwan hehe😁

천무 트럭의 넓은 창을 보면.. 전쟁용이라기 보단, 화물수송용 트럭으로 보인다. 전투 상황을 1% 도 고려 안한 전형적인 상업용 트럭에 위장도색.. 아무리 성능이 좋아도 이건 전투 감성이 아니다. 2배 이상의 가격을 주고라도 전투감성의 하마스를 사는게 맞다. 돈이 없다고? 그럼 저 그지 같은 천무 사라.