The high price reflects the cost of domestically-made components, such as the engine from Doosan Infracore and transmission from S&T corporation, which raised the price and delayed production. The tank features a 120mm 55 caliber smoothbore gun capable of firing 40 rounds. It is difficult to say whether the price is accurate but the tank's features and armaments are rather impressive. For comparison's sake, the new T-14 Armata Russian tank costs $3.7 million, and the US-made M1A2 Abrams costs $4.3 million. The K2 costs around $8.5 million per unit. Initially, 680 such tanks were planned for the country's army as of 2016 the number had been reduced to 390. The K2 is an improvement over South Korea's K1 tank, wich was designed by companies including General Dynamics and produced using many imported parts.
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