KAFV 90 (Korean Armored Fighting Vehicle)

     Notes: This is a scout/fire support variant of the Korean Infantry Fighting Vehicle.  The turret of the KIFV is replaced with one mounting a 90mm Cockerill cannon, and more internal space is given over to ammunition storage and communications equipment.  Less space is given for passengers, and only a small scout team is normally carried.  The engine is the D-2848T 350-horsepower engine, which is a turbocharged engine able to burn diesel or JP8 jet fuel.  The transmission is the Alison X200-5K automatic transmission. A beefed up suspension is fitted that gives a smoother ride over rough terrain, and there is increased drive train and suspension tolerance to temperature extremes. The driver is seated on the front left, and has a conventional steering yoke with a brake and gas pedal.  The driver has three vision blocks to his front and one to the right; the center front vision block be removed and replaced by a night vision block. A bank of six smoke grenade launchers is found on the center front hull, just below above the trim vane when it is in its stowed position. The KAFV 90 has one firing port in each side of the hull, one in the rear door (on the left side of the ramp), and another in the ramp to the right of the door; these firing ports can take the M231, CAR-15, MP5, M16 series, M4 series, K2, K1A1, M249 SAW, or K3 SAW.  The rear door is part of a powered ramp, and the troop compartment also has a large hatch on the rear deck, opening to the rear. The turret is a modified CTG-90 turret which has 22 rounds of main gun ammunition stored in the turret and the rest stored in the hull, and all the machinegun ammunition is stored in the turret. The gunner’s sight has indirect as well as indirect fire sights. Elevation of the main armament is +28 and -8 degrees.

*Belly armor for these vehicles is 5; deck armor is 3.