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| Kampfpanzer K2 Pantera | |
|---|---|
 Acrean K2A8 | |
| Type | Main Battle Tank |
| Place of origin |  Acrea |
| Service history | |
| In service | 1980-Present |
| Used by | Acrea |
| Production history | |
| Designer | Landrut Systemet GmbH Landsverk AB Maybach AG Kobalt-Zeiss GmbH & Co KG Thyssen AB |
| Designed | 1970-1979 |
| Manufacturer | Landrut Systemet GmbH |
| Produced | 1979-Present |
| No. built | 10,872 |
| Variants | K2A1 (1980) K2A2 (1981) K2A3 (1983) K2A4 (1985) K2A5 (1992) K2A6 (1995) K2A7 (2007) K2A8 (2017) K2A9 (2019) |
| Specifications | |
| Weight | 63 Tonnes |
| Length | 7,7 metres (hull) |
| Width | 3,7 metres |
| Height | 2,55 metres (Hull) |
| Crew | 3 |
| Armor | VONSBÄK (Classified) |
Main armament | KvK m/17-L55 120mm Electrothermal-Chemical Gun |
Secondary armament | 7.62mm MG 1A3 Various Top-Mounted 7.62mm and 20mm guns |
| Engine | Thyssen-Maybach MTU K1-89B V12 Turbocharged Diesel 1193,12kw (1600 hp) |
| Power/weight | 19,89kw per tonne |
| Transmission | Maybach CV-12TC Continuously Variable Transmission |
| Suspension | Hydropneumatic Active Suspension |
Operational range | 500 km |
| Speed | 75 km/h (Road) ~50 km/h (Cross-Country) |
The K2 Pantera is a main battle tank developed by Landrut Systemet in the 1970s for the Acrean Armed Forces. It first entered production in 1979 and entered service as the K2A1 in 1980, succeeding the K1 as the main battle tank of the Acrean Army. Various versions of the K2 Pantera have served in the armies of Acrea and 2 other nations in several conflicts across Tyran, and its design has inspired new developments in the heavy armour of other nations such as Ossoria and Syara.
The tank has three main development batches, which in current parlance are referred to as 'old hulls' for the first two batches and 'new hulls' for the third batch by the Acrean Army. The first batch includes all original models up to the K2A4, visually distinguishable due to the vertical frontal armour of their turrets and shorter 44 calibre main guns. The second batch includes the K2A5 and K2A6, visually identified by their arrowhead frontal turret armour and, in the case of the 2A6, the introduction of a longer 55 calibre conventional main gun- although most 2A5s were upgraded to the 2A6 standard. The third and most advanced batch is the K2A7 and all newer models. Though not necessarily visually distinguishable, the third batch is substantially more capable in both armour and armament than its predecessors. K2A7s were constructed new using first-generation VONSBÄK armour developed by Landsverk, which although classified is known to utilise a layered construction which includes a carbon nanotube metal matrix composite, in addition to new ceramic and nanoceramic and depleted uranium. Brand new hulls were constructed using this new armour composition, giving rise to the terms 'old' and 'new' hulls. Beginning with the K2A8, Pantera tanks have been armed with the Rh-120 m/17-L55, the first production electrothermal-chemical gun to be put into service in Tyran, having begun its development in 1998. Most information regarding the gun is classified, but it was reported to be approximately as effective as Rh-130 m/17-L51 130mm main gun also proposed as a solution to increasing the firepower of the Pantera. However, both Landrut and the Acrean Army have described the gun to not be a definitive solution going into the future as newer versions of the 130mm gun such as the m/19-L52 prove to be increasingly powerful and existing Acrean ETC technology improves.