迄今为止,韩国共发展了三代主战坦克。第一代为K1型,是20世纪80年代韩国在美国克莱斯勒公司(现为通用动力公司)的帮助下研发的,上装1门105mm KM68A1线膛炮;K1A1型为韩国在20世纪90年代末自主研发的第二代主战坦克,上装1门120mm M256滑膛炮;K2型是韩国从21世纪初开始研发的第三代主战坦克,目前已开始批量装备部队。 So far, three major MBT tanks have been developed in South Korea. The first generation was the K1 model, developed in the 1980s by South Korea with the help of the Chrysler Corporation of the United States (now General Dynamics), which is equipped with a 105mm KM68A1 rifled gun. The K1A1 was independently developed by South Korea in the late 1990s Of the second generation of main battle tanks, loaded with a 120mm M256 smoothbore gun; K2 is South Korea from the beginning of the 21st century developed the third generation of main battle tanks, has now begun to batch equipment units.