AGERPRES special correspondent Oana Ghita reports: Romania could have 54 K9 Thunder self-propelled howitzers, produced in South Korea, the manufacturing company Hanwha being the only one that remained in the tender opened by the National Defence Ministry (MApN), and negotiations in this regard continue with the Romanian Government.

The maximum range (of the K9 howitzer) is 54 kilometers, it is very fast, said Heo Man Jung, a senior artillery researcher at Hanwha, in a meeting with Romanian journalists. He said that in 2010 this howitzer was used in moments of maximum tension in his country.

We responded very quickly when we were attacked by North Korea, he added. Heo Man Jung also highlighted the mobility of the howitzer, which reaches a speed of over 67 kilometres per hour, and the fact that the structure of the vehicle protects the military inside very well. Furthermore, Heo Man Jung said, the K9 was designed to operate in any climate.

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