Their main weapon is simply a 155-millimeter cannon. They can fire at the velocity of six rounds per minute and harm targets 40 km distant – 1 Warsaw Armored Brigade just picked up six self-propelled K9 Thunder cannons. In total, as many as 672 of these modern South Korean vehicles are expected to enter the Polish army.
Delivery of fresh cannonhaubic K9 Thunder, May 2025.
Paweł Bejda, Deputy Minister of National Defence, informed that the fresh cannonhaubice had reached Wesoła. "There was unloading by weekend, and present – they are already in hangars. Their artillery fire is an invaluable ally of the Polish Army,” wrote the deputy chief of the MON on portal X. This is the second transportation of this kind of vehicle to a unit from Happy. In June, her artillerymen received 18 copies of K9 Thunder.
South Korean cannonohabics are considered 1 of the best in the world. They are equipped with 155-millimeter guns and large caliber device guns 12.7 mm. They can fire at a velocity of six rounds per minute and harm targets 40 km away. They make a velocity of 67 km/h and their operational scope is 480 km. Vehicles have armor to defend against shrapnel of artillery missiles and anti-personnel mines, as well as the fire of dense device guns. Their crew consists of 5 soldiers.
Production K9 Thunder She moved in the 1990s. It is run by Hanwha Defence from South Korea. Apart from the South Korean army, the arms of this kind are utilized by the troops of Norway, Australia or India.
In July 2022, the Armed Forces Agency concluded a framework agreement with the Koreanswhich assumes the acquisition of 672 cannonhaubic with K9A1 and K9PL versions. In August 2022 Poland signed the first executive agreement. It includes the transportation of 212 cannonhaubic for a sum of $2.4 billion. Another deal, this time for transportation of 152 cannonhoubic pages signed in December 2023. The $2.6 billion contract assumes that before 2026 Hanwha will hand over six guns to the Polish army in the K9A1 version and 146 K9PL vehicles from 2026 to 2027.
Supplies continue. To date, Poland has received around 180 vehicles. They go to units located in the east part of the country. Part of the K9 has already been baptized on the ground. The fire from the Korean cannonhaubic was led by soldiers of the 1st Mazurian Artillery Brigade.
Meanwhile, K9 is not the only equipment that Poland brings from South Korea. K2 Black Panther tanks have been flying over the Vistula River for any time. The Ministry of Defence bought 180 specified wagons, while negotiations are presently underway for another agreement.
