South Korean K9 Thunder

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The South Korean K9 Thunder is a modern 155mm self-propelled howitzer renowned for its high mobility, rapid fire capability, and widespread adoption by multiple armed forces worldwide.

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Label Occurrences
K9 Thunder family 3
South Korean K9 Thunder canonical 1

Statements (59)

Predicate Object
instanceOf self-propelled howitzer
armorProtection protection against small arms fire and shell splinters
burstRateOfFire 3 rounds in 15 seconds
caliber 155 mm
countryOfOrigin South Korea NERFINISHED
crew 5
commander
driver
gunner
two loaders
designedFor counter-battery fire
deep fire support
enginePower 1000 hp
engineType MTU MT 881 Ka-500 diesel engine NERFINISHED
exportStatus widely exported
fireControlSystem automatic fire control system
gunLength 52 caliber
height about 2.7 m
introduced late 1990s
length about 12 m
manufacturer Hanwha Aerospace NERFINISHED
Samsung Techwin NERFINISHED
maximumFiringRange about 30 km with standard HE
about 40 km with base bleed ammunition
over 50 km with rocket-assisted projectiles
maximumRoadSpeed about 67 km/h
multipleRoundSimultaneousImpact capable
navigationSystem inertial navigation system
NBCProtection equipped
notableFeature automated ammunition handling system
high mobility
network-centric warfare compatibility
rapid fire capability
operationalRange about 360 km
operatorType multiple NATO and non-NATO armies
originatingService Republic of Korea Armed Forces NERFINISHED
primaryArmament 155 mm / 52-caliber howitzer
rateOfFire 6–8 rounds per minute sustained
secondaryArmament 12.7 mm K6 heavy machine gun
serviceEntry Republic of Korea Army NERFINISHED
shellType 155 mm NATO-standard ammunition
suspension torsion bar
turretTraverse 360 degrees
usedBy Australia NERFINISHED
Egypt NERFINISHED
Estonia NERFINISHED
Finland NERFINISHED
India NERFINISHED
Norway NERFINISHED
Poland NERFINISHED
Republic of Korea Army NERFINISHED
Turkey NERFINISHED
other export customers
variant K9 Vajra-T NERFINISHED
K9A1 NERFINISHED
K9A2 NERFINISHED
T-155 Fırtına NERFINISHED
weight about 47 tonnes
width about 3.4 m

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Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10.

# Requirements
- If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list.
- If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list.
- Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf".
- Do not get too wordy.
- Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: South Korean K9 Thunder
Description of subject: The South Korean K9 Thunder is a modern 155mm self-propelled howitzer renowned for its high mobility, rapid fire capability, and widespread adoption by multiple armed forces worldwide.

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

K9A1 belongsToFamily South Korean K9 Thunder
this entity surface form: K9 Thunder family
K9 Vajra-T adaptedFrom South Korean K9 Thunder
K9 Vajra-T hasVariantOf South Korean K9 Thunder
this entity surface form: K9 Thunder family
K9A2 partOfFamily South Korean K9 Thunder
this entity surface form: K9 Thunder family