€36,000,000 contract: Estonia buys additional Korean K9 Thunder guns

The Estonian Defense Investment Center has signed a contract with South Korea's Hanwha Techwin for the supply of an additional batch of K9 Thunder howitzers.

Here's What We Know

We are talking about 12 self-propelled artillery units worth 36,000,000 euros. Deliveries of armament are planned until 2026. By the way, Estonia received its first K9 Thunder self-propelled artillery guns in 2020.

Flashback

The K9 Thunder is a modern South Korean 155mm self-propelled artillery unit. The SAU was developed in the 1990s by Samsung Techwin at the request of the Ministry of Defense of the Republic of Korea. The crew of the gun consists of 5 people. The range of fire of the SAU is about 40 km.

Source: kaitseinvesteeringud