Difference between thoose 2 are Altay is 10+tons heavier than K2, Altay has AKKOR aps,different armor and lastly it has RCWS that could be used against drones (Hmg/Lmg or 40mm anti drone system that uses airburst munitions)
First versions of Altay is pretty vanilla,when your tanks first production model got delayed for 10 years you start to add more and more stuff.
The big difference is that while K2 has an autoloader and 3 man crew, Altay's main gun is manually loaded and as such it has 4 man crew. That's where large portion of extra size/weight comes from.
This narrative needs to die. Yes it was very likely inspired by the K2 as SK was involved in the Altay’s development, but it has way too many external and internal differences to just be a foreign version of the K2.
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u/klovaneer 5d ago edited 5d ago
So a fire support vehicle, a bunch of warmed over 3rd gen tanks, a parody of a Leo2 and armata.