New Kia military trucks from Korea

[Steeljack]

The AFP paraded its new trucks bought from Korea during its 72nd Anniversary parade on December 20:

Korea's Kia Motors supplied 651 KM45 series troop carriers to the AFP.




read more...

[Horsepower]

Looks fine. What are those two hooks (on the bumper) for? I seem them even in HMMVs.

What's the spec of these rides?

[Memphis Raines]

Di ba yung mga iba nyan ay based from the Kia Ceres chassis? Tibay ang Ceres

[mikey177]

The hooks look like they are for towing.

I got more info on Kia military trucks from http://www.globalsecurity.org/milita...ld/rok/kia.htm

The site says:

The KM45 Series of 4x4 Trucks are designed to be used on all types of roads, highways and cross-country terrain. They will ford hard-bottom water crossings to a depth of 760mm. These vehicles are equipped with a six cylinder 115ps diesel engine, a five-speed transmission and a two-speed transfer case which transmits power to the front and rear axle. Transmission and transfer case speed ranges are selected manually through a shifting lever in the operator's compartment. The vehicle cab has a removable canvas paulin. All truck models are equipped with a 24V electrical system and electrically operated wiper motors, and also E.M.I(Electro Magnetic Interference) suppression.

Another interesting site I found with lots of Kia jeep/truck photos was http://www.angelfire.com/nb2/jeeppickups/Kia.html

It's nice to be reminded that my Sedona has very rugged and formidable cousins

[Satio]

The AFP paraded its new trucks bought from Korea during its 72nd Anniversary parade on December 20:

Korea's Kia Motors supplied [SIZE=4]651[/SIZE] KM45 series troop carriers to the AFP.

Hindi ba sila makakatipid kung sa pinas galing or pinoy made(design) with a brand new local engines? Targeting the the similar specs and materials to KM45 series troop carriers. Para naman kahit minsan Pinas naman ang mag export.

[edtf]

Are they selling a civilian model of this?

[ram0722]

Well, we pinoys really have the ability to produce vehicles same as the koreans and the japanese. i THINK katamaran yata ang umiiral or maybe lack of funds on designing and especially in engineering to produce these warfare tools.

[rodcarolino]

we did once, we exported the Toyota/Delta Mini cruisers...

[drey]

It looks like a Scout for me.

[ram0722]

we did once, we exported the Toyota/Delta Mini cruisers...

Sana itinuloy na lang nila yung pag-export o kaya i-modify man lang yung industry natin sa engineering. Para kumita naman si Juan.

[pup2]

I'm sure they'll perform well. Looks kinda small though (parang pickup na malaki or HUMVEE instead of 6x6) and old schoolish. Maging 'in' din kaya ito gaya ng hummer?

[laklak]

tama yan, atleast they probably got this cheaper than getting similarly spec'd vehicles from the US or Europe.

As for pinoys designing their own, I dont think it is feasible since our only customer would be the Philippine Military. I doubt other countries would buy from us, and if ever some country would, it would probably just be an insignificant number. So it would just be a waste of money to invest in this. I remember watching a docu a few years back about our army developing short range missiles during the marcos era, i just wasnt sure if it was successful.

We have the talent, yes, but is there a need for us to produce this things? I think the answer is no.

[AG4]

I saw one of those running around here, with another military vehicle...


Its based on the old Jeep Military M-715 Series trucks...



First time I saw it, I told my brother, that looks like an old Jeep truck in mint condition... but the grill looked different. So the one I saw last week was just a Kia clone after all.