S&T Daewoo K11

K11
K11
Typ	Objective Individual Combat Weapon
Place of origin	Südkorea
Service history
In service	2010 (May)
Production history
Designer	S&T Daewoo, Agency for Defense Development
Designed	2000-2008
Manufacturer	S&T Daewoo
Unit cost	36,000 (USD)
Produced	2009
Specifications
Mass	6.1kg
Length	860 mm
Barrel length	KE Module - 250 mm HE Module - 460 mm
Caliber	KE Module - 5.56x45mm NATO HE Module - 20mm
Action	Gas operated, rotating bolt (rifle section) Bolt action (launcher section)
Muzzle velocity	200m/s (20mm HEAB)
Effective firing range	500m (5.56mm NATO) 500m (20mm HEAB)
Maximum firing range	540m
Feed system	KE Module - Various STANAG Magazines HE Module - 6 round box
Sights	Ballistics computer, day (Optical)/night (Thermal vision) vision sight

The Agency for Defense Development (ADD) of South Korea recently unveiled the next generation rifle in the world. It was named as Korean New Rifle, or KNR which was the name used while under development. It is the first successful weapon of such kind in the world capable of both a 20mm air-burst shell and 5.56mm rounds. The air-burst shells can be controlled by the state of the art control system to explode a few meters from the target giving a grenade like effect capable of killing targets in an area of 6m and seriously wounding those within 8m area, it will be very effective on targets hiding inside a building, bunkers, cave, behind walls or other protective structures . For the air-burst shells, 3 types are available, the first will be a burst on impact type, the second will be impact delay burst shell and the third will be burst shells which will explode when it reaches its pre-inputed range.

Design

Equipped with a laser range-finder as well as a ballistics computer, it allows the operator to engage in precision attacks against the target.

A computer scope is integrated to the gun, which in turn is linked to a goggle with digital display that can be used both during the day as well as night with thermal imaging, and inform the operator with various data such as target range.

Aside from being able to fire 20 to 30 rounds of standard 5.56 mm NATO munitions depending on the size of the magazine provided, there is a 20 mm air-burst grenade launcher that can hold six grenade rounds to be used to take out multiple targets.

The weapon is planned for distribution within the Republic of Korea Army starting in 2010, making it the world's first army to use an airburst rifle as standard issue in the military. The weapon is to be given to two in each squad, but it will not replace grenadiers who are currently issued with K2 rifles with underslung K201 grenade launcher.

Users

• Südkorea: Being deployed from 2010
• Vereinigte Arabische Emirate: 40 bought for evaluation purposes in May 2010 for a total cost of US$560,000

See also

• XM29 OICW
• XM-25

Sources

• Korean Defense Industry Association

References

Modern Firearms K11 - [5]