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Fri, December 8, 2023 | 05:50
Defense
German key part for Korean battle tank has flaws: state auditor
초유의 사태에 발칵 뒤집힌 한국군
Posted : 2012-11-15 16:05
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A key part from Germany for Korea's new main battle tank has turned out to be defective, with the military procurement agency failing to conduct a thorough and fair performance test over the course of its introduction, a state auditor said Thursday.

Announcing the results of its one-month audit into the engine and transmission, known as the "power pack," imported from Germany for South Korea's new battle tank K-2 "Black Panther," the Board of Audit and Inspection (BAI) also asked agencies concerned to reconsider their decision to use the German part and called for punishment of officials behind the faulty process.

As the country's next-generation main battle tank to replace the aging K-1 and the U.S.-built M48 tanks, the armored vehicle was first unveiled in 2006 after a decade of research and development for home-grown state-of-the-art technologies. The project cost more than 2 trillion won (US$1.84 billion), including 128 billion won to create a domestic power pack.

But a series of technical problems were detected in the local part in 2009 and hindered the original plan of starting the mass production of the K2 tank in 2011.

After several rounds of delay in its deployment, the Defense Acquisition Program Administration (DAPA) said in April that it will import the key part from Germany for the first 100 units and deploy them in March 2014, citing issues regarding the local part's reliability and durability.

In protest against the DAPA's decision, a group of people involved in the project asked for an inspection into the case.

According to the audit results announced on Thursday, several faults were detected in the imported part, including the failure to start and stop a vehicle, oil leakage and excessive emission of exhaust, among others, in addition to its failure to meet the required fuel consumption standard.

The procurement agency also missed several tests on the German part, while falsely writing in its official document that the part has a track record of being adopted for mass production, according to the BAI.

Contrary to its lax tests, the agency exaggerated the flaws detected during its test on the local power pack and ignored experts' opinion in favor of the domestic model, the BAI said.

"We've asked the agencies concerned, including the DAPA, to come up with measures to reconsider the decision to use the German power pack after comprehensively reviewing details of candidate products including their capabilities and prices," said a BAI official in charge of the audit.

"Disciplinary measures for three people responsible for masterminding the unfair process should be taken," he said, without elaborating further.

Modeled after the German-developed MTU-890, the K2 power pack is made up of a 1,500-horsepower diesel engine and transmission. Doosan Infracore and S&T Dynamics are the two main developers of the homegrown power pack and there are more than 1,000 subcontractors in Korea.

The new tank features an auto-loaded 120mm cannon, reaches speeds of up to 70 kilometers per hour, and can cross rivers as deep as 4.1 meters using a snorkel, according to the DAPA. (Yonhap)



초유의 사태에 발칵 뒤집힌 한국군
감사원 감사결과..'결론 정해놓고 심의..국산 차별' 현역 준장 등 2명 강등 요구, 공무원 1명 정직 요구 차기 전차인 K2 파워팩(엔진+변속기)을 선정하는 과정이 공정하지 않았던 것으로 드러났다. 특히 방위사업청(방사청)은 독일산 제품을 선정하기로 사전 결론을 내려놓고 심의를 했으며, 실제 성능시험 평가 과정에서도 국산제품이 차별을 받은 것으로 나타났다. 감사원은 지난 5월14일부터 6월26일까지 방사청ㆍ국방과학연구소ㆍ육군본부 등을 대상으로 실시, `K2전차 파워팩 적용실태'에 대한 감사결과를 15일 공개했다. 감사원에 따르면 방사청은 지난 4월 방위사업추진위원회에 `K2전차 초도양산 파워팩 적용 안건'을 상정하는 과정에서 K2에 처음 적용되는 해외 파워팩에 대해 양산실적이 있는 것처럼 기재했다. 후속군수지원, 100㎞ 및 8시간 연속주행 등에 대한 평가도 실시하지 않았고, 실제로 운용시험평가 과정에서 전차기동 불가, 시동불가, 매연과다 발생, 제동장치 고장, 오일누유 등의 결함이 발생했다. 특히 해외 파워팩은 연료소모량 기준을 만족하지 못한 채 도입됐고, 규격을 벗어난 과출력 현상이 나타나기도 했는데도 이같은 사실을 심의자료에 기재하지 않았다. 과출력현상의 경우 현재까지도 원인을 규명하지 못하고 있다. 반면 국산 파워팩의 경우 중대한 결함이 아닌 사항을 주요 결함으로 기술했다. 특히 해외 파워팩에 대해 국산 파워팩과 동일한 조건으로 성능검사를 할 경우 전력화가 늦어질 수 있는데 대한 검토도 소홀히 했다. 감사원은 '방사청이 해외 파워팩을 적용하는 것으로 먼저 결론을 내린 뒤 국방과학연구소에 이 결론에 맞는 공문을 보내도록 요구하는 등 연구소 의견에 근거한 것처럼 심의자료에 기재했다'고 지적했다. 또 해외파워팩 도입시 무기중개상 등이 개입된다는 사실을 알면서도 대책을 마련하지 않았고, 예산도 확보하지 못한 상태에서 국내파워팩을 도입하기로 한 기존계약을 수정하지 않은 채 해외파워팩 도입을 추진해 혼란을 초래했다. 감사원은 '해외ㆍ국내개발 파워팩의 양산실적, 성능검증, 전력화시기, 소요예산과 획득방법 등을 종합적으로 고려해 K2 전차 적용 파워팩을 다시 결정하는 방안을 마련하라'고 통보했다. 이와 함게 K2 개발사업을 총괄해온 사업본부장과 현역 준장인 사업부장에 대해 강등을, 일반공무원인 사업팀장에 대해 정직을 권고하고, 노대래 방사청장에 대해서는 주의조치했다. 감사원이 현역 장성에 대해 강등을 요구한 것은 이번이 처음이다. 감사원은 이 같은 감사 결과를 대검에 수사 자료로 제공할 계획이다.(연합뉴스)
 
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