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By JUNG SUNG-KI
SEOUL — South Korea will export 120 self-propelled howitzers developed by Samsung Techwin to Poland, officials from the Defense Acquisition Program Administration (DAPA) and Techwin said on Tuesday.
Samsung Techwin will sign a contract on Wednesday here with Poland’s state-funded defense manufacturer HSW. The contract is valued at roughly US $320 million, according to the officials.
It is the second export of the K-9 Thunder self-propelled 155mm howitzer after a deal with Turkey in 2001. Under the $1 billion license agreement, the first eight K-9s were produced in South Korea, while the remaining batch of more than 300 units was built in Turkey. The Turkish variant is called the T-155 Firtina.
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