Hyundai Rotem has officially registered a new design with the South Korean Intellectual Property Office (KIPO) for the future main battle tank. The application, listed under application number 30-2024-0034192, was filed on August 26, 2024 and was examined before approval on March 21, 2025.
The design of the registered tank, which is widely believed to be related to the next-generation K3 (NG-MBT) main battle tank program, was officially registered on April 17 and published on April 21, 2025. Hyundai Rotem paid the initial three-year registration fee of 65,000 Korean won on the same day. The protection is valid until August 26, 2044. The registered element is a single basic design for a "tracked ground combat vehicle" (classification 12), identified by the serial number M001.
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