K200 vs ACV-15

[Hoth_902]

Ok.. I am sure I don't have much time to get this question in, so here we go.

A while back, I purchased several M60 Sabra's. Wanting some IFVs for support, I decided to buy some K200s to be stand-in for the ACV-15. In my quick comparison, it appeared the only difference is the Gun shield (on the K200). That was a couple of years ago.. Now that I have gotten around to painting the Sabra's, I am second guessing weather or not the K200 can stand in for the ACV-15. With that said I ask the the following.

What are the visible differences between the K200 and the ACV-15? This is beside the gun shield on the gun basket. My engineering brain is struggling to not care.

[MechCommander]

The ACV-15 has a turret containing a 25mm cannon being that its an IFV.

[Hoth_902]

Mech,

That is actually only partially true. There are several versions of the ACV-15, just like there are several versions of the K200. One version has a small gun basket on the turret and is very similar to the K200 with same gun basket. The ACV-15 is shown below.




The K200 is shown below.

[Hoth_902]

Well, I think I was able to answer my own question. As I look, aside from the gun shield, it looks like there is two additional features on each side of the large one mounted to the front of the Turkish vehicle. It does not appear on the k200. Being the ** CENSORED ** nerd, that I am, I will now just paint my K200s in Korean paint scheme....much to GHQs enjoyment, now I need some Korean tanks....lol

[MechCommander]

The best Korean tank I can recommend is the K2 Black Panther its there 4th Gen MBT.

[redleg]

Don't forget Korean artillery and infantry and support vehicles! Sounds like you have a new micro armor project! LOL

[panzergator]

You COULD have a US unit using foreign equipment, the result of testing or convenience, painted accordingly. I have Eitan and Merkavas for US use. It has some specialty advantage. We cobble together different equipment, since we don't have the same procurement ability. Sometimes have to use what we can get. My Brit brigade still uses a couple Scammell wreckers, Chieftain bridges, Centurion engineer vehicles. Its Challenger tank regiment has a 5th squadron of Chiftains.Some Chieftain hulls are used for recovery, as we don't yet have enough Challenger recovery versions.

Just come up with a rationale that satisfies only yourself.

[panzergator]

They both looked like YPR 765, which would by my choice.

[Hoth_902]

I think there are enough differences, I am just going to use it to start a S. Korean unit. Once I see a difference, my stupid engineering brain will not allow me to forget I saw it.

[chrisswim]

A couple of different configurations for your enjoyment. I will look for a couple of others besides these.