K808 White Tiger

Developed by Hyundai Rotem as a private venture in 2012, the Korean Army declared a plan to acquire 600 6×6 and 8×8 wheeled APCs in order to help build rapid response forces modeled after U.S. Stryker combat brigades, according to the Defense Acquisition Program Administration (DAPA).

[7][8] On 9 May 2016, the vehicles, officially designated as the K808 and K806, passed their final qualification tests, allowing for production to begin for deployment the next year; 600 units are to be produced by 2023.

Their wheeled designs make them better suited for contributing to United Nations peacekeeping operations and finding export markets.

[9][10] Hyundai Rotem expected an order by October 2016 for 16 low-rate initial production vehicles to be delivered to the ROKA for field trials, scheduled to last until late 2017.

[11] In September 2018, the Defense Acquisition Program Administration announced Hyundai Rotem would begin mass-producing the K806 and K808 vehicles later in the year.

[15] In Korean service, the K806/K808 will be outfitted with a one-person protected weapon station armed with an M2HB machine gun rather than an RWS, to reduce acquisition costs, although the company could supply such systems if requested.

K808 APC on maneuver during cold weather combat training
A K30W Cheonho anti-aircraft vehicle crossing a newly constructed improved ribbon bridge during a wet gap crossing training.