南朝鲜XK—1主战坦克已经命名为88式主战坦克。XK—1试制样车曾安装美国大陆公司的AYCR—1790变压缩比风冷柴油机,功率1200马力。 1983年美国政府通知南朝鲜当局,大陆公司发动机不准无条件地向第三国出口。而南朝鲜打算把主战坦克作为未来的出口商品,不希望因发动机受到输出限制。于是改用西德MTU South Korea’s XK-1 main battle tank has been named 88-type main battle tanks. XK-1 prototype car had installed the mainland company AYCR-1790 variable compression ratio air-cooled diesel engine, 1200 horsepower. In 1983, the U.S. government informed the South Korean authorities that the mainland company’s engine was not allowed to export to a third country unconditionally. And South Korea intends to use the main battle tank as an export commodity in the future, without wishing to be limited by the output of the engine. So switch to West Germany MTU