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SandT Dynamics

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Type
  
Public

Headquarters
  
South Korea

Founded
  
1959

Traded as
  
KRX: 003570

Revenue
  
564 million USD (2013)

Number of employees
  
1,144

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Industry
  
Automotive, defense, machinery

Key people
  
Jae-Seok Park (President & CEO)

Products
  
Auto parts, Defence products, casting and machine tools

Operating income
  
US$ 18.8 million (2013)

Stock price
  
003570 (KRX) ₩ 9,330 +170.00 (+1.86%)24 Mar, 3:30 PM GMT+9 - Disclaimer

S&T Dynamics is a South Korean weapons, windpower, auto parts and casting and machine tools manufacturer founded in 1959. Its heavy weapons equip most frontline units of the Republic of Korea Armed Forces.

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History

S&T Dynamics was established in 1959 under the name Yeowha Shotgun. In 1995 it changed its company name to Tongil Heavy Industries Co. Ltd. and in 2005 it changed its name to S&T Dynamics Co. Ltd. In 2006 it completed the acquisition of Daewoo Precision Industries, now S&T Motiv.

Licensed Production

  • M2 Browning machine gun as the K6 HMG with a modification for a quick-change barrel
  • M61 Vulcan 20mm rotary cannon as the KM168 produced since 1977
  • M39 cannon 20mm cannon as the M39A3, in use on the KF-5E
  • Bofors 40mm cannon as the 40L70K produced since 1995

    • X1100-5A3, X200 and XTG411 Transmissions from Allison Transmissio

    Own designs

  • KCB 30mm cannon produced since 2001
  • K40 40mm cannon produced since 2008, in use on the K21 infantry fighting vehicle
  • XK13 25mm Korean OCSW. Cancelled in 2013.

    • References

    S&T Dynamics Wikipedia
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