SNT Motiv Co., Ltd (formerly S&T Motiv and previously Daewoo Precision Industries/S&T Daewoo) is a South Korean

firearm A firearm is any type of gun designed to be readily carried and used by an individual. The term is legally defined further in different countries (see Legal definitions). The first firearms originated in 10th-century China, when bamboo tubes ...

s and auto parts manufacturer founded in 1981. Its firearms equip most frontline units of the

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History

Daewoo Precision Industries Co., Ltd was established in December 1981 as a wholly owned subsidiary of

Daewoo Daewoo ( ; Hangul: , Hanja: , ; literally "great universe" and a portmanteau of "dae" meaning great, and the given name of founder and chairman Kim Woo-choong) also known as the Daewoo Group, was a major South Korean chaebol (type of conglomerat ...

to manufacture small arms, and upright/grand pianos under the Sojin and Daewoo brands. The Sojin musical instrument factory of Yeoju, Korea, had been purchased by Daewoo in 1977. Sojin produced guitars, and commenced manufacture of upright pianos in 1976. Between 1980 and 1991, Daewoo exported pianos under the following names; Sojin, Royale, Daytron, Daewoo, Schafer & Sons, Sherman Clay (until 1987), and Cline, in addition to private labels. In 1986, the company diversified into auto parts manufacture, followed by digital pianos in 1989. In 1990, the company produced 13,452 upright, 2,364 grand, and 2,120 digital pianos. In 1991, Daewoo purchased a 33% share of the German piano maker Ibach, sold its Sojin manufacturing equipment to a Chinese firm, and replaced the equipment with Ibach machinery. Pianos were produced to a higher standard, using components such as Renner actions and Delignit wrestplanks. Also in 1991, Dongbei Piano Factory in Yingkou City, China, formed an agreement with Daewoo to help produce upright pianos (its sole product), using high-quality local wood in Liaoning province, northeastern China. This arrangement was extended in 1996 to include grand piano production. In December 1992, the company was listed on the Korean stock exchange. In 1997, Daewoo ceased production of pianos, with Dongbei Piano Factory buying most of Daewoo’s equipment and designs. Some of Daewoo’s designers and technicians moved to work for Dongbei. Following the collapse of Daewoo, the company was spun off in February 2002 and relisted on the Korean stockmarket in March 2002. The majority of its shares were purchased by S&T Holdings in June 2006 and it was renamed S&T Daewoo Co., Ltd in September 2006. In March 2012 the company was renamed S&T Motiv Co., Ltd. In DX Korea 2018, the company announced development of a 9mm revolver based on requirements for Korean law enforcement agencies, and an AR-10-type rifle for a potential Korean military contract. In February 2021, S&T Motiv changed its name to SNT Motiv.

Firearms

Licensed production

M1911 The M1911 (Colt 1911 or Colt Government) is a single-action, recoil-operated, semi-automatic pistol chambered for the .45 ACP cartridge. The pistol's formal U.S. military designation as of 1940 was ''Automatic Pistol, Caliber .45, M1911'' for th ...

semi-automatic pistol A semi-automatic pistol is a type of repeating single-chamber handgun ( pistol) that automatically cycles its action to insert the subsequent cartridge into the chamber (self-loading), but requires manual actuation of the trigger to actuall ...

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.45 ACP The .45 ACP ( Automatic Colt Pistol) or .45 Auto (11.43×23mm) is a rimless straight-walled handgun cartridge designed by John Moses Browning in 1904, for use in his prototype Colt semi-automatic pistol. After successful military trials, it ...

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M16A1 The M16 rifle (officially designated Rifle, Caliber 5.56 mm, M16) is a family of military rifles adapted from the ArmaLite AR-15 rifle for the United States military. The original M16 rifle was a 5.56×45mm automatic rifle with a 20-roun ...

assault rifle ( 5.56×45mm NATO) *

M60D The M60, officially the Machine Gun, Caliber 7.62 mm, M60, is a family of American general-purpose machine guns firing 7.62×51mm NATO cartridges from a disintegrating belt of M13 links. There are several types of ammunition approved for ...

general-purpose machine gun A general-purpose machine gun (GPMG) is an air-cooled, usually belt-fed machine gun that can be adapted flexibly to various tactical roles for light and medium machine guns. A GPMG typically features a quick-change barrel design calibered for v ...

( 7.62×51mm NATO) *

M203 The M203 is a single-shot 40 mm under-barrel grenade launcher designed to attach to a rifle. It uses the same rounds as the older stand-alone M79 break-action grenade launcher, which utilizes the high-low propulsion system to keep recoil forces ...

under-barrel grenade launcher, as the K201, with minor improvements ( 40×46mm)

Own designs

* USAS-12 automatic

combat shotgun A combat shotgun is a shotgun issued by militaries for warfare. The earliest shotguns specifically designed for combat were the trench guns or trench shotguns issued in World War I. While limited in range, the multiple projectiles typically us ...

(12-gauge) * K1 assault carbine/

submachine gun A submachine gun (SMG) is a magazine-fed, automatic carbine designed to fire handgun cartridges. The term "submachine gun" was coined by John T. Thompson, the inventor of the Thompson submachine gun, to describe its design concept as an autom ...

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.223 Remington The .223 Remington (designated as the 223 Remington by the SAAMI and 223 Rem by the CIP) is a rimless, bottlenecked rifle cartridge. It was developed in 1957 by Remington Arms and Fairchild Industries for the U.S. Continental Army Command ...

) * K2 assault rifle ( 5.56×45mm NATO) * K3

light machine gun A light machine gun (LMG) is a light-weight machine gun designed to be operated by a single infantryman, with or without an assistant, as an infantry support weapon. LMGs firing cartridges of the same caliber as the other riflemen of the sam ...

(5.56×45mm NATO) * K4

automatic grenade launcher An automatic grenade launcher (AGL) or grenade machine gun is a grenade launcher that is capable of fully automatic fire, and is typically loaded with either an ammunition belt or magazine. These weapons are often mounted on vehicles or helicopt ...

( 40×53mm) * K5

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9×19mm Parabellum The 9×19mm Parabellum (also known as 9mm Parabellum or 9mm Luger or simply 9mm) is a rimless, tapered firearms cartridge. Originally designed by Austrian firearm designer Georg Luger in 1901, it is widely considered the most popular handgun a ...

) * K7 suppressed

(9×19mm Parabellum) * XK8 prototype

bullpup A bullpup firearm is one with its firing grip located in front of the Chamber (firearms), breech of the weapon, instead of behind it. This creates a weapon with a shorter overall length for a given barrel length, and one that is often lighter, ...

assault rifle (5.56×45mm NATO) * XK9 prototype submachine gun (9×19mm Parabellum) * XK10 prototype submachine gun (9×19mm Parabellum) * K11 assault rifle/grenade launcher multi-weapon (5.56×45mm NATO & 20×30mm) * K12

( 7.62×51mm NATO) * K14

sniper rifle A sniper rifle is a high-precision, long-range rifle. Requirements include accuracy, reliability, mobility, concealment and optics for anti-personnel, anti-materiel and surveillance uses of the military sniper. The modern sniper rifle is a por ...

(7.62×51mm NATO) * K15

(5.56×45mm NATO)

References

External links

S&T Motiv Homepage
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