Other names: Kumsong Tractor Factory, Kŭmsŏng General Tractor Works, Kŭmsŭng Tractor Complex, Kŭmsong Tractor Comprehensive Factory, Kŭmŏng Tractor General Plant, Kŭmsŏng Tractor Plant, Kumsong Tractor Plant
Location: Ch'ŏllima-kuyŏk (千里馬區域), Namp'o (南浦市), North Korea
Subordinate to: Probably the Ministry of Metal and Machine-Building Industries
Primary Function: Tractor production, including tracked transporter-erector-launchers (TELs) for surface-to-ship cruise missiles
Description: The Kŭmsŏng Tractor Factory is the largest tractor factory in North Korea. According Joseph S. Bermudez, this plant produces tracked TELs for surface-to-ship cruise missiles.
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Key Sources:
Pukhan, November 1997, pp. 121-133, in "Defector Describes North Korean Transport System, BBC Summary of World Broadcasts, 7 January 1998, in Lexis-Nexis Academic Universe, <http://web.lexis-nexis.com/ >; Joseph S. Burmudez, Jr., The Armed Forces of North Korea, (New York: I.B. Tauris, 2001), p. 284; ROK Ministry of Unification, Pukhan Kaeyo 2000 (Seoul: Ministry of Unification, December 1999), p. 355.
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