INDUMIL

Military Industry of Colombia

Native name	Spanish: Industria Militar de Colombia
Company type	State-owned enterprise
Industry	Defense
Predecessor	Taller Nacional de Artes Mecanicas
Founded	1954; 70 years ago (1954)
Headquarters	Bogotá , Colombia
Area served	Americas
Key people	Gustavo Matamoros Camacho (General manager)
Products	Munitions, Firearms, Artillery, Explosives, Clothing, Entrenching tools
Number of employees	602
Website	www.indumil.gov.co

INDUMIL (a portmanteau of the Spanish words Industria Militar, Military Industry) is a Colombian-based military weapons manufacturer. The company is run by the Colombian government.

History

Indumil was originally known as National Workshop of Mechanic Crafts (Spanish: Taller Nacional de Artes Mecánicas). It was founded in 1908 as a dependency of the Ministry of War. The institution was renamed Indumil in 1954 as an autonomous organisation.

In 1954 Indumil's main facilities were opened. Its first factory, named General José María Córdova, was intended to produce small arms and ammunition. This facility is located in Soacha, Cundinamarca. In 1955 a second facility was set up under the name of Santa Bárbara. This second unit makes heavy munitions and artillery equipment for Colombian military forces.

In 1964 an explosives factory under the name Antonio Ricaurte was inaugurated. In 1968 this facility became an integral part of Indumil. In 1975, documentation from Heckler & Koch mentioned that the company was allowed to produce the G3, MP5 and the HK21 under license.^[1]

During the 1980s and 1990s the Colombian government started a commercial relationship with Israeli Military Industries. Through a staged process Indumil developed licensed production of IMI Galil rifles for the use of the Colombian military.

In 2000 Indumil was granted a certification ISO 9002/94. During the new millennium Indumil received a number of awards as a defense industry.^[2]

Products

List of products:^[3]

Rifles

• Galil
• Galil ACE^[4]
• Galil Córdova

Handguns

• Walther P22
• Jericho PSL, PL and FBL
• Córdova
• Llama Revolver models Cassidy, Scorpion and Martial

Shotguns

• Mossberg Maverick
• Hatsan Arms shotgun.

Ammunition

• 5.56×45mm NATO SS109
• 7.62×51mm NATO M80
• .38 Special
• .32 Long Colt
• 9×19mm
• 7.65×21mm
• 12 gauge
• 16 gauge
• 20 gauge

The 5.56×45mm and 7.62×51mm are also produced in all their variations such as tracer and blank cartridges.^[5]

Explosives

• M26 grenade H.E
• 40mm H.E - AP grenade.
• IM 60 mm H.E. mortar shell.
• IM 81 mm H.E. mortar shell.
• IM 120 mm H.E. mortar shell.
• IM 125 lb PG aerial bomb.
• IM 250 lb PG aerial bomb.
• IM 500 lb PG aerial bomb.
• 50g - 11 kg Satchel charge

All mortar shells, grenades and aerial bombs are also produced in variations made for training.

Miscellaneous

• MGL Grenade Launcher
• IMC-40 grenade launcher^[6]

Indumil's flagship small firearm is the Llama revolver. It is a 6 to 10 shot capacity, caliber .38 Special revolver, which is produced mainly at the General José María Córdova factory.

Indumil is one of two companies that produce the IMI Galil rifles outside Israel, the other being Denel of South Africa. After two decades of stage by stage manufacturing cycle, the company now fully produces all the necessary parts of the IMI Galil rifle. The company produces the ARM (assault rifle and machine gun).^[7]

See also

• COTECMAR

References

External links

• Official website

This page was last edited on 28 January 2024, at 22:24