Indumil

Indumil (Industria Militar Colombiana)

Type	Government-linked company
Industry	Defense
Founded	1908
Headquarters	Bogotá, Colombia
Key people	Rodrigo Rivera Salazar: Minister of National Defence
Products	Firearms entrenching tools apparels ammunitions explosivess
Number of employees	602
Website	http://www.indumil.gov.co/ Official Site

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

Llama revolver .38 Special models Martial, Scorpio and Cassidy

Indumil was originally known as National Workshop of Mechanic Arts. (Taller Nacional de Artes Mecanicas). 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 Jose Maria Cordova 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 Santa Barbara. 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.

During the 80s and 90s 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.^[1]

Products

List of products:^[2]

Rifles

Galil
Galil ACE^[3]

Handguns

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

Shotguns

Mossberg Maverick
Hatsan Arms shotgun.
Walther G22

Ammunition

The 5.56×45mm and 7.62×51mm are also produced in all their variations such as tracer and blank cartridges.^[4]

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 mm grenade launcher

Indumil's flagship small firearm is the Llama Revolver. A 6 to 10 shot capacity, caliber .38 Special revolver which is produced mainly at the General Jose Maria Cordova 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).^[5]

References

External links

Military of Colombia

Service Branches	Army Air Force Navy ("Armada") Naval Infantry ("Infantería de Marina")

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Navy	Active Ships Decommissioned Ships Almirante Padilla frigate Type 209 submarine ARC Gloria (School /Flagship) Navy Ranks & Insignias Marine Infantry Ranks & Insignias

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Wars and Conflicts	Gran Colombia-Peru War Supremes War Gran Colombia-Ecuador Conflict Colombia-Peru War La Violencia Era Korean War Colombian internal conflict

Related dependencies	Indumil SATENA

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