Galil Córdova

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Galil Córdova
Galil Córdova.jpg
TypeAssault rifle
Place of originColombia
Service history
In service2015–present
WarsColombian conflict
Production history
DesignerIndumil
ManufacturerIndumil

The Indumil Galil Córdova[1] is an assault rifle designed and developed by Colombian company Indumil, based on the Galil AR. It is the main assault rifle of the Colombian Armed Forces and the Colombian National Police.

The Galil Córdova arose from the need to modernize 400,000 rifles of the Colombian Armed Forces. First, a modernization kit of the Galil SAR, to improve its current characteristics, allowing the placement of combat accessories (sights, flashlights, laser, foregrip) and improve ergonomics and user comfort through a telescoping stock.[2] With the conversion kit in place, the need arose to carry out a second update to the weapon, improving some of its technical characteristics (weight, barrel length, caliber, rate of fire and ergonomics), making it also an urban defense tactical rifle adapted to the current security needs of Colombia.[3][clarification needed]

History[]

The original Galil rifle was designed in 1969 by Yisrael Galil of Israel, from whom it bears his name. The weapon is based on the Finnish Valmet RK 62 assault rifle, which, in turn, was derived from the Soviet AK-47; Galil copied the working mechanism from his prototype.

With the escalation of the Colombian conflict and the restrictions on the sale of arms and spare parts from manufacturing countries, the government was forced to find a supplier that would satisfy not only the demands of the conflict, but also guarantee the continuous supply of new material, spare parts, but and more importantly, the transfer of technology.

In 1994, Israel sold Galils under license and assembly equipment to the Colombian state company Indumil in 1994.[4]

In 2015, Indumil developed a prototype semi-automatic Galil AR.[citation needed]

Users[]

Gallery[]

Córdova 13 inches" Córdova 18 inches"
Córdova SAR 13"
Córdova AR 18"

References[]

  1. ^ "Indumil Galil Córdova". Indumil.
  2. ^ "Indumil informe de gestión 2016" (PDF). Indumil (in Spanish). Retrieved 2 August 2020.
  3. ^ "Indumil Informe de Gestión 2017" (PDF). Indumil (in Spanish).
  4. ^ "La conexión israelí". El Espectador (in Spanish). 2009-08-08. Retrieved 2020-08-02.
  5. ^ "Guatemala compró 8000 fusiles 'Galil Cordova' a Indumil, por más de 10 millones de dólares". Webinfomil (in Spanish). 2019-09-20. Retrieved 2020-08-02.
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