[Indo Defense 2018] Indonesia Jumps into the Corner Shot Arena

    On top of a large number of Corner Shot clones already on the market, the Indonesian Army’s research and development division Kodiklatad Polytechnic was displaying their own prototype clone at their booth during Indo Defense 2018. According to an Indonesian source, the Army’s special operations teams liked the foreign made versions enough that there was an operational requirement for a domestically produced Corner Shot, especially for one that could fit the G2 Combat and G2 Elite handguns from state-owned arms company Pindad Defense (in addition to a variant for Glock models). Some of the specifications for the Kodiklatad Polytechnic Corner Shot have been previously listed in an Indonesian article

    The size of the LCD screen is 2.5 inches with a resolution of 800 × 480 pixels. As a power source, it is believed to be a 5V DC battery with a power of 3200 mAh.With the battery available, this corner shot can be used non-stop for five hours. To support the war at night, this corner shot technology has been equipped with six LED lights (tactical light) that can reach a distance of eight meters….

    Meanwhile, if paired with a Glock G-17 pistol, the weight will be 3.85 kg; then with Pindad G2 Combat to 4.1 kg; and with Pindad G2 Elite to 4.15 kg. When stretched, the overall length of the corner shot reaches 920 mm.

    Below is a video of the system being demonstrated while at the show-

    There were two versions on display, the more modern version was a polymer frame with an adjustable M4-patterned buttstock that used two external buttons to control the swing arm. In this case the swing arm was adjusted using two buttons that were positioned on the left side of the frame that would be within reach while holding the system in a conventional grip. The less modern version used a manually adjusted lever that controlled the swing arm. Both systems had similar LCD screen setups and were equipped with back up red dot sights mounted on an optics rail on top of the frame. Both of these systems favored right-handed users.

    Note the Picatinny side rails at the 3 o’clock and 9 o’clock positions. Possibly useful for lights and laser designators, it would most likely make a bulky system even more bulky -Miles V, Indo Defense 2018.

    The manual arm version had a folding buttstock, bipods, and a manual lever that rotated the swing arm. Needless to say, this one was extremely bulky -Miles V, Indo Defense 2018.

    -Miles V, Indo Defense 2018.

    -Miles V, Indo Defense 2018.

    -Miles V, Indo Defense 2018.

    Miles

    Infantry Marine, based in the Midwest. Specifically interested in small arms history, development, and usage within the MENA region and Central Asia. To that end, I run Silah Report, a website dedicated to analyzing small arms history and news out of MENA and Central Asia.

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