Indonesia introduced its first tank

Indonesian company PT Pindad introduced its first own tank development of

About this with reference to the press secretary of the company Tuning Rudiyanti (Tuning Rudiyanti) reports the local edition of Detik Finance.

Medium tank on a tracked platform received the name SBS. Currently, as Rudiyanti explained, only the prototype of the combat vehicle is ready, which, after revision, will be sent for certification to the Ministry of Defense of the country.

The representative of PT Pindad did not report anything about the armament of the SBS, but in the published photograph a machine gun was mounted on the tank hull. The layout itself resembles the Anoa wheeled infantry fighting vehicles, also produced by the company. The publication also noted the similarities between the SBS and the German BMP Marder - 50 such machines Jakarta had previously planned to buy in Germany.

In the spring of 2013 year and it became known that Indonesia, together with Turkey, began to develop new armored vehicles. Subsequently, it was reported that we are talking about the creation of medium tanks, but officially the details of the project were not disclosed.

Russia also announced its readiness to help Indonesia develop tanks in 2012. Then the representatives of Rosoboronexport told that they could contribute to the creation of a light tank platform.

Currently, the Indonesian army is armed with German main battle tanks Leopard 2 and French light tanks AMX-13.

Comments

[Vitaly Anisimov]

Russia also declared its readiness to help Indonesia with the development of tanks in 2012.
Need to help Indonesia! And there you look, they’ll spit on this matter and our finished tanks will buy (or assemble from our parts ...)))

[Aryan]

the island state needs to put oars on such tanks, not sawmills

[APASUS]

Quote: Aryan

the island state needs to put oars on such tanks, not sawmills

They need to invent a floating armored personnel carrier with good seaworthiness, and not a tank. Where in the country of 1000 islands to use tanks?

[Aryan]

one of my grandfathers served in the Kuril Islands
so there on small mountain islands
there were a lot of our t-34s
I also asked him without wondering why

[rolik]

Quote: Aryan

I also asked him without wondering why

And what did the grandfather answer ???? Interesting.

[Alex 241]

Fortified area, after the war they were full in the Far East.

[Lesnik]

and now it’s full. especially on the border with China on the neutral whole fortified areas, though not in such a state, they are all b \ g and l \ s equipped

[OffenroR]

Quote: APASUS

Quote: Aryan

the island state needs to put oars on such tanks, not sawmills

They need to invent a floating armored personnel carrier with good seaworthiness, and not a tank. Where in the country of 1000 islands to use tanks?

The Japs also thought so ... and remember how it ended when the Americans began to land on islands with heavy equipment? Now imagine ... HaGo against IS-3

[alone]

Quote: APASUS

They need to invent a floating armored personnel carrier with good seaworthiness, and not a tank. Where in the country of 1000 islands to use tanks?

Kalimantan island in Indonesia is slightly smaller than France and Germany combined. Do you think they have nowhere to use tanks?

[APASUS]

17 thousand 504 islands ", - Director of Small Islands Empowerment, Ministry of Marine Affairs and Fisheries Dr. Alex SW Retraubun said in an interview with RIA Novosti.

And only a dozen of them really have a size of more than a hundred square kilometers. The state should think about the whole country. It would be logical to work with Gibbs Technologies to create universal technology used in two environments.

[Hudo]

Quote: APASUS

It would be logical to collaborate with Gibbs Technologies to create a universal technology used in two environments.

I have doubts whether a beautifully gliding APC will get stuck in the mud of the local off-road, or when entering a swampy shore. Wheels "bent" during floating do not impress with either the diameter or the width of the tires - factors directly affecting the passability. And the mechanism of their lifting and release, hidden in the body, will inevitably "eat up" a significant internal volume. Remember any modernization of the BRDM 2 - the additional wheels and their drives are surgically removed first.
And the sample you showed in the photo is a typical example of a very narrow specialization technique, which naturally has the right to life, but it’s hard to imagine it except for the grunting engine to get to the sloping beach for the police operation in the nearby village of Papuans.

[APASUS]

Quote: Hudo

And the sample shown by you in the photo is a typical example of a model of equipment of a very narrow specialization, which naturally has the right to life

I mentioned this sample for general understanding and do not insist on it. The country of 17 thousand islands is building tanks. It is the tank’s inferiority in terms of movement around the islands that causes a little misunderstanding. And Gibbs just does its job well.

[Andrey Yuryevich]

well, let's say for "internal use", suppress riots, for example ...

[Blackgrifon]

Quote: APASUS

They need to invent a floating armored personnel carrier with good seaworthiness, and not a tank. Where in the country of 1000 islands to use tanks?

Why do they need an armored personnel carrier? BMP-3 in the modification for the MP and a couple of dozen T-72 to cover the capital.

[Siberian German]

yes no for the islands maybe they are just right and not obt

[Su24]

This is an armored personnel carrier. In this capacity, it would be nice.

[bask]

"Kurganmashzavod will sell infantry fighting vehicles (BMP-3F) to Indonesia, which the Russian Defense Ministry refuses to buy. As a source in the military-industrial complex told Izvestia, in the next two years about 60 vehicles will go to the Asian country for a total of more than $ 100 million."
http://izvestia.ru/news/513601#ixzz2jV6rdX61

Our marines, BMP 3F, need it like air (armored vehicles alone BTR80 / 82). How to fight without tanks and infantry fighting vehicles ???
But Indonesia buys, also in an improved version, a weathering 3-point storm.

[starhina01]

production will adjust the price will drop glyadish and ours will buy the main thing is not to be late when such a technique is needed

[timer]

I believe that it is not necessary to offer assistance, but to convince us to purchase a finished product from us. Two arguments are time-saving and increased defense capability.

[major071]

Indonesian company PT Pindad presented its first own tank development

Judging by the photo, the unfinished BMP turned out.

[Simon]

Yes, I also agree, something looks like a BMP.

[Akim]

Quote: major071

Judging by the photo, the unfinished BMP turned out.

This is for sure BMP. Outside and side armored windows and below the embrasure. in the troop compartment.
There he is a tank

[Lopatov]

It's actually an armored personnel carrier called "Tank APC". The article missed this moment, probably for fun.

APC- Armored Personnel Carrier- BTR

[Argon]

I join, definitely in the photo in the article, not a tank, but the fact that it is shown healthy looks like an oversized BTR-D (externally), despite the completely different general layout.

[ayyildiz]

FTSS AND PINDAD

[ayyildiz]

According to other sources, there will be such

[Lopatov]

This is an American AGS M-8

[ayyildiz]

FNSS on 49% belongs to BAE sistems! And the photo above from FNSS is taken!

[Su24]

And in the photo, what did they show us?

[bask]

Indonesia introduced its first tank

"Military Parity. The governments of Indonesia and South Korea have agreed to jointly develop an armored personnel carrier and a tank. In Jakarta, a Memorandum of Understanding was signed between PT Pindad and Busan Ltd. on Friday."
http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2011/09/10/ri-korea-hammer-out-deal-develop-t



anks.html

The light tank will be similar to the K-21 IFV manufactured by Doosan DST South Korea.
And that she just released (Indonesia) Tank APC, just a prototype of the local military-industrial complex, which will never go into series.

[family tree]

And this is on the "Military Review"? If this is a tank, then I am the Chinese emperor.

[nazgul-ishe]

This is a tank. Just a bamboo canopy and an umbrella over the driver removed.

[Aryan]

you see nothing for rice powder is not in the subject

[makarov]

The fact that the first pancake is lumpy is not an indicator. Learn from mistakes ........ and draw conclusions

[Alexander Romanov]

Quote: makarov

Learn from mistakes ........ and draw conclusions

They pile a bunch of grandmas into their own developments, why? Why reinvent the wheel? China has copied the whole business. Indonesia will not be able to do anything better anyway.

[Tyumen]

Is it a machine gun? In my opinion, this is a gun 20 - 30mm.

[Apollo]

quotation-Representative PT Pindad did not say anything about SBS weapons, but a machine gun was mounted on the tank’s body in a published photograph.

Quote: Tyumen

Is it a machine gun? In my opinion, this is a gun 20 - 30mm.

quote-The platform itself resembles wheeled Anoa infantry fighting vehiclesalso produced by the company.


my opinion is the newest tracked infantry fighting vehicle but not a tank.

[svp67]

Quote: Apollon

my opinion is the newest tracked infantry fighting vehicle but not a tank.

If the car looks like an IFV, drives like an IFV, is protected like an IFV, swims like an IFV, is designed like an IFV - this is probably the IFV ...

[alone]

most likely this is just a platform on which a machine gun was installed (or a 20-30mm gun). but on the basis of this platform they are going to make tanks.

[Intsurfer]

very much like the "tank" from "The Matrix", where there is a mountain of iron, but a living person who controls all this iron is protected only by a tubular frame. :)

[Revolver]

Fishlessness and cancer are fish. Seen by the level of Indonesia and BMP - tank.

[Neighbor]

Well, in any case, it will protect you from "traumatics".

[dimon-media]

For some reason, this "tank" caused the following association in my mind: V.I. Lenin.

[Cherdak]

The proud phrase completely killed me: "... a machine gun is mounted on the body of the tank."

[Jager]

I look at this "medium tank on a tracked platform" and think: "This is a complete Pindad!"

[starhina01]

I do not understand they’re nowhere to go and the so-called tank looks like a BMP hike with a machine gun break through like two fingers about ....