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Philippines Eyes Indonesia-made Combat Vehicles

Philippines Eyes Indonesia-made Combat Vehicles

The Philippine National Defense Department has expressed interest in buying combat vehicles from Indonesia’s state-owned weapons manufacturer PT Pindad.

"If our end user is interested, we will get [the combat vehicles] from PT Pindad and other [Indonesian] industries," the department's undersecretary for finance and material, Raymundo Elefante, said during a visit to Pindad’s factory in Bandung, West Java, on Friday to The Jakarta Post.

The visit was a follow-up to a memorandum of understanding (MoU) between the two countries on logistics and the defense industry.

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The delegation of Philippines visit to Indonesia's state-owned weapons manufacturer PT Pindad. Image: Wisma Putra/detikcom

 

The undersecretary expressed particular interest in Pindad's armored personnel carriers (APC), such as the Anoa and Komodo, as well as in the Harimau medium battle tank recently developed by the weapons manufacturer. 

The Philippine delegation led by the Commanding General of the Philippines Army, Lt. Gen. Macairog S. Alberto, AFP carried out a visit to PT Pindad (Persero) in order to directly review Tiger Medium Tank, various other products and production facilities owned by PT Pindad (27 / 9).

The event was also attended by the Philippines Presidential Advisers on Military Affairs, Lt. Gen. Arthur I. Tabaquero (Retd.), Director General Pothan Kemhan, Bondan Tiara Sofyan, Managing Director, Abraham Mose, Board of Directors and Pindad Commissioners.

Tiger in your tank: Workers of state-owned weapons manufacturer PT Pindad prepare a medium-size Tiger tank to be displayed at the Indo Defense 2018 Expo & Forum held in November 2018. Image: The Jakarta Post/Dhoni Setiawan
Tiger in your tank: Workers of state-owned weapons manufacturer PT Pindad prepare a medium-size Tiger tank to be displayed at the Indo Defense 2018 Expo & Forum held in November 2018. Image: The Jakarta Post/Dhoni Setiawan

 

"We are interested in combat vehicle products, especially Tigers. In the future we will discuss further about the potential for cooperation related to procurement and development of Tiger competencies," Alberto explained.

The Philippine military delegation also acknowledged interest in one of PT Pindad's flagship industrial products, Excava Amphibious, as noted by the official statement from Government of West Java Province, where PT Pindad was located.

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Medium-size Tiger tank from Indonesia's state-owned weapons manufacturer PT Pindad. Image: ANTARA

 

The activity was then continued by carrying out a plant tour and directly observing various products, production facilities and the special vehicle production process.

A visit to the production facilities of the special vehicle division was enthusiastically responded by the Philippine Delegation especially when witnessing the parade of various ranpur and rantis made by Pindad including: Komodo, Anoa, Panzer 8x8 and Medium Tank Tiger. Representatives of the Philippine Delegation also tried to directly drive the Tiger Medium Tank.

Furthermore, the Philippines Delegation reviewed various weapons products and ended with shooting activities with various weapons made by Pindad, namely SS2 V4 rifles, Mag4 Pistols and G2 Pistols. JO

 

Indah Gilang Pusparani

Indah is a researcher at Badan Perencanaan Pembangunan Penelitian dan Pengembangan Daerah Kota Cirebon (Regional Development Planning and Research Agency of Cirebon Municipality). She covers More international relations, tourism, and startups in Southeast Asia region and beyond. Indah graduated from MSc Development Administration and Planning from University College London, United Kingdom in 2015. She finished bachelor degree from International Relations from University of Indonesia in 2014, with two exchange programs in Political Science at National University of Singapore and New Media in Journalism at Ball State University, USA. She was awarded Diplomacy Award at Harvard World Model United Nations and named as Indonesian Gifted Researcher by Australian National University. She is Researcher at Regional Planning Board in Cirebon, West Java. She previously worked as Editor in Bening Communication, the Commonwealth Parliament Association UK, and diplomacy consulting firm Best Delegate LLC in USA. Less
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