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“HARIMAU” (Tiger) Stylized Inscription
Hello everyone! Today I would like to suggest the Indonesian “Harimau” (Tiger) stylized Inscription decal. This decal can be found on the Harimau Medium Tank and its APC Variant. This decal appears before the vehicle are put into service, so its most likely that this decal is related to the company that created the tank, and thus missing when the vehicle is in-service with the Army.
I think this decal could be an interesting addition for a unique Indonesian decals to the game.
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The development of the Harimau MT (known in Turkey as the Kaplan MT) began in 2015 when Indonesia and Turkey agreed to jointly design a modern medium tank for the Indonesian Army. The joint program would involve Turkey’s FNSS & Indonesia’s PT Pindad. The project would eventually move from concept to a physical model first unveiled at the Indo Defence 2016 and the first prototype being showcased at the IDEF Expo in 2017. Following extensive trials, the vehicle was deemed ready for mass production by late 2018. Mass production officially kicked off in early 2020s, and subsequent production models feature several key upgrades compared to the base prototype version, including a reworked hull, better suspension, cooling, and ergonomics. The first batch of vehicles was officially handed over to the Defence Ministry on February 2024 and was formally introduced into service the following month.
The text on the side of the harimau is a stylized font of the vehicle’s name. However this is not always the case. For Instance there was several other names for the vehicle, namely “Medium Tank”, “Medium Tank Pindad”, “Harimau Hitam”. However this specific decal is only shown by PINDAD and its not used by the Army with the vehicle in service.
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