I think there are many people who think that it is enough because it can be added to Japan with the Thailand subtree. However, in the future, many 4.5th generation or later fighters and 3.5th or later generation tanks will be added, but Thailand lacks the power to fill the gap, and the Indonesia tree that has them is necessary for the Japan tree.
thoughts on the KNIL ( The Royal Netherlands East Indies Army ) to be combined with Indonesia to bolster the lower tier vehicles? I might be wrong but I believe they are not the same as the Royal Netherlands Army
well I’m just throwing ideas out there, and to be fair some of their vehicles was operated by Indonesians as they ended up being captured by the Japanese which helped oversee the independence movement
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Captured vehicles and tank used by the Japanese in patrolling the city of during the early stages of the declaration of an Indonesian Republic under the Soekarno (Sukarno) Government. From left to right are a Vickers Light Tank MK VI B (previously of B Squadron of the 3rd King’s Own Hussars and left in Tandjong Priok 20.02.42), 2 x Marmon Herrington MK III armoured cars, ex-KNIL White M3A1 Scout car and a Japanese Type 97 Te-ke Tankette.
maybe the Marmon Herrington MK III ? but it would perform really bad, like worse than the Csaba.
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Captured Japanese Mk. III (formerly operated by the KNIL, 1st Independent recon squadron) manned by Indonesian nationalist POWs in 1942.
Dimensions (L-W-H) = 5.18 x 2 x 2.67 m (17 x 6.56 x 8.76 ft)
Weight empty/loaded = 5.3/5.6 tons (11,760/12,500 lbs)
Armament = 1 x .55 cal (14 mm) Boys AT rifle, 1 x.303 Vickers/Bren
Armor = Sides 0.24 in, front 0.47 in (6/12 mm)
Crew = 3 (driver, gunner, radio/gunner)
Propulsion = Ford V8 liquid-cooled gasoline 95 bhp
Transmission = Manual 4/1 w/2 spd-tmsf
Suspension = 4x4 independent leaf springs, Ft axle steering
Max speed = 88.5 km/h (55 mph)
Range = 322 km (200 mi)
With the Thailand sub-tree being passed to the devs I dont think Indonesia will become a sub-tree for Japan, unless they decided to make it a combination of two nations like @Mahiwew said here
But i can see it working by implementing only some, not all of Indonesian vehicles are implemented, as i mentioned before
yeah why not? then again the dutch are the weaker one in terms of actual military power, their power came from the deeply entrenched colonialism in the system.
for the Skyhawks, I’m not sure whether its A-4H/E. most sources that I read states that they’re A-4Es. But to be honest I don’t quite know exactly what the differences are between them
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“…these were A-4Es and TA-4Hs from Israeli stocks.”
“Some of the Israeli built avionics were removed, but the A-4s retained the DEFA 30mm cannon
and extended tailpipes.”
“In 1982 an additional sixteen surplus A-4Es were purchased directly from US stocks and were refurbished before delivery”
“Indonesia considered buying TA-4PTMs from Malaysia, but acquired a pair of ex-USN TA-4Js instead. The TA-4Js were refurbished by Safe Air Engineering at Woodbourne, New Zealand.”
Source : Douglas A-4 Skyhawk: Attack & Close-Support Fighter Bomber by Jim Winchester
anyway, here’s the full list of planes that could be implemented for the Indonesian Air Force throughout the years(not including helicopters). Some planes I omitted intentionally due to them being early biplanes with no guns, for others I might’ve just forgotten about them
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Sorted by Manufacturers
yellow means in order/planned
A
Aero Vodochody (CZE)
CS-102 (MiG-15UTI)
CS-107 (Mig-17F)
L-29 Delfin
Avia Motors (CZE)
B-33 (IL-10)
B
BAE Systems (GBR)
Hawk 53
Hawk 109
Hawk 209
Bristol Aeroplane Company (GBR)
Blenheim Mk.IV (Sakae engine swapped)
Boeing Defense, Space & Security (USA)
(*)F-15IDN (F-15EX Eagle II)
C
Commonwealth Aircraft Corporation (AUS)
CA-27 Mk.31 Avon Sabre
CA-27 Mk.32 Avon Sabre
Consolidated Aircraft (USA)
PBY-5A Catalina
D
Dassault Aviation (FRA)
(*)Raffale F4
(*)Mirage 2000 5EDA (1x seat)
(*)Mirage 2000 5DDA (2x seats)
de Havilland (GBR)
Vampire T.11
Vampire T.55
Douglas Aircraft Company (USA)
A-4E/F Skyhawk (likely the E version)
TA-4H (Training versions of Skyhawk)
TA-4J (Training versions of Skyhawk)
B-26B-Invader (A-26B with a different designation)