I legit surprised when the announcer said that
So Indonesia really gonna acquired that retired Italian Carrier (which presumably only comes without the Harriers)
Indonesian Army surveyed the potential site for Black Hawk hangar today at the Ahmad Yani Army Air Base in Semarang. Instagram
Separately, two unofficial sources also said that Indonesian military is planning to procure secondhand Black Hawks. Although previously Indonesia has signed the MoU for 24 PZL Mielec S-70M Black Hawks back in 2023, it seems that the current administration isn’t interested on pursuing this deal.
The Black Hawks, if the deal went through, would most likely be used as transport and utility helicopters. Anyway, it would be an interesting thought if the Indonesian Army decided to arm it with something more than rocket pods in the future.
primary user is the kopasssus from what I’ve heard, not the penerbad. There are also some whispers that the navy is also still pursuing an attack heli option, but not anything soon i don’t think. If the blackhawks does get armament (the good ones) then the future ID heli selection aint looking too bad ngl
This is the DS-240 Arjuna MLRS that was mentioned before as being built, now it looks almost completed (just missing some storage rockets on the center cab). It uses a Kamaz truck cab as its base
with the inclusion of the Arjuna now there’s a total of 4 possible R-HAN 122mm rocket launcher vehicles:
KAPLAN APC is equipped with modular survivability systems to offer an effective solution to the changing threats of the battlefield. It is fitted with protection packages against ballistic, mine and improvised explosive threats. KAPLAN APC also offers an active protection system option against anti-tank missiles and rocket propelled grenades.
KAPLAN APC is a modular vehicle, designed with possible integration options for manned and unmanned turret systems, armed with light and medium calibres as well as 120mm mortars and ATGM turrets and weapon systems.
This modular design allows KAPLAN APC to be role-kitted in order to perform full spectrum missions such as mechanised infantry, reconnaissance, command & control, force protection, medical evacuation, recovery, combat engineering and direct or indirect fire support.
So it seems like they have plans to maybe integrate actual weaponry for it in the future 🤔
Light Tank line is fully reworked from a “nations of origin” branch to “vehicle type branch” (tracked/wheeled) so that itll utilize the 5-line max standard rather than 6
Rearrangement of vehicles throughout the tree
Moved the Wiesel 1A4 to Rank V
Changing of the P8 LT variants & P2 Tiger from “Current vehicle” > “Future Vehicle”
Added a more clearer & separated “Future Vehicles” sections for the rumored and confirmed ground vehicles for the Indonesian Armed Forces Arsenal in the future
ADDITIONS
+13 additional vehicles
Almost all high-tier SPAAs has been included with their TADS Radar system
The only exception is the RBS-70 since its Giraffe 1x radar is only a mock-up
Rank 1
Humber Mk4
Humber (Mod)
Defender (Twin M2B)
Rank 3
E.B.R. (.50 Madsen-Saetter)
Rank 4
R-HAN 122B
6x6 truck (R-HAN 122B)
DS-240 Arjuna
Rank 5
Astros II Mk6
Rank 6
Huzar 6x6 Sola MMSR (TADS)
SR-74 (TADS)
Rank 7
Mistral Coordination Post (TADS)
CM-200/SHIKRA (TADS)
VAMTAC LTV
Defender (Starstreak LML)
Future Vehicle
BMP-3F (Slat Armor)
addition of slat armor and additional armor plating for the front and side of the hull, as well as the turret
As much as I want mostly original/modified stuff and copy paste only if it fills holes in roles/brs, I bet the moment Indo sub-tree is announced, 3/4 of it will be plain copy paste for the sake of copy paste (not even filling said niches).
i mean its to be expected, its not like I believe 90% of the vehicles there will be implemented
What im doing, is just like my suggestions, basically putting it out there, that hey we do have unique stuff
just incase some people complain, I ( and hopefully other people) can show the table
besides its just a vanity project at the end of the day, like the old gdoc suggestion I had. Took me weeks to finally got that finished and very likely that only a small handful of people actually read it. Do i care? not really. It serves its purpose, giving a brief description of a lot of vehicles for those who wanted it
Even though Indo sub-tree was announced earlier, it is also interesting to see Malaysian vehicles (for now planes, and tanks probably afterwards) being on a list of to-do things.
Probably JP tree might finally not be fed mostly ships every major update, but it is also great to see more ASEAN nations being represented (I hope they all won’t end up being represented like Canada/Australia/Poland)
