Southeast Asian (ASEAN) Machinery Of War Discussion Thread

Twelve Hawk 75Ns were in service between 1938 and 1949. The plane they ordered but didn’t end up getting was the NA-68 (P-64).

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Yeah, I think the Rafale F4s would be quite nice and would add to Japan tree’s already growing portfolio of capable multirole aircraft. (I personally am most excited to have the Rafale F4/Su-30MKM/Gripen E in a single lineup, so I can pick and choose which plane might be the best pick for the ingame situation in GRB)

I joke with friends that Japan tree probably has the potential to be the most Ace Combat-esqe tree out of all nations ingame now.

Rafales don’t use IRIS-T at all, and I don’t think they’re capable of doing so either. They use MICA-IR instead

Update regarding this:

https://www-tempo-co.translate.goog/politik/kemhan-bahas-pembelian-jet-tempur-m-346fa-asal-italia-2100816?_x_tr_sl=id&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en&_x_tr_pto=wapp

The Ministry of Defense Discusses the Purchase of Italian M-346FA Fighter Jets

The Ministry of Defense said discussions regarding the M-346FA fighter jet were still at an early stage.

The Ministry of Defense stated that no decision has been made regarding the purchase of Italian M-346FA fighter jets for the Indonesian Air Force ( TNI AU) . This clarification was issued following information circulating on social media suggesting that Indonesia was in negotiations to purchase 18 of the aircraft.

Head of the Defense Information Bureau of the Ministry of Defense’s General Secretariat, Brigadier General Rico Ricardo Sirait, said discussions regarding the M-346FA aircraft were still at an early stage. “No decision has been made regarding the planned purchase of M-346FA aircraft from Italy. Discussions are ongoing and have not yet reached the final stage,” Rico told Tempo on Saturday, December 20, 2025.

Rico emphasized that the Ministry of Defense has not yet been able to provide any details regarding the procurement plan. He stated that ongoing discussions mean the government cannot yet confirm the procurement timeline, number of units, or estimated unit price of the aircraft.

“Regarding the procurement time, number of units, and estimated unit price, we cannot yet provide information, as it is still under discussion,” he said.

He also added that any decision regarding the procurement of major weapons systems would be officially announced by the government after going through all the required stages. “Once a decision is made, it will be announced through official government channels,” Rico said.

Basically confirmed that yes its real, but its in very early stages

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Hopefully we get the Na-64 (P-64) and the Hawk 75Ns. The 23mm cannons should be able to top pen a tank.

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Actually we already have the Thai Hawk 75N and Thai F8F Bearcat in the game files for a decade now, this is the old statcard photo of the Hawk 75N (via gszabi99 repository)
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Its sad Gaijin is sitting on these planes. Thailand also has a spitfire they could add


We can have some true Thai Fighters

Thai Fighter

Thai Fighter - GIF - Imgur

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So yeah about that final sentence…

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what are we doing honestly… First the Mi35M now this?

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There is a reason why this meme always relevant to Indonesian Armed forces

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I hate this meme wholeheartedly because it is silly and ignorant.

isn’t most of those jets have been linked to ID in the past?

that’s the point of meme.


Look what i found today i my local museum (There is more photo but this the only tank in the museum, the rest is artillery and other AFV like Daimler Dingo and Braat Overvalwagen railway armored car)

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ohoho I’ve been there, they got surprisingly sizeable number of Mauser (Kar98k?) rifles in the collection, there’s also a mismatched Lee-Enfield sniper rifle (which kinda annoyed me lol)

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the guns collection cabinet kinda wack, they mix post war weapons like Madsen M/50 and Pre war/WW2 era Dutch Geweer M.95 in same cabinet, even the label are mismatched like Walther P38 tagged as Polish FB Vis pistol. Also the gun condition is not great like i saw a FN 49 full on mold spot in the cabinet and Lewis gun with weird DP like pan mag

Also i mainly photograph the Firearms there for Enlisted forum

Bonus:


Washing Daimler Dingo by Army Personel

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ooohh lucky, when I was there, the armored car is tucked behind vehicles, so I couldn’t get a good look at it

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List of Indonesian Aircrafts now up! It includes everything from airplanes, to helis, to UCAVs

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Another procurement rumor (more or less) confirmed:

The Instagram account of the National Air Defense Command posted on 29 December that the Commander of the National Air Defense Command receives the report of Indonesian Army personnel’s Battalion-level commanders training on Buk Air Defence in Belarus.
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Previously, the rumor said that the Ministry of Defense has taken an offer to buy and signed the procurement contract for Belarus-made Buk-MB2K SAM system.

More info on the Buk-MB2K rumor

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lowkey surprised the other broker didnt try to overtake, maybe the Buk is part of a deal for the lighting fast Heli deal 🤔🤔

It’s got a little bit of everything!
Too be fare it make sense from a policy point and economic. Though the maintenance personal hate it.