PT Pindad (Persero) ( id, Perindustrian Tentara Nasional Indonesia - Angkatan Darat, ), is an Indonesian state-owned enterprise specialising in

military A military, also known collectively as armed forces, is a heavily armed, highly organized force primarily intended for warfare. It is typically authorized and maintained by a sovereign state, with its members identifiable by their distin ...

and commercial products. Pindad provides the

armament A weapon, arm or armament is any implement or device that can be used to deter, threaten, inflict physical damage, harm, or kill. Weapons are used to increase the efficacy and efficiency of activities such as hunting, crime, law enforcement, s ...

s and munitions for the

Indonesian National Armed Forces , founded = as the ('People's Security Forces') , current_form = , disbanded = , branches = , headquarters = Cilangkap, Jakarta , website = , commander-in-chief = Joko Widodo ...

and other uniformed agencies mainly to support the defense and security capabilities of the Republic of Indonesia. Aside from the defense industry, Pindad also produces industrial products for other fields such as transportation and commercial explosives. Pindad's activities include design, development, engineering and fabrication as well as maintenance.

History

In 1808, Governor-General Daendels ordered the establishment of workshops for

materiel Materiel (; ) refers to supplies, equipment, and weapons in military supply-chain management, and typically supplies and equipment in a commercial supply chain context. In a military context, the term ''materiel'' refers either to the spec ...

munitions Ammunition (informally ammo) is the material fired, scattered, dropped, or detonated from any weapon or weapon system. Ammunition is both expendable weapons (e.g., bombs, missiles, grenades, land mines) and the component parts of other weapo ...

, and weaponry maintenance named in

Surabaya Surabaya ( jv, ꦱꦸꦫꦧꦪ or jv, ꦯꦹꦫꦨꦪ; ; ) is the capital city of the Indonesian province of East Java and the second-largest city in Indonesia, after Jakarta. Located on the northeastern border of Java island, on the Mad ...

, which acted as a precursor to the defense industry in Indonesia. He also instructed the establishment of an

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workshop known as . The

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further established naval materiel and explosives factory named in 1850. On 1 January 1851, PW was renamed . During the period 1923–1932, workshops in Surabaya were moved to Bandung and merged into a single entity named . During

Japanese occupation of the Dutch East Indies The Empire of Japan occupied the Dutch East Indies (now Indonesia) during World War II from March 1942 until after the end of the war in September 1945. It was one of the most crucial and important periods in modern Indonesian history. In Ma ...

, ACW was renamed ''Dai Ichi Kozo (DIK)''. And afterward it was renamed . On 29 April 1950, following the agreement on

Dutch–Indonesian Round Table Conference The Dutch–Indonesian Round Table Conference was held in The Hague from 23 August to 2 November 1949, between representatives of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, the Republic of Indonesia and the Federal Consultative Assembly, representing vari ...

, whereas

Netherlands ) , anthem = ( en, "William of Nassau") , image_map = , map_caption = , subdivision_type = Sovereign state , subdivision_name = Kingdom of the Netherlands , established_title = Before independence , established_date = Spanish Netherl ...

transferred sovereignty to

United States of Indonesia The United States of Indonesia ( nl, Verenigde Staten van Indonesië, id, Republik Indonesia Serikat, abbreviated as RIS), was a short-lived federal state to which the Netherlands formally transferred sovereignty of the Dutch East Indies (excep ...

, the Netherlands Ministry of Defense also transferred LPB to the

and the Ministry of Defense. LPB was later renamed into and its management was entrusted to the

Indonesian Army The Indonesian Army ( id, Tentara Nasional Indonesia Angkatan Darat (TNI-AD), ) is the land branch of the Indonesian National Armed Forces. It has an estimated strength of 300,000 active personnel. The history of the Indonesian Army has its r ...

, making it a nationalized military industrial firm. PSM was renamed ''Pabrik Alat Peralatan Angkatan Darat (Pabal AD)'' in 1958, and in 1962 into ''Perindustrian TNI Angkatan Darat (Pindad)''.

COVID-19

During the COVID-19 pandemic in Indonesia, PT. Pindad developed a ventilator prototype to be used as a breathing aid for COVID-19 patients. As the number of patients rose and demand for medical equipment in the country skyrocketed, Pindad produced and distributed inexpensive ventilators to hospitals across Indonesia.

Awards

Pindad has received awards for the creation of the

Pindad SS1 The SS1 (short for , ) is the standard assault rifle of the Indonesian armed forces and Indonesian National Police. It is based on the FN FNC rifle but modified in order to meet ergonomic and tropical environment needs. The assault rifles are ...

and

Pindad SS2 The SS2 (short for , ) is a replacement for the Pindad SS1 created by PT Pindad. It had been seen during the ASEAN Army Rifles contest by foreign media in 2006 aside from exposure by local Indonesian media. The SS2 assault rifles are currently ...

rifles that enabled the Indonesian Army to win at ASEAN Army Rifle Meet XVI contest in 2006.

Facilities

The

division is located in Turen, Malang and has production facilities and laboratories on 166 hectares.

Known products

Weapons

Sidearms *

Pindad R1 PT Pindad (Persero) ( id, Perindustrian Tentara Nasional Indonesia - Angkatan Darat, ), is an Indonesian state-owned enterprise specialising in military and commercial products. Pindad provides the armaments and munitions for the Indonesian N ...

Pindad P1 PT Pindad (Persero) ( id, Perindustrian Tentara Nasional Indonesia - Angkatan Darat, ), is an Indonesian state-owned enterprise specialising in military and commercial products. Pindad provides the armaments and munitions for the Indonesian N ...

Pindad P2 The Browning Hi-Power is a single-action, semi-automatic pistol available in the 9×19mm Parabellum and .40 S&W calibers. It was based on a design by American firearms inventor John Browning, and completed by Dieudonné Saive at FN Herstal. Br ...

Pindad P3 The Pindad P3 is a double action/single action semi-automatic pistol made by PT Pindad, intended to be a compact and unobtrusive pistol. The Pindad P3 is chambered in .32 ACP .32 ACP ( Automatic Colt Pistol, also known as .32 Automatic) is a ...

* Pindad P-3A * Pindad PS-01 *

Pindad G2 The Pindad G2 is a 9×19mm Parabellum handgun designed and produced by Pindad. The Pindad G2 pistol is a recoil-operated semi-automatic handgun utilizing a John Browning-style tilting barrel mechanism. This mechanism harnesses the recoil of the ...

* Pindad MAG4 Submachine Guns * Pindad PM1 *

Pindad PM2 The PM2 (short for Indonesian: "''Pistol Mitraliur 2''", "Submachine Gun 2") is a submachine gun manufactured by Pindad of Indonesia. This sub-machine gun is intended to be used by forest guard authorities and by law enforcement. History Overse ...

Pindad PM3 PT Pindad (Persero) ( id, Perindustrian Tentara Nasional Indonesia - Angkatan Darat, ), is an Indonesian state-owned enterprise specialising in military and commercial products. Pindad provides the armaments and munitions for the Indonesian N ...

Pindad SKPK PT Pindad (Persero) ( id, Perindustrian Tentara Nasional Indonesia - Angkatan Darat, ), is an Indonesian state-owned enterprise specialising in military and commercial products. Pindad provides the armaments and munitions for the Indonesian ...

Shotgun A shotgun (also known as a scattergun, or historically as a fowling piece) is a long-barreled firearm designed to shoot a straight-walled cartridge known as a shotshell, which usually discharges numerous small pellet-like spherical sub- p ...

s * SG-1 Assault Rifles *

Battle Rifle A battle rifle is a service rifle chambered to fire a fully powered cartridge. The term "battle rifle" is a retronym created largely out of a need to better differentiate the intermediate-powered assault rifles (e.g. the StG-44, AK-47, M16 ...

s * SP-1 *

Pindad SS3 The SS2 (short for , ) is a replacement for the Pindad SS1 created by PT Pindad. It had been seen during the ASEAN Army Rifles contest by foreign media in 2006 aside from exposure by local Indonesian media. The SS2 assault rifles are currently b ...

Machine Gun A machine gun is a fully automatic, rifled autoloading firearm designed for sustained direct fire with rifle cartridges. Other automatic firearms such as automatic shotguns and automatic rifles (including assault rifles and battle rifl ...

s * Pindad SMR Madsen Saetter *

Pindad SM2 The FN MAG is a Belgian 7.62 mm general-purpose machine gun, designed in the early 1950s at Fabrique Nationale (FN) by Ernest Vervier. It has been used by more than 80 countries and it has been made under licence in several countries, in ...

* Pindad SM3 * Pindad SM5 * Pindad SMB-1 Sniper Rifles *

Pindad SPR-1 The Pindad SPR (abbreviation from Indonesian: ''Senapan Penembak Runduk'', Sniper Rifle) is a family of sniper rifles made by Pindad. The gun allows the shooter to adjust the height of the position and stability by regulating the bipod of the ri ...

Pindad SPR-2 The Pindad SPR (abbreviation from Indonesian: ''Senapan Penembak Runduk'', Sniper Rifle) is a family of sniper rifles made by Pindad. The gun allows the shooter to adjust the height of the position and stability by regulating the bipod of the ri ...

Pindad SPR-3 The Pindad SPR (abbreviation from Indonesian: ''Senapan Penembak Runduk'', Sniper Rifle) is a family of sniper rifles made by Pindad. The gun allows the shooter to adjust the height of the position and stability by regulating the bipod of the ri ...

* Pindad SPR-4