PT Pindad (Persero) (formerly abbreviated from , ), is an Indonesian

state-owned enterprise A state-owned enterprise (SOE) is a business entity created or owned by a national or local government, either through an executive order or legislation. SOEs aim to generate profit for the government, prevent private sector monopolies, provide goo ...

specialising in

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

and commercial products. Pindad provides the

armament A weapon, arm, or armament is any implement or device that is 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 (e.g., murder), law e ...

s and munitions , for the

Indonesian National Armed Forces The Indonesian National Armed Forces (; abbreviated as TNI) are the military forces of the Republic of Indonesia. It consists of the Indonesian Army, Army (''TNI-AD''), Indonesian Navy, Navy (''TNI-AL''), and Indonesian Air Force, Air Force ('' ...

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 or matériel (; ) is supplies, equipment, and weapons in military supply-chain management, and typically supplies and equipment in a commerce, commercial supply chain management, supply chain context. Military In a military context, ...

munitions Ammunition, also known as ammo, is the material fired, scattered, dropped, or detonated from any weapon or weapon system. The term includes both expendable weapons (e.g., bombs, missiles, grenades, land mines), and the component parts of ...

, and weaponry maintenance named in

Surabaya Surabaya is the capital city of East Java Provinces of Indonesia, province and the List of Indonesian cities by population, second-largest city in Indonesia, after Jakarta. Located on the northeastern corner of Java island, on the Madura Strai ...

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

artillery Artillery consists of ranged weapons that launch Ammunition, munitions far beyond the range and power of infantry firearms. Early artillery development focused on the ability to breach defensive walls and fortifications during sieges, and l ...

workshop known as . The

government A government is the system or group of people governing an organized community, generally a State (polity), state. In the case of its broad associative definition, government normally consists of legislature, executive (government), execu ...

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. In May 1940, Germany German invasion of the Netherlands, occupied the Netherlands, and 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 (; Indonesian: ) 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, ...

, whereas

Netherlands , Terminology of the Low Countries, informally Holland, is a country in Northwestern Europe, with Caribbean Netherlands, overseas territories in the Caribbean. It is the largest of the four constituent countries of the Kingdom of the Nether ...

transferred sovereignty to

United States of Indonesia The United States of Indonesia (, ; abbreviated as RIS or RUSI, also known as Federal Republic of Indonesia) was a short-lived federal state to which the Netherlands formally transferred sovereignty of the Dutch East Indies (except Netherlands N ...

, 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 ( (TNI-AD), ) is the army, land branch of the Indonesian National Armed Forces. It has an estimated strength of 300,400 active personnel. The history of the Indonesian Army has its roots in 1945 when the (TKR) "People's Se ...

, 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)''. In 2020, Pindad was reported to have exported Indonesian-made ammunition to Myanmar.

COVID-19

During the

COVID-19 Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a contagious disease caused by the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2. In January 2020, the disease spread worldwide, resulting in the COVID-19 pandemic. The symptoms of COVID‑19 can vary but often include fever ...

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 Military of Indonesia, 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. Th ...

and

Pindad SS2 The SS2 (short for , ) is a replacement for the Pindad SS1 created by 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 bein ...

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 Malang (; , ), historically known as Tumapel, is an inland List of regencies and cities of Indonesia, city in the Indonesian Provinces of Indonesia, province of East Java. It has a history dating back to the age of the Singhasari, Singhasari K ...

and has production facilities and laboratories on 166 hectares.

Known products

Weapons

Sidearms * Pindad R1 * Pindad P1 * Pindad P2 * Pindad P3 *

Pindad PS-01 The Pindad PS-01 (''Pistol Serbu, literally Assault Pistol'') is a PDW-caliber pistol developed by Pindad. History The PS-01 was developed by Colonel Rihahanto, who developed the pistol from August to September 2007. Working models were first ...

* Pindad G2 * Pindad MAG4

Submachine Gun A submachine gun (SMG) is a magazine (firearms), magazine-fed automatic firearm, automatic carbine designed to fire handgun cartridges. The term "submachine gun" was coined by John T. Thompson, the inventor of the Thompson submachine gun, to descri ...

s * Pindad PM1 * Pindad PM2 * Pindad PM3 * Pindad SKPK

Shotgun A shotgun (also known as a scattergun, peppergun, or historically as a fowling piece) is a long gun, long-barreled firearm designed to shoot a straight-walled cartridge (firearms), cartridge known as a shotshell, which discharges numerous small ...

s * Pindad SG1

Assault Rifle An assault rifle is a select fire rifle that uses an intermediate cartridge, intermediate-rifle cartridge and a Magazine (firearms), detachable magazine.C. Taylor, ''The Fighting Rifle: A Complete Study of the Rifle in Combat'', F.A. Moyer '' ...

s *

Pindad AM1 The Pindad SS3-M1 (short for ''Senapan Serbu 3 Modular 1'', lit. 'Assault Rifle 3 Modular 1) or Pindad AM1 (''Assault Military 1'') is an assault rifle produced by Pindad, which was first introduced in 2022. History In 2023, Pindad conducted ...

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 differentiate automatic rifles chambered for fully powered cartridges from automatic rifles cha ...

s * SP-1 * Pindad SS3

Designated marksman rifle A designated marksman rifle (DMR) is a modern telescopic sight, scoped high-Accuracy and precision, precision rifle used by infantry in the designated marksman (DM) role. It generally fills the engagement effective range, range gap between a serv ...

* Pindad SPM 1 Machine Guns * Pindad SMR Madsen Saetter * Pindad SM2 * Pindad SM3 * Pindad SM5 * Pindad SMB-1

Sniper Rifles A sniper rifle is a high-precision, long range shooting, long-range rifle. Requirements include high accuracy, reliability, mobility, concealment, and optics, for anti-personnel weapon, anti-personnel, anti-materiel rifle, anti-materiel and sur ...

* Pindad SPR-1 * Pindad SPR-2 * Pindad SPR-3 * Pindad SPR-4

Grenade Launcher A grenade launcher is a weapon that fires a specially designed, large caliber projectile, often with an explosive, Smoke screen, smoke, or tear gas, gas warhead. Today, the term generally refers to a class of dedicated firearms firing unitary gre ...

s * Pindad SPG-1 * Pindad SPG-2 * Pindad SPG-3

Non-lethal weapons Non-lethal weapons, also called nonlethal weapons, less-lethal weapons, less-than-lethal weapons, non-deadly weapons, compliance weapons, or pain-inducing weapons are weapons intended to be lethality, less likely to kill a living target than c ...

* PG BT1 (stun baton) * PG Alpha-1 (stun flashlight) * PG TZ1 (

taser Taser (stylized in all caps) is a line of handheld conducted energy devices (CED) sold by Axon Enterprise (formerly Taser International). The device fires two small barbed darts intended to puncture the skin and remain attached to the targe ...

) Others * Pindad SPS-1 Anti drone * Pindad PI

Flare gun A flare gun, also known as a Very pistol or signal pistol, is a large-bore handgun that discharges flares, blanks and smoke. The flare gun is typically used to produce a distress signal. Types The most common type of flare gun is a Very (s ...

* Pindad Mo-1 Mortar 60mm Mortar * Pindad Mo-2 Mortar 60mm Mortar * Pindad Mo-3 Mortar 81mm Mortar * Pindad 40mm Silent Mortar * Pindad ME-105 105mm

Howitzer The howitzer () is an artillery weapon that falls between a cannon (or field gun) and a mortar. It is capable of both low angle fire like a field gun and high angle fire like a mortar, given the distinction between low and high angle fire break ...

* Pindad PK-1 field knife * Pindad PL-1 throwing knife

Vehicles

Armored Vehicles * Pindad A.yani (APC) * Pindad U.yani (APC) *

Pindad APR-1V The Pindad APR-1V, also known as the APR-1V, APR-1 and the APR1V1, () is an armoured personnel carrier made by Pindad. The APR-1V is the first production model in a series of Pindad APCs, which began from a variant that uses Four-wheel drive, 4x ...

* Pindad APS-1 * Pindad APS-2 * Pindad APS-3 Anoa *

Pindad Komodo The Pindad Komodo or Pindad Dragon for export markets is a 4x4 light armored car developed and produced by Pindad. The vehicle was developed after President of Indonesia, Indonesian president Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono made a visit to Pindad's ma ...

* Pindad Sanca * Pindad Elang * Pindad Cobra * Pindad Maung Fire Support Vehicles * Pindad Badak Tank * Harimau Water Vehicles and Machinery * Work Boat Amphibious (WBA) * Pindad TPS (Garbage trapper barge) Civilian Vehicles * Pindad MotoEV *

Pindad MV2 The MV2 is an SUV / light military vehicle developed by the Indonesian defense equipment company Pindad. These vehicles are designed for a variety of uses, from military vehicles to civilian off-road vehicles. MV2 variants that will be developed ...

* Pindad MV3 Garuda

Agricultural equipment

* Paddy dryer * PA-1800 (tiller/rotavator) * PP-160 (harvester) * AMH-O * Stungta x Pindad Incinerator

Heavy equipment

* Excava 50 (excavator) * Excava 200 (excavator), Excava 200 long arm, Excava 200 amphibious * PTM-45 (agricultural tractor) * PTM-90 (agricultural tractor) * Telehandler

References

External links

Official website
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