PT Pindad (Persero) ( id, Perindustrian Tentara Nasional Indonesia - Angkatan Darat, ), is an Indonesian

state-owned enterprise A state-owned enterprise (SOE) is a Government, government entity which is established or nationalised by the ''national government'' or ''provincial government'' by an executive order or an act of legislation in order to earn Profit (econom ...

specialising in military and commercial products. Pindad provides the armaments and munitions for the

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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, munitions, and weaponry maintenance named in

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, which acted as a precursor to the defense industry in Indonesia. He also instructed the establishment of an artillery workshop known as . The government 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, 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, whereas Netherlands transferred sovereignty to United States of Indonesia, 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

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, 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 and Pindad SS2 rifles that enabled the Indonesian Army to win at ASEAN Army Rifle Meet XVI contest in 2006.

Facilities

The munitions division is located in Turen,

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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 Gun A submachine gun (SMG) is a magazine-fed, 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 describe its design concept as an autom ...

s * 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 gun, long-barreled firearm designed to shoot a straight-walled cartridge (firearms), cartridge known as a shotshell, which usually discharges numerous small p ...

s * SG-1 Assault Rifles * Pindad SS1 * Pindad SS2

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 cartridge, intermediate-powered assault rifles (e.g. the S ...

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 Guns * Pindad SMR Madsen Saetter * Pindad SM2 * 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

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

s *

Pindad SPG-1 The M203 is a single-shot 40mm grenade, 40 mm under-barrel grenade launcher designed to attach to a rifle. It uses the same rounds as the older stand-alone M79 grenade launcher, M79 break-action grenade launcher, which utilizes the High-Low Syste ...

Pindad SPG-2 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 ...

* 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 less likely to kill a living target than conventional ...

* PG BT1 (stun baton) * PG Alpha-1 (stun flashlight) * PG TZ1 ( taser) Others * Pindad PI Flare gun *

Pindad Mo-1 Mortar 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 ...

60mm Mortar *

Pindad Mo-2 Mortar 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 ...

60mm Mortar *

Pindad Mo-3 Mortar The Pindad MO-3 81 mm medium weight mortar is an Indonesian-designed{{Cite web, url=https://pindad.com/mo-3-kal-81-mm, title=PT. Pindad (Persero) - Mo-3 Kal. 81 mm smooth bore, muzzle-loading, high-angle-of-fire weapon used for long-range ...

81mm Mortar * Pindad 40mm Silent Mortar *

Pindad ME-105 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 ...

105mm

Howitzer A howitzer () is a long- ranged weapon, falling between a cannon (also known as an artillery gun in the United States), which fires shells at flat trajectories, and a mortar, which fires at high angles of ascent and descent. Howitzers, like ot ...

Pindad PK-1 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 ...

field knife * Pindad PL-1 throwing knife

Vehicles

Armored Vehicles * Pindad A.yani (APC) * Pindad U.yani (APC) * Pindad APR-1V * Pindad APS-1 * Pindad APS-2 *

Pindad APS-3 Anoa The Anoa is a 6x6 armoured personnel carrier developed by PT Pindad of Indonesia. The vehicle is named after the Anoa, which is a type of buffalo indigenous to Indonesia. The prototype was first unveiled at the 61st anniversary of TNI on October ...

* Pindad Komodo * Pindad Sanca * Pindad Elang * Pindad Cobra *

Pindad Maung Pindad Maung is an all-terrain, all-wheel drive light vehicle produced by Pindad. Initially designed as a military light utility-type vehicle, civilian versions are also available. The name ''Maung'' means "tiger" in Sundanese. Description The ...

Fire Support Vehicles *

Pindad Badak Pindad Badak is a 6×6 fire support vehicle designed and produced by PT Pindad. The name ''Badak'' means rhinoceros in Indonesian. Development A prototype of Anoa fire-support version (FSV) using an Alvis AC 90 turret with the Cockerill 90 mm Mk ...

Tank * Harimau Water Vehicles and Machinery * Work Boat Amphibious (WBA) * Pindad TPS (Garbage trapper barge) Civilian Vehicles *

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

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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