Pindad

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PT Pindad

Type	Private
Industry	Defense, Industrial
Founded	1808
Headquarters	Bandung, Indonesia
Products	Military and civilian products

PT. PINDAD is an Indonesian government owned manufacturing industry specializing in military and commercial products. Its activities cover design, development, engineering and fabrication as well as maintenance.^[1]

History

Founded in 1808 as a military equipment workshop in Surabaya under the name of Artillerie Constructie Winkel (ACW), this workshop expanded into a factory and after it had undergone same name change, it moved to Bandung in 1923.

The Dutch handed over the factory to Indonesian Government on April 29, 1950. Then the factory was officially named Pabrik Senjata dan Munisi (PSM) (English: weapon and ammunition factory) and located in where PT. PINDAD lies now.

Since then PT. PINDAD had change into an industry of military tools and equipment under the management of TNI (Indonesian Army). PT. PINDAD changed its status into a state owned company called PT. PINDAD (Persero) on April 29, 1983. The agency change into PT. Pakarya Industri (Persero) and then changed again into PT. Bahana Pakarya Industri Strategis (Persero).

In the year 2002, the status of PT. PINDAD (Persero) was again changed by the government, and since then the company is under the Ministry of State Enterprises.

Awards

Pindad has received awards, recently being awarded to president Budi Santoso by Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono due to the creation of the Pindad SS1 & Pindad SS2 rifles that enabled the Indonesian Army to win at the recent Asean Army Rifle Meet XVI contest in 2006.^[2]

Known products

Sidearms

• Pindad P1 9x19mm Pistol
• Pindad P2^[3] 9x19mm Pistol
• Pindad P3 7.65x17mm Pistol
• Pindad PS-01 5.56x21mm Assault Pistol^[4]

Submachine Guns

• Pindad PM1 9mm SMG
• Pindad PM2 9mm SMG

Assault Rifles

• Pindad SS1 (licensed FN FNC copy)
• Pindad SS2
• Pindad SS3

Battle Rifles

• Pindad SS4

Machine Guns

• Pindad SM-2 7.62mm Machine Gun
• Pindad SM-3 5.56mm Machine Gun
• Pindad SMB-QBC 12.7mm Heavy Machine Gun - Licensed from ST Kinetics' CIS 50MG.^[5]
• Pindad SMB-2 12.7mm Heavy Machine Gun

Sniper Rifles

• Pindad SPR-1 7.62mm manual fed bolt action sniper Rifle^[6]
• Pindad SPR-2 12.7mm anti material Sniper Rifle
• Pindad SPR-3 7.62mm magazine fed bolt action Sniper Rifle

Grenade Launchers

• Pindad SPG-1 40mm Grenade launcher (for SS1 and SS2)
• Pindad SPG-2 40mm Grenade launcher
• Pindad SPG-3 40mm Automatic Grenade Launcher - Licensed from ST Kinetics' CIS 40 AGL.^[5]

Others

• Pindad 1" Signal Pistol
• Pindad Mo-1 60mm Mortar
• Pindad Mo-2 60mm Mortar
• Pindad Mo-3 81mm Mortar
• Pindad 40mm Silent Mortar
• Pindad ME-105 105mm Howitzer

Vehicles

• Pindad Panser, Pindad APS-3 Anoa
• Pindad APR
• RANTIS APC
• Water canon M1W-40
• RPP-M

References

External links

• Official Site

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