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Article: Indonesian military receives indigenous armored vehicles
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- Xinhua News Agency
- Article date:
- July 9, 2009
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Indonesian military receives indigenous armored vehicles
JAKARTA, July 10 (Xinhua) -- The Indonesian military received 40
armored vehicles indigenously made by Indonesian Army's Industry
Center (PINDAD), Indonesian military (TNI) spokesman Sagom Tamboen
said on Friday.
"Those 40 armored vehicles are part of 150 ones ordered by TNI to
PINDAD. With the incoming of the 40 armored vehicles, TNI now uses
60 ones," the Antara news agency quoted Sagom as saying on Friday.
The indigenous armored vehicle is codenamed Anoa APS (Angkutan
Personel Sedang/Adequate Troops Carrier).
The Anoa is named after an indigenous buffalo living in
Indonesia.