How many local components percentage we required for this Medium Tank ToT?
Are these Hulls only for transition process for Pindad production learning? i mean, will Pindad made the hull themselves in the future?
Since if Pindad will keep importing the hulls and definitely the Turrets, the local components involved in this Tanks will be extremely small percentage. no?
8 hulls made in Turkey, 10 made in Pindad out of 18 orders (first order), subsequent order for Indonesia Army will be produced entirely in Pindad where FNSS I believe will get some percentage of profit on each tank being ordered due to capital injection of 50:50 % between Indonesian company (Pindad) and Turkish company (FNSS).
Regarding to turret from CMI Defense, the assembly made in Pindad from CMI Defense Belgia. The TOT for turret I believe is only for Pindad from CMI Belgium, this is why FNSS only deliver the hull without turret.
The armor material according to Turkish member is not even made in Turkey. So for the raw material it still need to be imported and Pindad is not the company to make such steel, it is the duty for steel company in Indonesia to make it.
Indonesia steel company has potency to make the steel for armor, like Anoa APC and Badak IFV have used steel produced by steel companies in Indonesia,
We have Krakatau steel, Krakatau Posco, and Krakatau Nippon Steel. Regardless of that, steel company cannot produced any steel product if the economic of scale of that product is not reached.
The local content of course will be increased gradually, just like other Pindad products, what is needed is the assurance from Defense Minister that order for the tanks, despite maybe small in quantity, will keep being made.
Latest news reveal that Minister of Defense wants to do subsequent order which of course needs approval from Bappenas and Finance Minister, which is good for Pindad since if local content is to be increase, they need more investment, and for investment to happen, the assurance that the invesment will come back is needed.
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Astra Otopart, Bakrie otopart, and BMC have the potency to make component as well, but if the components needs is not much (small market) , such thing will likely not happen due to not viable business wise.
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From what I understand Pindad (or maybe other local company) has been able to make tank chain. The retrofit of our old tanks also use some components from local companies.
Aside of tank chain, from what I know PT Respati also involved in Scorpion tank retrofit
