Planned, 61 Leopard types Revolution will arrive this year. Of this amount, a total of 10 units were sent in April, while the rest in November 2016. The tanks are the final part of the reservation in 2012.
In 2012, Indonesia bought 163 tanks consisting of 103 MBT, 50 medium tanks and 10 tanks supporters. To the MBT-103 consists of 61 MBT Leopard Revolution and 42 Leopard 2A4 MBT. The 50 medium tanks are Marder 1A3. Purchasing these tanks worth 280 million US dollars.
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Completing Weapons Become a Priority, Ryamizard Ryacudu Defence Minister asserted, procurement priorities main weaponry system this year to complement the preferred equipment already purchased. Looking ahead, the procurement should be done in full.
Procurement of equipment for this Leopard tanks will be an advantage to domestic production. Because, therefore, provision can be made more quickly. However, if it is not possible, the purchase of equipment from abroad will be done, but of course this will take time. Therefore, he could not be sure equipment in Leopard tanks will be completed in 2016.
Main battle tank or main battle tank (MBT) Leopard purchased in 2012 is not equipped with communication tools, tool automatic viewfinder, and maintenance supplies (toolkit). In addition, the training infrastructure for Leopard is not available so that the practice shooting is directed to the sea. If that Leopard's less, we meet first. If Leopard just yet met (equipment), we bought another cook.
Previously, Ryamizard never said that the Leopard tanks will not be used until the operational completeness met. He also acknowledged that there is such a shortage in communication tools and tool maintenance. The absence of this communication tool can affect operational Leopard.
Army Chief of Staff Gen. Mulyono planned next month to Germany to see the communication tools and monitor weapons testing for Leopard. If the equipment exhibited better the quality, the Army hopes to buy the equipment.