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Indonesian Army has modernized the Soviet BTR-40

If the equipment is reliable, even after years it will not fail, and in the Soviet Union were able to make military equipment, including, as they say, and export.

Армия Индонезии модернизировала советский БТР-40

In the late 1950s and early 1960s as part of export sales to the then Soviet Union put the Government of Indonesia in the face of President Sukarno's 200-m copies of the BTR-40, who served in the armed forces of this Asian country until the 1990s. understanding, that technology is outdated, Ministry of Defense of Indonesia has decided to modernize the entire fleet of the BTR-40 in enterprises, belonging to the army. In the course of improving personnel carrier received the engine and transaxle Isuzu, installation of roof armor and armored turret. On smaller reshaping the media do not report.

Армия Индонезии модернизировала советский БТР-40

Modernized BTR-40 entered service of the newly formed 13th separate cavalry company (13th Cavalry Company) 6-th District territorial command (Kodam VI / Mulawarman) Indonesian Army (East Kalimantan). In addition to the BTR-40, in service companies consist APCs Anoa Indonesian production 6x6. At this point in the country's armed forces, according to data from open sources, is about a hundred Soviet BTR, passes blog bmpd

Soviet BTR-40 was developed in 1947-1949 years in the bureau of Gorky Automobile Plant. Produced in various versions with 1950 by 1958 year. With the Russian army was withdrawn in 1993 year. It is based on the BTR-40 BRDM in the future has been created

                          
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