PT Pindad officially presents Sanca – Indonesia’s first Mine Resistant Armored Vehicle

PT Pindad today officially launched its new military vehicle, known as Sanca – Indonesia’s first Mine Resistant Armored Vehicle.

Sanca is advantageous to support military operations, designed to perform a diverse range of mission profiles, combining high levels of blast and ballistic protection with excellent off-road mobility.

Sanca expands the PT Pindad range in addition to the Anoa, Komodo and Badak models, and is based on the Thales Bushmaster design, customized for Indonesia’s operational needs. It is particularly well adapted for new Indonesian National Army missions such as peacekeeping and special forces operations. Some potential customers already expressed their enthusiast about this product such as Peace Keeping, Infantry, Special Forces, and Police.

The Bushmaster, already in service with the country’s Kopassus special forces, is a family of highly mobile, ballistics, mine and improvised explosive device (IED) blast resistant military vehicles comprising the following variants: Armored Personal Carrier, Command, Ambulance, Assault Pioneer, Direct Fire Support Weapons & Mortar, and Electronic Warfare.

In service with several countries such as Australia, Netherlands, Japan, Jamaica and Indonesia, Bushmaster has successfully protected and saved lives on operations, and is battlefield proven in Iraq, Afghanistan and Africa.

Sanca is the result of extensive collaboration between PT Pindad and Thales, including the development of specialized local content that will benefit Indonesian defense companies and increase Indonesian expertise in mine resistant vehicles.

Abraham Mose, CEO of PT Pindad, explained: “The fruit of a successful collaboration between Pindad and Thales, Sanca is ideally suited to the military, peace-keeping and internal security operations of TNI. With this new vehicle, our soldiers will be able to fulfil their missions while being fully safeguarded against mines and improvised explosive devices. Sanca will protect our troops and save lives”.

The naming ceremony took place on 3^rd November, in presence Minister of Defence of Republic of Indonesia Mr Ryamizard Ryacudu, Australian Department of Defence Air Marshal John Harvey, Pindad’s CEO Abraham Mose, and Thales Australia’s Vice PresidentOlivier Guibert.  

About PT Pindad

PT Pindad as State Owned Company was established in 1983. The company inherited its long journey from the Dutch Colonial era. Pindad produces various weaponry systems for Indonesian Armed Forces, and also exporting some of its leading products such as ammunition and combat vehicle to the global market. Apart of military products, PT Pindad also has division that producing industrial machinery and heavy equipment such as excavator, rail fastening clip, traction motor, and ship crane.

About Thales

Thales is a global technology leader for the Aerospace, Transport, Defence and Security markets. With 62,000 employees in 56 countries, Thales reported sales of €14 billion in 2015. With over 22,000 engineers and researchers, Thales has a unique capability to design and deploy equipment, systems and services to meet the most complex security requirements. Its unique international footprint allows it to work closely with its customers all over the world.