APS-3 Anoa (UNIFIL)

Indonesian APS-3 With UNIFIL markings

NOTE: the vehicle i made is 85% accurate, you can see the differences by looking at the front of this creation and its real-life counterparts

[Development]: The development history of the Anoa started in 2003 as a result of increased military intervention in the Aceh province. During the military operations, the Indonesian Army put forward urgent requirements for an armored personnel carrier for troop transport.

Pindad responded to this requirement in 2004, with the APR-1V (Angkut Personel Ringan) a light 4x4 armored vehicle based on a commercial Isuzu truck chassis, 14 vehicles were built by Pindad and were sent to Aceh for evaluation and combat trials. However, the follow-on orders for another 26 vehicles were canceled following the 2004 tsunami.

Pindad then continued the APC development program with assistance from the Agency For Assessment and Application of Technology or BPPT in 2004. The resulted prototype was the APS-1 (Angkut Personel Sedang), a 6x4 design that was again based on a commercial Perkasa truck platform by PT. Texmaco.

Although it was not selected for production, the experience gained in developing the APS-1 convinced the Indonesian Army to give Pindad the go-ahead to develop the next generation of APS vehicles, the APS-2 at a production cost of IDR 600 million per unit. The APS-2 however, also failed to continue being mass produced.

Together with BPPT in 2006, Pindad started new development of APS-3 from the development data of APS-2 which resulted in a production of the initial 4x4 prototype and followed by a more refined 6x6 prototype. The 6x6 prototype first undergoing testing and trials on the beginning of 2007 and then officially unveiled to the public during Indo Defence & Aerospace 2008 exhibition on November 19, 2008.

[Combat History] The Anoas were officially placed into Indonesian military service in July 2009. They were publicly seen in service with the Mechanical TNI Battalion Task Force Garuda Contingent in Lebanon (UNIFIL)

[Vehicle Controls}

-WASD for Driving -Left button on FPS view: Windshield lid/protection (dont worry about losing visibility because it also moves a camera into the roof of the APC) -Right button on FPS view: Backdoor -Q: indoor lights -L: lamps

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