kaplan mt modern medium weight tank (mmwt)

7 The Indonesian Army has ordered 18 units of the Harimau, but will only be receiving them starting around the end of this year (2020). The Turkish Army reportedly just very recently received their first Production Batch of six Kaplan vehicles. It is very new, with its prototype only been first presented to the public in 2017.

PT Pindad markets the MMWT as the Harimau (which is the Indonesian word for “ Tiger”) while FNSS markets it as the Kaplan Medium Tank (MT) (with 'Kaplan' being the Turkish word for Tiger).

The Harimau actually started out as the Modern Medium Weight Tank (MMWT) and is the result of a collaboration between the Indonesian company PT Pindad and the Turkish company FNSS Defence Systems. Just like Ship Classification, there is no international standard for Tank Classification, armed forces and manufacturers just seem to tend to use what other armed forces and manufacturers are using.īut generally a Light or Medium Tank now refers to a tracked vehicle armed with a powerful gun but weighs and has less armor than a Main Battle Tank (MBT).

At any rate, it would be interesting to take a close look at both of these candidates.įirst though, just a note on the terminology, nowadays the terms “ Light Tank” and “ Medium Tank” tends to be interchangeable, in fact the PA uses the term Light Tank 3 whereas the manufacturers of the Harimau and K21-105 prefers to use the term Medium Tank. The South Korean news article estimated that the final selection could be made within March 2020, but up to the publication of this blog no news yet has been public that a selection has indeed, been made. The Indonesian and South Korean Press recently reported that the Philippine Army’s (PA) selection for its Light /Medium Tank Acquisition Project has been narrowed down to just two candidates, the Harimau Medium Tank (MT) and the K21-105. Photo courtesy of rhk111 thru Wikimedia Commons

Kaplan mt modern medium weight tank (mmwt)