Army Asked to Disassemble Weapons at Oz Tournament
TEMPO.CO,
Jakarta – Silmy Karim, the CEO of state-owned weapons manufacturer PT Pindad, said the Indonesian Army was asked to disassemble the weapons the Indonesian soldiers used at the Australian Army Skill at Arms Meeting held from May 5-16 in Australia, which was allegedly aimed at disqualifying the Indonesian contingent.
“We’ve secured a landslide victory since the beginning, then there were complaints from the other contingents to the event’s committee,” Silmy said when visiting
Tempo’s office in Jakarta on Wednesday, June 3, 2015.
In the tournament, which was participated by 16 countries, the Army secured 30 gold medals, 15 silvers and 20 bronzes. Host nation Australia finished fourth with four golds, seven silvers and five bronzes. The US Marines, meanwhile, snatched four golds. The Army’s spectacular victory, however, sparked protests from the other teams.
Simly said the tournament’s committee asked the Army to disassemble its SS2 V4 assault rifles and G2 pistols, to which the Army said no. “If we should disassemble them, we asked that the other contingents also did the same. Not just us,” he said.
Simly said the committee suspected that Army’s rifles and guns had been modified, whereas in fact the specifications of those firearms were similar to the other weapons used in the tournament. “If modifications can improve the [weapons’] performance, of course we will make new variants. But these are the best we've got,” he said.
The secret to the Indonesian Military’s (TNI) victory, he added, lay in the quality of the shooters, weapons and bullets. “All of them are made in Indonesia, only the firing range that is made in Australia,” he said. “We finally came up as the grand champion.”
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