Indonesian Army

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Main article: Military of Indonesia

Estimated strength 295,953

1 Military Area Commands
2 History
3 Operational Comands
4 Unarmored Vehicles
5 Other
- 5.1 Aircraft
6 List of Army Chief of Staffs
7 References
8 External links

Military Area Commands (Kodam), incorporating provincial and district commands each with a number of infantry battalions, sometimes a cavalry battalion, artillery, or engineers^[1]. Currently there are 12 Military Commands, and those are:
- Kodam Iskandar Muda, overseeing Aceh province as part of the Aceh special autonomy law. Previously under the Kodam I/Bukit Barisan.
- Kodam I/Bukit Barisan, overseeing northern Sumatra provinces of North Sumatra, West Sumatra, Riau and Riau Islands.
- Kodam II/Sriwijaya, overseeing southern provinces on Sumatra island of Jambi, Bengkulu, Bangka Belitung, South Sumatra and Lampung.
- Kodam Jaya, overseeing Jakarta as the capital city of Indonesia. Kodam Jaya also oversees two regions outside Jakarta of Bekasi which actually in West Java province and Tangerang which is in Banten province.
- Kodam III/Siliwangi, overseeing West Java and Banten provinces.
- Kodam IV/Diponegoro, overseeing Central Java and Yogyakarta provinces.
- Kodam V/Brawijaya, overseeing East Java province.
- Kodam VI/Tanjungpura, overseeing all provinces on Kalimantan island (Borneo) of Central Kalimantan, East Kalimantan, South Kalimantan and West Kalimantan.
- Kodam VII/Wirabuana, overseeing all provinces on Sulawesi island of Gorontalo, Central Sulawesi, North Sulawesi, South Sulawesi, Southeast Sulawesi and West Sulawesi.
- Kodam IX/Udayana, overseeing provinces of Bali, East Nusa Tenggara and West Nusa Tenggara. Former Indonesian province of East Timor was also under the jurisdiction of Kodam IX/Udayana.
- Kodam XVI/Pattimura, overseeing Maluku and North Maluku provinces.
- Kodam XVII/Trikora, overseeing West Irian Jaya and Papua provinces.

At 1945 TKR(Tentara Keamanan Rakyat / Civil Security Forces) serve as paramilitary and police

Special Forces Command (Kopassus), est 5,530 Five groups
Strategic Reserve Command (Kostrad), est 35,000
- 1st Division, with 3rd, 13th, and 17th Airborne Brigades
- 2nd Division, with 6th, 9th, 18th Airborne Brigades
- KOSTRAD also commands an independent airborne brigade, an independent cavalry brigade, two field artillery regiments and several combat service support units such as combat engineers.

Light Tanks

275 AMX-13,
90 x FV101 Scorpion (most with 90mm guns),

Armoured Fighting Vehicles and Armored Personnel Carriers

40 x Alvis Stormer AVLB,
200 x Commando Ranger,
78 x Alvis Saladin,
55 x Ferret armoured car,
28 x Commando Scout,
50 x Commando Stormer,
200 x AMX-VCI MICV,
182 x AMX-VTT,
55 x Alvis Saracen (14 upgraded),
58 x V-150 Commando,
130 x BTR-40S (Modified),
50 x Renault VAB,
18 x Panhard VBL,
100 x pindad APS, *40 x pindad APR.

Self-Propelled Artillery: 140 x 105mm howitzer, 60 x AMX FV MK61 105 mm

Towed Artillery: 76mm: 50 x M-48 guns/howitzers; 105 mm: 170 x M101, 10 x M56; 155mm: field howitzer (FH) 88

Mortars: 875 x 81mm, 800 x 120mm, 75 x Brandt

Recoilless Rifles: 90 x M67 90 mm, 45 x M-40A1 105 mm ; 700 x LRAC (Anti armor) 88 mm

Anti-Aircraft Guns: 125 x Rheinmetal 20 mm, 90 x Bofors L70 , 200 x S-60 57 mm, 20x ZU-23-2 Giant Bow 23 mm

Surface to Air Missile: 51 x Rapier missile with Blindfire tracking radar, 42 x RBS-70 MANPADS, 26 x QW-3 Vanguard (Used by Indonesian Air Force Korpaskhas)

Anti-Tank Weapons: RPG-7V, Carl Gustav recoilless rifle LRAC 89

Engineer Vehicles: AMX-13 ARV, VT-55A (T-54/55) ARV, AMX-13 AVLB, Stormer HMLC

Steyr 700 AP, Nissan Q4W73, DAF YA 400, Land Rover LWB, M-151 Jeep, Leyland 4000 kg, Unimog trucks, Steyr 680M, Bedford MK, Steyr 17M29, Cakra FAV, Flyer FAV, Casspir (used by Kopassus)

12 x NDL-40 77 mm (built by PTDI), 6x RM-70 Grad 122 mm (used by Marine Corps), 24 BM-14 140 mm

Aircraft	Origin	Type	Versions	In service^[2]	Notes
Aero Commander	United States	utility transport	680	3
Bell 47	United States	utility helicopter	47G	10
Bell 205	United States	utility helicopter	205A-1	10
Bell 412	United States	transport helicopter	412 412SP	14 14
Britten-Norman Islander	United Kingdom	utility transport	BN-2A	1
CASA C-212 Aviocar	Spain	tactical transport		2
Cessna 310	United States	utility transport		4
Douglas DC-3	United States	tactical transport	C-47	2
Eurocopter Bo 105	Indonesia	utility helicopter		17	built by IPTN
Mil Mi-17 Hip	Russia	transport & light attack helicopter	Mi-17-V5	10
Mil Mi-35	Russia	attack helicopter		8
Schweizer 300	United States	utility helicopter	300C	6