I love your review. Unlike indonesian youtuber who review this tank with some political spice. Your review is what we needed as Indonesian people. 👍👍

+42 degrees of elevation and -6 depression. *Literally one of the most happiest Tank in the world.*

Philisophy behind it?.. It's very unique. 1. Indonesia are islands counrty and mostly isolated. Whoever want to attack them, they must bring their vehicles with them. From air or from the sea, mostly they can bring light and amphibious vehicles. And this system enough to be eat all of them. 2. Indonesia has a lot of mountains mountains and unregular urban areas. And all of that areas very rainy. Many big and small rivers divide that territory. Roads are not good. Terrain has a high density of plants. And this vehicle must be survive on that envinronment. Bcs of this it must be little more high than other tanks. (Not low like Japanese Type 16) 3. They want to use this vehicle not only direct fire support role. They also want to do indirect support role if its necessary. And this Cockerill system can do that up to the 18 km. (Like a howitzer) 4. In Indonesia, they have not lot of threats like ATGM's. Even the ppotential enemy bring that, high density trees and plants can be provide very good passive protection. Mostly RPGs and similar unguided systems are very serious threat. But... 5. In European battle theatre, infantry follow the heavy armored punch. Armored systems take the lead on battlefield. But in Indonesia it can not work bcs of nature and combat customs. Infantry fight and armored systems provide fire support behind them. Bcs of that unique philosophy and list of requirements, this different Tank happen. And it has a many potential user in Southeast Asia. Vietnamiese army openly interested this new vehicle already. Kaplan MT is the Turkish name. In indonesian language it name is Harimau. Both of this meanings is Tiger. And also it has a large interior and that feature provide good working environment for the crew. Many system can be add in this tank also in the future. Space and energy source is avaliable. Best regards...

The Kalplan MT always makes me think of a modern day Sherman

From what I've read, this tanks purpose is to replace the aging AMX 13 and Scorpion tanks of the Indonesian army, while supplementing the Leopard 2RI. After all, Indonesia is a an archipelago with lots of mountain and jungles, so the idea of having a smaller chassis, half the weight of an mbt while carrying a 105mm gun is entertaining.

Nice drawing....OH WAIT ITS THE REAL THING!

Its going to replace our older tanks like AMX-13 and Scorpion 90. So yeah its designed to be like this. Just think it like Stryker MGS but with tracks. Also here in Indonesia its not wide flat grassy fields of Eastern Europe so spamming MBTs won't work. These boys are here to support Infantry, against IFV, APC, AFV, etc. With luck it could fight an MBT, but i wont advice it. Also fighting older MBTs with the 105mm works-ish, against old tanks like T-62, T-64, and who knows maybe T-72. Just think it like a mobile Anti-Tank gun but with tracks. Its a glass cannon basically.

I think the purpose of this tank is to be an infantry support platform in places where one is fighting a counterinsurgency campaign.

this new tier 8 premium tank looks pretty balanced.

This vehicle is designed to support infantry movement and also support their mbt. Its lightweight can easily cross a lightweight bridges or poor roads which is common in Indonesia without damaging it and also muddy environment. Last year their army tested an leopard 2a4 and 2ri in joint exercise and one of them get stucked in the mud and have to be pull out by crane. In my opinion this mt also suitable to support amphibious landing by the marines.

Finally a tank that my country's tank crew can Drive on the road normally without Destroying or leaving track marks behind, and Not being lifted on some heavy duty truck

FNSS Kaplan: *Exists* Philippine Army: *I'LL TAKE YOUR ENTIRE STOCK*

7:35 those shoot is so satisfying to watch

It has the same mm size main gun as the M60 Tank I was trained on which is 105mm as you said but the M60 was a Main Battle Tank. I enjoyed the M60 very much and miss it. I was in the USMC from the early 80's to the late 80's. My first MOS was Motor Transport. I miss the camaraderie we had in the Corps. I have found nothing like it since. Semper Fi !

AFAIK. Regarding indonesian def ministry research, they made prediction that trends of threat in warfare in south east asia till 20-30 yrs later no mbt vs mbt. The big threat comin from insugent especially urban warfare. That's why indonesian def ministry interest joining in research to develop med tank

They Build because some reasons. 1. The Environtment doesn't support for Heavier MBT. 2. Agile and can go any terrain. 3. What they're facing

when the trees start making tank engine noises

Hello from Indonesia! We are hoping to make it swim too, which is why we used the PT-76 hull design.

Well in overall assumption.. It's the Tiger vs. M4 discussion^^ Every soldier would prefer bigger gun and more protection even if mobility goes a bit down or more. But the reality is, that you can't "spam" MBT's like you could with medium Tanks. You have only 3 to crew it and train before, instead of 4 or 5. You don't need that much of resources to built it. Battlefields are not static and 3 dimensional, so when modern day infantry operated rpgs can destroy mbt in cerctain conditions, what would those be? Ambushes, fast flanking maneuvers, shooting out of fortified positions, snapping on a ridge line and relocate...so all comes down to visibility, mobility and terrain, armor gives you no value at some point (only against relatively small callibers). And the Terrain becomes the point of make or brake. Mbt are bad in cities, they're big compared to the surroundings and have less space to operate. But sometimes you need serious firepower, suppression fast and intimidating. Whole building can be destroyed with 30 or 50 cals yes, but a 10.5 does this to, in one hit not swing. Also it has a smaller profile compared to mbt and a not so much greater as all sort of relatively high armored wheeled vehicles or personal carriers. I for myself would prefer a good medium tank over an mbt, most at the time, and that because of european terrain and the overall rule (trinity of tankdesign gun >mobility> armor). I mean, small bridges, streets, forests, lot of hills, even rocky mountain paths, when wet pretty annoying terrain always, so you want to be lighter, with a lower ground compression, highly mobile but capable to deliver as much force as possible... Is not bad, not at all, mbt also can be disabled (tracked, blinded, engine hit or somply suppressed due to heavy fire). I think the term "medium tank" has to be changed to "main support tank" for that vehicle. In my opinion, the issue is not if it is "on meta" because it is, the issue is how many MST can you crew, produce and train for the cost and time effort compared to one fully fletched MBT and its crew. And in case of a war, getting faster and easier firepower to the troops is always good... So I like this trend, if it is one, I would'nt wonder when it becomes one again.

Well done Indonesia congrats from Singapore. Indonesia does have MBT but this is a great platform.

Once again Indonesia shows it means business I am really impressed with the Indonesian armed forces threat assessment and their willingness to get the best bang for their buck. First it was the purchase of 2 Danish frigate of the iver huitfeldt class (cheap, versatile, low running cost, goes far on a tank of gas) and now its the KAPLAN. The Indonesians definitely knows what they are expecting to face on the battlefield of tomorrow and are willing to stick to their assessments and either develop or buy whats needed to counter that. Just wished more European nations did the same rather then buying wholesale from uncle Sam to appease the US diplomatically.

"It's a RPG magnet" Yeah good luck shooting RPG in rainforest, Using mine in jungle proven to be more deadly than an RPG. Indonesia army already have Leo specifically modified for rainforest, but that tank is to wide and to short to survive in the rainforest, at least this tank provide more mobility over MBT in certain place. Moreover Kaplan is their first tank for nation that still growing and classified as 3rd world countries that is a very good milestones for their industry, so stop saying that tank is ugly or worse than common mbt, its not like our country first tank is perfect.

I remembered few months back a "Russian Expert" said the tank looked like Panzer IV, and its also pretty much like the Panzer IV, a glass cannon. High powered gun for the size, but also thin armor compared to other tanks. Also like Panzer IV, its a Medium Tank.

People forget that the rice fields flood up for 1/3 of the year. It looks practical for south east Asia.

I think your understating its roll. These types of tanks arnt necessarily meant to take on main battle tanks like the M1 or Challenger, but to be a heavier infantry support vehicle and mobile firepower base. Similar to what the M8 MGS system in the 90s was supposed to be. A lighter vehicle for specific roles or places in the world. Honestly something the US and UK should look at adding for mobile (airdropped) firepower vehicle to secure a beachhead/area while heavy firepower is brought in.

WOOO thanks Matsimus, watched your livestream and jokingly made request for you to review this tank, aand you truly delivers!

I think one of the reasons for picking this over something with an auto cannon is that in psychological warfare. It is well documented that in close in urban or jungle combat, that tank gun fire rapidly routes enemy forces. In Iraq the M1 cleared out insurgents faster than the Bradley, despite the Bradley being more effective in engagements. Great video as always man!

I can't wait till everyone is using 130mm guns and we start putting 120s or 110s on all the small tanks and tankets and apcs

It's easy to underestimate this type of tool. You cannot airlift any of the mbt today. It takes weeks to ship transport a battalion of M1s today. These can be placed on scene in a matter of hours. Also most MBT cannot work in cities without destroying all the infrastructure. Most conflict s occuring today are in an urban setting. This vehicle can easily tolerate most battalion size weapons unlike the light tanks. The 105mm high explosive round can settle most disputes and even though this medium tank is not designed to confront the MBT s, it can carry and fire the depleted uranium SABOT round which can seriously damage or destroy many of the MBT s today. Alot of people laught when the light Sheridan first showed up on the scene, but no one laughed when it fired it's huge 155mm or it's wire guided Shelyla 2 mile missile. People also laught at the Merkava. That is until they mounted the Rhinmetal softbore 120mm. All these tools are perfect if used tactically and with wisdom. Al...eng.

With autoloader, excellent mobility and superb sensors this "little" box can ambush any MBT and put into it 3-4 rounds and "duck" into cover in time if anyone is still alive and have the means to return fire - in its intended, very difficult operating environment.

It strikes me (as far as a country like Indonesia is concerned) as having everything somebody would need and nothing that they don't. It's not overly heavy, has good mobility, packs a punch and is based on off-the-shelf proven technology. I think it's a great piece of kit. And it looks cool too.

When u try to attack Indonesia just think it was another vietnam

Wow this is definitely a new branch from the the usual US and Russian vehicles you used to reviewed.. Thanks Mat for reviewing this unique tank from my country. This tank model is certainly nothing new, but very uncommon in this era where MBT rules the tank market. With the armamament of 105mm cannon, 7.62mm coax, and pretty thin armour, this vehicle looks more like a tracked IFV than a tank by current standard.. However, I think it is suitable to be used here in Indonesia, if not most of South East Asian countries due to it lighter weight (Here in Indonesia, there are many bridges over rivers that are often too small/weak to support crossing MBTs). And also it should become a great replacement to our aging French AMX tanks from the 60s/70s...

Finally from my home country. Thank you Matsimus 👍 Hello from Indonesia ☺

No one said that it's a half Turkish half Indonesian vehicle. FNSS is a Turkish company. Even "Kaplan" means "Tiger" in Turkish.

terbaik indonesia.from malaysia

I'm a simple man. I see Pindad and my country's flag, I press LIKE.

So it's basically a Super Tucano in the tank world?

I hadn’t even heard of this little beauty. Thanks Matt😊

thank you Matsimus for discussing MMWT from my country and if anyone is still confused why the Lower plate is big enough because it uses a V hull to ward off a mine explosion and btw in Indonesia we called it Harimau or Tiger.

Looks like our allies are learning. We are still coming up with stuff but it looks like our allies can hold up. Either way this vehicle (probaly) has some potential but yeah. Thx for another awesome vid Mat. (Hello from the U.S.ofA.)

Hear me out Sherman Jumbo with depleted uranium armor

Love your videos man you always seem to be one step ahead of my thought process and I love that you can answer my questions before I can even ask, thank you for your service to both the uk and Canada thanks for keeping my beautiful home safe and my mind entertained

Nice intro about the problematic and fair analysis Great work Matsimus

Contextually, Indonesia will probably never fight a conventional war against any major power. Military doctrine here is shaped by experiences in fighting the Dutch for independence through guerrilla warfare (one of the first army chiefs of staff wrote a whole book about guerrilla warfare, which an observer commented was like 'Mao without the politics'). After that it was informed by a lot of counter-insurgency ops against rebellious army officers and separatist groups (with one long fight against pro-independence guerrillas in Timor-Leste), some of which continue today. The Kaplan, like you said, is well-suited for Indonesia (we do have leopards, but I feel like we'll get a lot more bang for our buck with the MT rather than those). My best argument against not having it on a lighter vehicle, other than protection, is that the sight of a tank-like vehicle like this is prolly more likely to scare the shit out of insurgents rather than an APC/IFV.

I do hope that my country the Philippines, shall buy one of these tanks. Indonesia and Philippines have the same terrain and these tanks are perfect.

At a first glance it almost tricked me into believing this is an APC with powerful 105mm.indonesia certainly got what it takes to build a handsome and effective tank.30 ton is almost unheard of in today's MBT arena.informative video.👍👍👍

Thank you for the Objective analysis, Matsimus. Had been watching your video since a year or two and I found it impressive. This tank has a HUGE INDONESIAN BIAS. Some biases even said that this thing can even out other tanks. Your analysis confirms what I believe to be true: This tank is unique in itself because 105 mm is obsolete for engaging other armour, and it is best to stay in light or medium roles. Tanks like these are considered obsolete because they are replaced by IFVs with ATGMs like what you said. However, this tank is not battle-proven. It should be put to test someday.

14:15 Did I just saw tank driver in fucking motorcycle helmet? ROTFL XD ;;

Thank you for doing this video matt - love from indonesia

Well, the reason why this is a Medium Tank because the known current Main Battle Tanks weights over 30 tons. This Tank however is designed to survive RPG's, take out fortifications and armored vehicles (either an AFV and a Heavy Tank) and Support Infantry. As for the harsher Environments for the current MBT, this is designed to go through.

I love the Medium tank! It compliments the slower Mammoth tank quite well.

watched matsimus fot the better part of I guess 3 or 4 years now. I never before thought that a tank developed in my country would be featured here. kinda awesome that were building a tank that's purpose built for our projected battlfield requirements. lets hope this will be a good jumping off point to a fully fledged Indonesian developed and Indonesian built MBT. just in case we need those bad boys.

Turkey - Indo !!!!!

Whoa, thanks for reviewing this tank..👍

10:22 that booming was perfect, i see what you did there ;)

Research the CMI - Cockerill Defense 3105 turret. It's modular, and can easily be upgraded and integrated with 4x (2 double launchers each side) Spike, Javelin, TOW-3, even Brimstone. The 105mm gun has the right punch for direct CS HE, squash heads for bunkers, and APFSDS will still take out pretty much all vehicles short of MBT, which the optional LP90mm HEAT also can do. Both the 105 and 90mm guns can fire Falarick ATGM variants as well. The air assault feature for this hunter/killer AFV is what really opens up the operational capabilities for marine and airborne forces. I'm curious about its' indirect fire possibilities with rocket assisted guided shells.

In my opinion this could do pretty good in urban warfare as a support unit to an advancing infantry unit

One of the few channels where I pre-like the videos.

Hi matt. Subs for presenting this tank. :D

Never thought that Matsimus going to review this tank :D

You know, in places like Bangladesh, where heavy tanks with more than 60 tons weight are just a huge target, these can be extremely effective. Soil here is so soft that any modern day MBT gets stranded. Tracks stop moving, the tank just digs itself into the ground. This is the sole reason why we can't use T-90s and other ultra modern tanks and have to stick with Chinese crap or keep upgrading old Soviet tanks. This is both a good and a bad news. Good news is, any incoming enemy calvary is totally welcome to get stranded and be used as a target board (which has happened before. It didn't end well for the enemies). The bad one is, we can't use heavy armour backup. We use MBT-2000s, they are good, still too heavy that it's useless in most parts of the country. So we've been using upgraded T-69s a lot.

I visited idonisia a few years ago, and I think that this Tank would be perfect for them as some of the mountain roads I drove on where far to narrow for an MBT.

wow, i don't expect u to review this, good job

This seems like it would be perfect in Asia, the south east islands where any invasion would have tanks that are too heavy for local infrastructure, but anything light enough would be outmatch by the Kaplan MT

Looks cool

I always supported the idea of an infantry support vehicle like this, nice to see it actually done.

thank you for covering this vehicle matsimus. for conclusion, if you know what south east asia terrain is, then that's what this vehicle made for. and another unique feature is, the gun can elevate up to about 42^. that mean it can do indirect fire support, just like artillery.

Matsimus, You Are Wrong! there are still Heavy/Medium/Light Tanks in service in various countries around the world. Example: Heavy: these would be the M1 Abrams Series, Leopard 2 Series, Merkava Series, and the Challenger 1 & 2. Medium: these are your Soviet/Russian T-72/T-80/T-90 Series tanks as well as the Armata; the AMX-56 Leclerc, and Japanese Type-10 Light: these are your M8 AGS, your Sprut SD, your PL-01, K21-105,etc. we may call the "Medium" and "Heavy" tanks as "Main Battle Tanks"; however there are some 40 ton "medium" MBTs such as the T-72 and Type 10. while at the Same time their are also 60-70 ton "heavy" MBTs such as the Abrams, Leopard and Merkava. while both the 70 ton M1A2 SEP Abrams tank and 40 ton T-72 are both called main battle tanks on paper, and are both design to close with and destroy the enemy; the significant difference in weight and Armor that these tanks have, I reality has consequences when it comes to the tactical and Operational employment, and the Logistics involved Using either a 40-50 ton "Medium MBT" or a 60-70 ton "Heavy MBT" in other words; the M1 Abrams/Leopard 2/Merkava is a Tiger tank, and the T-72/Type-10/AMX-56 Leclerc is a Sherman.

I think it looks pretty cool. Interested to see how it handles in the field.

thank you for covering this

This is a great idea. Remember, the German Army in WWII used mostly a medium tank while the Tigers were for smashing through. Additionally, the allies too focused on the medium tank such as the Sherman.

I love it!

Medium tanks = Combined Arms warfare Mainly they are the SPGS of the modern together

Philippines is buying some of these MT's. It's very suitable to our country actually. With its light weight ( compared to other tanks ) it can cross our bridges and won't do much damage on our low quality roads. After the Marawi siege, our armed forces saw the need for fire support vehicles and the Harmaw Hitam ( Black Cat/Black Panther ) could fill that role. This tank is close to perfect to our needs.

I've been asking for this video for a long time

LET'S HEAR IT FOR ARMORED VEHICLES ON TRACKS!!!😍😍😍👍

Medium tank?

Yes my favorite tank ^^ tq From indonesian 🇲🇨🇨🇦🇺🇸

Great Video. Don’t forget to spend a little time mentioning the countries interested and why potentially. I didn’t know it was Turkish until I looked it up. I know you mentioned the manufacturer, so I may have less base knowledge than some that watch this channel. Incredibly minor nitpick, I love your channel. Thanks!

I assume the 105mm is a cost/benifit ratio of size of anti infantry round vs ammunition capacity (biggest bang without limiting ammo)

The main reason for this tank invention is to replace Indonesian Army ageing fleet of AMX-13 also due to Indonesia's terrain (a lot of jungle, mountains, swamps and river) so it makes sense why they wanted a lighter tank than an MBT like Leopard 2.

This tank looks like really good! Is beauty, agile and letal. Thx for vídeo.

Great Vids Matt!

It's really a fire support vehicle/infantry support vehicle than a tank. The level of protection really means it should not be called a tank. It's really like a modern version of the Saladin turret on an M113 that the Aussie army used - the FSV Fire Support Vehicle.

Good info

philippines just got this tank this month,thanks indonesia :)

it feels too good when matsimus review your country made tanks (not gonna lie) xD

Matsimus, unfortunately you get some facts mixed up. ERA is generally much lighter than addon-passive armor. The armor packages listed would not have a snowball's chance in hell of stopping RPG fire without ERA. As such while not publicly stated, it almost certainly would take either a slat armor system or an ERA package to protect the front and sides of the tank. Also one item you failed to mention was shown in the video you used from the manufacturer. The text on the screen mentioned that the tank also could be used as artillery. Most tanks can do this, however, what would have been more interesting would be the maximum elevation of the tank cannon. If it can achieve high elevation, this tank might also be used as self-propelled artillery. THAT would make A LOT more sense as it would kill two birds with one stone to a limited extent. Granted not as versatile as a dedicated 105mm SP arty system with separate powder charge loads, but still more versatile than a simple anti-tank gun. Another crucial bit of information left out was regarding it's ammunition stowage and whether it features blow out panels like on modern MBT's. I would assume so as it looks like it has a turret bustle mounted ammunition magazine with nifty digital system on the ammo resupply door. I imagine that digital system controls the magazine feed system to speed up topping off the ammo in the bustle. Some note the flat looking bottom of the hull. This is because there is a inner v shaped hull. Above the initial flat surface, there are likely to be either ERA modules (to break-up shape charged mines that work similar to HEAT rounds) or layers of composite armor. Another item not noticed are the four large attachment points on the upper hull. Most of the Indonesian islands have extensive train systems. Also, it is an ENORMOUS archipelago made up of countless islands. As such this feature allows for rapid and easy loading and offloading capability by crane and for tie-down points once loaded. So when you add in all of those facts, this tank becomes MUCH more understandable for use by island nations like Indonesia. Tracks also make sense (instead of wheels) not because of a lack of roads, but because their main island is so densely populated that often it's very hard to turn around a big wheeled vehicle quickly like a Stryker in tight urban areas. What we also don't see is the track width. Usually tracks distribute weight on the ground better for crossing areas like rice patties (one of the most common terrain features in Indonesia). So all in all, this tank is ideal for Indonesia. I also imagine that it will have the capability of accepting turrets with a 120mm cannon or other types of turrets for specialized roles. These types of vehicles tend to spawn a family of vehicles. Finally....Matsimus you left out a key fact that Turkey is also the other main nation co-developing this tank. The speed of this tank and agility (mobility) make it ideal for desert warfare while its small size and ability to go up steep slopes are ideal for mountainous terrain. Furthermore you left out the critical bit of info that the PULAT Active Protection System can be mounted on it. This would give the tank far more protection against RPG's and ATGM's. This would make a lot of sense in a RPG/ATGM intensive environment like the Syrian battlefield that Turkey is involved in. Given Turkish losses of much more expensive and much more heavily armored MBT's (including Leapord 2s and Sabra Mk2's) to Russian-made ATGM's, I imagine that development of the PULAT Active Protection System is a high priority for Turkey. Its also interesting that I have not seen any videos lately of Turkish MBT's getting destroyed in Syria by the Kurdish YPG forces. So it must be working well. I am sure Indonesia likewise will implement such a system.

I think such a vehicle would be very useful for groups like te Royal Marines as there mission profile often involves the type of Terrain this vehicle is designed for and I'm sure they would appreciate the extra firepower

The result of good cooperation of Turkish and Indonesian defense industry...thank you for load...

wow..i was waiting for this tank review!!!!

Reminds me a bit of the Stingray-II, in terms of role.

Wow nice drawing there.What kind of chalk did you use this time Matsimus.

Thanks for the vid sir.👍🏼👍🏼🖖🏼

It's an AFV with a really BIG Gun! This works well in countries like ours, so far we haven't got any. I think an AFV with 40mm and atgms truly suits our country's needs militarily speaking. Great vid mate!

Its nothing new bar it having a bit of tech. Its suits the environment it is going to be in which is good. Reminds me of the Argentinian tank from the 80's built of the Marder IFV the Tam tank which now has been upgraded to the Tam 2 and the Brazilian tank the EET1 Os'orio which both are both good for a jungle environment and would have the same role. Though getting sick of the wheeled vehicles (Especially in WOT) nice to see some tracks. And as the old saying says tracks trump trucks. Great vid Matsimus thank you.

Possible candidate as the primary tank of the Philippines also. South Korea's black panther is also a contender as the tank of the Philippine Army.

Oh yeah, finally its here!

I'm still waiting for you to do a video on the LAR 25..LOL Thanks for the video it's awesome