Manchuria, China, and the Far Eastern Front

[kota1342000]

Outstanding Dragon. Does the series have anything about Indonesia?

[dragoon500ly]

Originally Posted by kota1342000

Outstanding Dragon. Does the series have anything about Indonesia?

Per your request and the source is the Military Balance series....

Indonesia at the start of the twilight war...

Population: 160,000,000
Army: 210,000
1 armd cav bde (listed as comprised of 10 armd cav bns....)
13 infantry bdes totaling 39 infantry bns
2 airborne bdes with 6 AB bns
1 field artillery regiment
4 Special Warfare Groups
14 independent field artillery bns
10 independent AA artillery bns
2 construction regiments (4 bns)
8 field engineer battalions
37 independent infantry battalions
Marine Transport
Army Aviation with 1 composite sqn and 1 helo sqn

93 AMX-13 light tanks
41 PT-76 light tanks
75 Saladin armd cars
60 Ferret scout cars
200 AMX-VCI APC
60 Saracen APC
60 V-150 Commando APC
100 BTR-40/-152 APCs
170 76mm guns
28 105mm hows
480 81mm/82mm mortars
480 90mm/106mm RCLs
20 20mm AA guns
90 40mm AA guns
200 57mm AA guns
2 Aero Commander 680 ac
1 Beech 18 ac
6 Bell 205 helo
2 Alouette III helo
16 BO-105 helo
1 LST, 20 LCU, 14 smaller tpt ships (unk types)
(on order 120 105mm hows, 6 Bell 212 helo, 26 Super Puma helos)
Reserves: 19,000

Navy: 42,000 including naval air and marines
3 d-e subs (2 Ger Type 209, 1 Sov W-class)
9 frigates
14 large patrol craft
4 FAC(M)
2 FAC(T)
1 Hydrofoil
8 coastal patrol craft
3 ocean minesweepers
2 minehunters
1 spt ship
13 LST, 3 LCU, 38 LCM
In reserve: 1 frigate, 2 large patrol craft, 2 coastal minesweepers, 1 spt ship
Naval Air: 1,000
1 ASW helo sqn with 10 Wasp
2 MR sqns with 8 Nomad N-22B
other ac incl 6 C-47, 3 Aero Commander, 4 Bell 47G helo, 1 Alouette II helo, 4 BO-105 helo
Marines: 12,000
2 infantry regiments
30 PT-76 light tanks
12 VPX-10 PAC 90 armd cars
38 AMX-10P APCs
(on order 28 VPX-10 PAC 90, 19 AMX-10P, 26 Super Puma helo)

Air Force: 29,000
2 FGA sqns with 27 A-4E, 4 TA-4H
2 interceptor sqns with 11 F-5E, 4 F-5F
1 COIN sqn with 15 OV-10F
1 MR sqn with 1 C-130H, 1 Boeing 737-200, 5 HU-16
3 tpt sqns with 21 C-130H, 1 L-100-30, 1 C-140 Jetstar, 7 C-47, 1 SC-7
Skyvan, 8 F-27, 2 C-212 and 1 Boeing 707
1 liaison sqn with 12 Cessna 207/401/402
1 helo sqn with 5 Bell 204B, 12 Puma, 12 Bell B-47G, 12 Hughes 500, 6 BO-105
1 training sqn with 15 T-34CL, 8 Hawk T-53, 20 AS-202
(on order 2 Boeing 737-200, 32 CN-235, 9 T-34C1, 5 Hawk ac, 7 Puma helo)

Paramilitary forces:
Police Mobile Brigade: 12,000
Militia: est at 70,000
Civil Defense Force: millions registered

The so-called New Order government took power in 1966, following a bloody coup in October 1965 that ousted the Communist-dominated governemnt of President Sukarno. The Sukarno government had been engaged in a confrontation with Malaysia before the coup and was strongly anti-Western. The new government, under President Suharto conducted massacres of Communists and persons suspected of Communist sympathies and established friendly relations with Malaysia, and emphasized economic recovery and stability at home.

Relations with Malaysia remain warm and the two nations are working together to standardize their common language. Relations with Singapore are correct and are becoming more cordial. At the same time, the government's anti-Communist stance is softening to the extent that relations with the Soviet Union are more friendly, and Indonesia has been receiving economic aid.

There are still a few hard-core Communists in Indonesia but recent intelligence estimates suggests only about 1,000 members and about 100 activists; before the 1965 coup, membership was estimated at 1,500,000. Communists are still of concern to the government. Diplomatic relations with the People's Republic of China were to have been established in 1977/78, but China's approaches to Indonesian Communists delayed this move. When East Timor was promised independence by Portugal and civil war broke out there in 1975, Indonesia intervened military with "volunteers". Fear of East Timor as a base and refuge for Indonesian Communists, always strong in nearby Java is believed to be the primary reason for Indonesia's intervention. In July 1976, East Timor became Indonesia's 27th provience, a move opposed by Australia, concerned over Indonesian expansion.

The South Moluccan separatists, who have carried out terrorist actions in the Netherlands, have been relatively quiet in Indonesia. There is a West New Guinea liberation movement carrying out sporadic guerrilla activities aimed at ousting Indonesia from that province, officially called Irian Barat. Papua New Guinea, an independent country, formally under Australian mandate, occupies the other half of the island of New Guinea.

Between 1958 and 1965, Indonesia received some $1.2 billion in Soviet military aid. The navy and air force are still almost entirely equipped with Soviet craft, but much of this is nearing the end of its useful life. Until 1965, a Soviet military technical mission was stationed in Indonesia. Since the 1965 coup, no new weapons have been provided although the purchase of limited quantities of spare parts was allowed.

The US resumed a limited military aid program in 1967, this program had been suspended in 1965 in protest over President Sukarno's "Crush Malaysia" policy. From 1955 to 1977, US aid under MAP has totaled $165 million.