Pindad PM2

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|caption=Pindad PM-2.

|origin=Indonesia

|type=Submachine gun

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|service=2006 to present

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|height= 270 mm (with magazine), 225 mm (without magazine)

|cartridge=9×19mm Parabellum

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The PM2 (short for Indonesian: "Pistol Mitraliur 2", "Submachine Gun 2") is a submachine gun manufactured by Pindad of Indonesia. This sub-machine gun is intended to be used by forest guard authorities and by law enforcement.

History

Overseas, the PM2 was first shown to foreign visitors at the 2009 Tri-Service Asian Defense and Internal Security Event for Land, Sea and Air and Security event at the IMPACT Exhibition Center in Bangkok, Thailand.{{cite web | url=http://www.sadefensejournal.com/wp/defense-security-2009/ | title=Defense & Security 2009 – Small Arms Defense Journal }}

The PM2 went on display in 2013 before VIPs at the Pusat Pendidikan Kavaleri in Bandung.{{Cite web | title=Kementerian BUMN | url=http://bumn.go.id/pindad/berita/276 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200125155711/http://bumn.go.id/pindad/berita/276 | access-date=2025-03-27 | archive-date=2020-01-25}}

=Exports=

The PM2 was purchased for the PNTL in 2012.{{Cite web| title=The Politics of Purchasing Weapons from Indonesia: A Threat to Security Strategy | url=https://www.fundasaunmahein.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/MNL_Nu.82_24072014_Weapons.pdf | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220810144008/https://www.fundasaunmahein.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/MNL_Nu.82_24072014_Weapons.pdf | archive-date=2022-08-10}} Secretary of State Francisco Guterres demanded an answer after a senior PNTL officer informed Tempo Semanala that a training session showed some of the submachine guns were defective.{{cite web | url=https://www.easttimorlawandjusticebulletin.com/2012/09/police-to-acquire-72-mb5-guns-from.html | title=Police to acquire 72 MB5 guns from Indonesia }} Around PM2-V1s were reported to be defective. An inquiry was set up in 2013 to investigate the issue.{{cite web | url=https://www.thediliweekly.com/tl/notisias/2238-governu-presiza-kria-komisaun-investigasaun-ba-kilat-pntl | title=Governu Presiza Kria Komisaun Investigasaun Ba Kilat PNTL }}

PM2s are used by the PNTL during election security in 2017.{{cite web | url=https://www.fundasaunmahein.org/2017/08/09/pntl-officers-should-carry-appropriate-weaponry-2/ | title=PNTL Officers Should Carry Appropriate Weaponry - Fundasaun Mahein | date=9 August 2017 }}

Design

The Pindad PM2 is a submachine gun based on the Pindad SS2, using a similar receiver (although changed to use 9×19mm ammunition), grip, and folding stock. It is designed to exceed the performance of the popular German-made Heckler & Koch MP5.{{cite web|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120405150215/http://www.rindam5brw.mil.id/arsip/artikel/180-pm2-v2-pindad|url=http://rindam5brw.mil.id/arsip/artikel/180-pm2-v2-pindad|title=Senapan PM2 V2 Pindad|accessdate=2013-01-17|date=2011-01-08|archivedate=2012-04-05|language=Indonesian|publisher=Kodam V/Brawijaya}} It has a standard MIL-STD-1913 rail on top for optics and comes with a suppressor.

All PM2 types have fixed iron sights.{{cite web | url=https://modernfirearms.net/en/submachine-guns/pindad-pm2-2/ | title=PINDAD PM2 submachine gun | date=21 April 2018 }}

Variants

=PM2-V1=

The V1 weighs 3.18 kg with its magazine. It is 625 mm long with a blowback firing system, outfitted with a folding stock.{{cite web | url=https://pindad.com/pm2-v1 | title=PT. Pindad (Persero) - PM2-V1 Kal. 9 mm }}

=PM2-V2=

The V2 is fixed with an integral suppressor.{{cite web | url=https://modernfirearms.net/en/submachine-guns/pindad-pm2-2/ | title=PINDAD PM2 submachine gun | date=21 April 2018 }} It weighs 3.45 kg and is 720 mm long with a folding stock.{{cite web | url=https://pindad.com/pm2-v2-kal-9-mm | title=PT. Pindad (Persero) - PM2-V2 Kal. 9 mm }}

=PM2-V3=

The V3 is fixed with a forward grip and is longer than the V1 but shorter than the V2.{{cite web | url=https://www.militaryfactory.com/smallarms/detail.asp?smallarms_id=1062 | title=Pindad PM2 }} It has a picatinny rail on the top body and has a different stock and grip design.

Users

{{flag|Indonesia}}: Indonesian Army and Kopassus.{{cite web | url=https://tirto.id/kekuatan-militer-indonesia-2019-dari-senjata-hingga-pasukan-khusus-egpl | title=Kekuatan Militer Indonesia 2019, dari Senjata hingga Pasukan Khusus }}
{{flag|Timor Leste}}: 75 PM2-V1s bought from PT Pindad in 2012.{{cite web|url=http://www.bumn.go.id/pindad/publikasi/berita/visit-of-timor-leste-delegation-to-pt-pindad-persero/|title=Visit of Timor Leste Delegation to PT Pindad (Persero)|publisher=PT Pindad|date=2012-12-02|accessdate=2013-01-17|archivedate=2013-01-17 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130117185753/http://www.bumn.go.id/pindad/publikasi/berita/visit-of-timor-leste-delegation-to-pt-pindad-persero/}} PM2s used by the PNTL.

References

External links

[https://web.archive.org/web/20101126170223/https://www.pindad.com/prodgul800.php?bahasa=1&varkdnews=JTPM2 Senjata Jagawana]

Category:Silenced firearms

Category:9mm Parabellum submachine guns

Category:Submachine guns of Indonesia

Category:Post–Cold War military equipment of Indonesia