Conflict archive

1962 Indonesian Confrontation Weapons and Equipment

The Indonesian Confrontation 1962-1966 was a conflict between Indonesia and Malaysia, backed by Commonwealth forces, during the formation of Malaysia and fighting in Borneo and nearby areas.

The Indonesian Confrontation 1962-1966 was fought between Indonesia and Malaysia with British, Australian, New Zealand, and other Commonwealth involvement. The archive focuses on source-backed weapons documented in the Borneo and Malaysia fighting.

This archive tracks weapon systems directly documented in Indonesian Confrontation 1962-1966 use.

Entries should stay limited to direct source-backed use in Borneo, Malaysia, or related Confrontation operations.

1 weapon systems

Context

Status
Published archive
Domains
land, air, maritime

Use this archive for weapons directly tied to Confrontation operations, especially jungle, border, air, maritime, and artillery systems documented in primary or museum sources.

Category

Artillery

Tube artillery, rocket artillery, and long-range ground fires.

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OTO Melara Mod 56, 105 mm towed pack howitzer, ArtilleryArtilleryOTO Melara Mod 56105 mm towed pack howitzerSide: Malaysia and Commonwealth forcesRole: Commonwealth jungle artillery supportBuilt: OTO Melara / ItalyThe OTO Melara Mod 56 is an Italian 105 mm pack howitzer built for light, mountain, and airborne artillery. It breaks down into packable loads, fires standard 105 mm ammunition, and became widely exported under designations including the British/Commonwealth L5; documented conflict use ranges from Vietnam, Borneo, and the Falklands to Spanish-supplied guns in Ukraine and captured or improvised Boko Haram systems in Nigeria.

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