The Indonesian Army's Carbine Team taking part in the on-going 14th ASEAN Armies Rifle Meet (AARM) is more confident with its owned made pro-duct, a team member said here on Saturday.

Second Sergeant Habdi said that his team felt more comfortable with using arms produced by Indonesia's weapon and ammunition manufacturer PT Pindad.

About 500 shooters from the 10 armies of the ASEAN member nations are taking part in the 14th ASEAN firing competiton being held in the firing range of the Indonesian Army Strategic Reserve Command's Infantry Division in Cilodong, West Java, from September 1 to 8, 2004.

Sgt Habdi said that one should not take lightly arms produced at home because it has been proven that PT Pindad's products are able to `speak' in many firing competition events in the current 14th AARM in Cilodong.

With Pindad made SSIV2 Authomatic Carbine, the Indonesian Amry's carbine team was able to dominate almost all events in the carbine matches.

Up to the fourth day of the competition, the Indonesian carbine team has booked victories in the individual and group macth-1, match-2 and match-3 events. While in the match-4 event, the Indonesian team came up as the second winner.

Habdi said the SS1-v2 rifle assault was proven to be reliable in the field. This rifle has high accuracy with relatively short jearing.

ith the SS 1-V2, Habdi was able to win the first place in the carbine match-2 event. He also was able to came up as the overall individual champ in all carbine events.
As a whole, the Indonesian Army's team is also believed to come up as the overall champion in the carbine events.

Starting his miltary career in the Cavelary-10 Battalion of the Wirabuana Military Command, Habdi has extensive experience in using various types of assault rifles made overseas. But he felt he was more comfortable with using the home-made SS1-V2 rifle.
"I have tried the US-made M-16 but I felt it did not fit met. If I used M-16, with only a slight slant, I would not hit the target," he said.