[15] They were publicly seen in service with the Mechanical TNI Battalion Task Force Garuda Contingent in Lebanon.

[15] It was also displayed at DSA 2012 in Malaysia where a planned Malaysian-only marketed Anoa called the Rimau was unveiled to the public.

[18] The development history of the Anoa started in 2003 as a result of increased military intervention in the Aceh province.

During the military operations, the Indonesian Army put forward urgent requirements for an armoured personnel carrier for troop transport.

[21] Pindad then continued the APC development program with assistance from the Agency For Assessment and Application of Technology or BPPT in 2004.

[22] The resulted prototype was the APS-1 (Angkut Personel Sedang), a 6x4 design that was again based on a commercial Perkasa truck platform by PT Texmaco.

The 6x6 prototype first undergoing testing and trials on the beginning of 2007 and then officially unveiled to the public during Indo Defence & Aerospace 2008 exhibition on November 19, 2008.

[28] On June 1, 2018, Pindad announced that it had entered into a partnership with Bhukhanvala Industries to research and develop a ceramic-based protection system for the Anoas.

It was seen equipped with small waterjet propellers to swim in shallow water (replaced with additional storage bin for the mass-produced version).

[31] Some differences from the first generation of the Anoa include rounded roof hatches and re-positioning of the smoke grenade projectors from the sides of the vehicle to directly in front of the driver and commander hatches,[21] modification to the armoured shutters which in previous version of Anoas required the crew to open and close them from the outside manually and only fitted to the front window now can be safely closed from inside and it also now present on each individual vision blocks, improved crew intercom systems, redesign of vehicles exhaust system from previously rounded muffler with long exhaust pipes now into rectangular muffler with short exhaust pipes mounted on the side, and reduction of vision blocks and firing ports in troop compartment from four on each side to three.

[35] The final, definitive version of the fire support variant was then unveiled at Indo Defence & Aerospace 2014 known as the Badak.

The Badak featured a new design with all-welded monocoque steel hull with STANAG 4569 Level 3 protection, a new 340 hp power pack located at the front left and the driver now seated on the right side (beside the engine), leaving the remainder of the hull clear for the installation of the turret.

[36][37] PT Pindad signed a contract with Ireland's Timoney Technologies during IDEX 2017 at Abu Dhabi, UAE for a customised Timoney modular drive-line, transfer case, and steering system to upgrade the Badak 6×6 fire support vehicle drive train.