The Turangga is built on the chassis of the Ford 550 Heavy Duty, which is popular to be converted into a military vehicle because of its reliability.

[5] In this role, Turangga is designed to carry out missions such as rapid raids, peacekeeping operations and convoy escorts.

In appearance, Turangga's design seems to be inspired by the Typhoon MRAP, made by the Streit Group, from the United Arab Emirates.

In addition to providing shooting holes for assault rifles from inside the cabin, there are four points on the side glass and one on the rear window.

The Turangga 4×4 belonging to Paskhas TNI AU comes complete with U/VHF and HF communication radio, winch, NATO light gun ports in every troop window, and rifle rack.