Some 250 Malaysian peacekeepers are now deployed in Timur Leste folowing a revolt in the newly independent country. Our soldiers facing machete wielding Timurese and some rebel soldiers armed with SteyrsApparently the ROE meant that unless they imminent danger, they cannot open fire with their Steyr AUG, M4, Minimi, GPMG […]
Somebody is placing ads in a local magazine Perajurit on the M4 Sopmod rifles. Sopmod is the acronym for the Special Operations Peculiar Modification rifles meant specifically for US Special Forces Command.Coming fast after the decision to replace the Steyr with the M4/M16A4 combo the ads is particularly annoying as […]
SHAH ALAM: A Pilatus PC-7 Mk II turbo=prop trainer made an emergency landing in a paddy field near Alor Setar, Kedah early this morning. Both crew, Lt Kol Mutalib Abdul Wahab, 46, and Mejar Tan Thian Khim, 34, walked away from the crash. As usual not much information were given […]
A nice schematic of the Pilatus PC-7 Mk II.Only on a few occasions, one can actually celebrate a contract signing. The occasion was the signing for six Mk IIs at the recent DSA 2006. For once I was smiling. Late last year, I was quite apprehensive that the air force […]
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