Its been almost a week since a Hawk 208 crashed in the waters off Kuala Rompin. Despite a massive search operations, the plane and its pilot, have yet to be found. So far only the rudder have been found. Every body is still hoping that the pilot Maj Muhammad is […]
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 […]
This is the L100 MSA bone dome which the RMAF hope to procure for its Sukhoi Su-30MKM fighter squadron. I am a great admirer of India. The country is already a certified nuclear power. Not a country one want to mess with. It also produced cruise missiles and assembled jet […]
SHAH ALAM: Latest news! As alluded in our earlier posting “Assault Rifle Musical Chair” the the Colt M4 has been announced as the preferred candidate to become the Malaysian Army standard assault rifle. And its the M4 that is to be the main AR for the Malaysian Army combat units. […]
SHAH ALAM: As others debate on terminal ballistics and penetration, and assault rifles as just a component of a soldier system, we are back again on a musical chair, the assault rifle version. 15 years ago they said they had the answer. Choose an assault rifle whose manufacturer was willing […]
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