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Malaysian Army

They Died, So Its Their Fault?

KUALA LUMPUR: If the story from Bernama (below) is correct (quoted and translated correctly) it appears that the three soldiers who drowned during the demo-cum-training exercise ahead of Lima have been blamed for their own deaths. The story seem to invoke to me the famous lines “Their was not too […]

Malaysian Army

Lima 2009. Preview

LANGKAWI: LIMA 2009, Preview. This is my first posting from Langkawi. No updates yet but I would like to offer to offer condolences to the families of the three paratroopers killed in today’s incident. It was an accident that could have been avoided. The wind around Langkawi has been gusting […]

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Malaysian Army

Softies and the Army’s Responsibilities

KUALA LUMPUR: The country’s top soldier and one of his generals seemed to have a different opinion on the toughness of the current batch of recruits joining the force (see bernama story below). But in the next breath, Tan Sri Muhammad Ismail quickly corrected himself, stating it could be that […]

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Malaysian Army

Steyr and M16

KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysian Defence was checking out the new Army website tonight for the latest developments. The website has been under construction the last few months and even now, after it went live, the site remained under development. As usual I checked the Buletin TDM, now operating from another IP […]

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HK416

The story below speaks volume. Every one else apparently chose something esle. Our forces. meanwhile, are following the US military by opting to use the M4 despite the well publicised problems with it. The US military has a good reason. It is willing to wait for a laser gun to […]

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Army Media Day 2007

Captions. 1) FN Mag (GPMG)2) Pakistan-made RMPG-73) McMillan 50 calibre rifle (compnay has close-shop)4) FN SAW (the only new gun on display)5) Condor APC (the same vehicle used in Somalia 1991) Three weeks back I attended the 2007 Army Media Day in conjunction of Army Day. There was a shooting […]

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Malaysian Army

Deja Vu

SHAH ALAM:The first thing that came to my mind when I saw the Deftech AV4 was “Hey, I have seen that armoured car before”. Try as I might I cannot shake the feeling of déjà vu. When I surfed the web, I finally found what I was looking for. It […]