SHAH ALAM: Scorpions to be retired. The Army has recommended that it’s fleet of Scorpion light tanks be retired due to the high cost of maintenance and obsolescence issues. Deputy Defence Minister Liew Chin Tong told Parliament today (Dec. 18, 2018) that none of the Scorpions are no longer operational. […]
SHAH ALAM: Adnan SLEP. The Army is conducting a study on extending the lives of the Adnan APC as the vehicles entered its 15th year of service (more or less). Not much is known about the programme so far as it is in the early stages of the planning cycle. […]
SHAH ALAM: Restructuring of the Signals Regiment. Rejimen Semboyan Diraja (RSD, or The Royal Signals Regiment) has been restructured. The restructuring effective from Nov 15, 20818 involved redesignation of 29 units, the creation of five new units and the abolishment of three others. Berita Tentera Darat Malaysia reported that the […]
SHAH ALAM: Army takes delivery of recovery vehicles. The Army has taken delivery of two Volvo heavy vehicles recovery trucks. The delivery was confirmed by a post by the Australian Defence Force in Malaysia social media page. The post contained images of one of the Volvo heavy recovery vehicle and […]
SHAH ALAM: Have Gun Will Travel. Whenever Malaysian Defence posted anything on the Deftech Gempita AV8 variants somehow or rather the conversation in the comments will touch on the lack of a dedicated anti-aircraft variant in the lineup. Recently I also wrote that the lack of the AA variant could […]
SHAH ALAM: Deputy Army Chief Appointed. Mej. Gen Hasagaya Abdullah, the former Third Division commander was promoted to Lt General and appointed as the new Army deputy chief on Oct. 18. Hasagaya, 55, became the deputy Army chief some seven years after his predecessor and current Army chief Gen. Hasbullah […]
SHAH ALAM: Condors Coming Home. Six Condors which had served in Lebanon since early 2007 are coming home. The six vehicles are currently stored at the Beirut port awaiting shipment back to Malaysia as soon as the Defence Ministry can find the logistics company to arrange for their ride. The […]
SHAH ALAM: Fire at Army museum. The exhibition gallery of the Army museum at Port Dickson were damaged in a fire today. Bernama reported that 50 per cent of the exhibition gallery were damaged in the incident. The report stated that the area affected in the 8.25am incident was the […]
SHAH ALAM: Frowning All The Time. The press release,below, from Saab is one those things which at the same time interesting but also infuriating. Interesting as its about new mortar rounds but infuriating as Saab refused to name the customer. What does it go to do with Malaysia then? I […]
SHAH ALAM: Shepard says Malaysia Bought Javelins. Shepard Media – a UK based aerospace, defence and security industry publication – is claiming that Malaysia has purchased the Raytheon FGM-148 Javelin anti tank guided missile. In its subscriber only part of its website it claimed that Malaysia were among the countries […]
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