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EVA SPH for the Army?

Konstructka Defence EVA truck 155mm turreted truck mounted SPH. Used for illustration only. Konstructka

SHAH ALAM: Defence Minister DS Khaled Nordin has denied a claim by a member of parliament that the Ministry of Finance (MOF) has issued a letter of intent for the Eva 8X8 SPH which is represented by Global Komited Sdn Bhd, a company under the Weststar Group.

Speaking in Parliament on March 12, Khaled said the procurement of the SPH has not been finalised yet.

From the Hansard:

Terima kasih Yang Berhormat Pendang. Secara detail saya mungkin tidak dapat hendak beri makluman, tetapi saya percaya dan dimaklumkan bahawa semua proses-proses perolehan adalah
mengikut standard operating procedure perolehan yang ditetapkan oleh kementerian
serta mengikut peraturan dan pekeliling yang dikeluarkan oleh Kementerian
Kewangan. T
Tender proses melalui kementerian. Apa-apa keputusan akan dihantar
kepada Kementerian Kewangan sebab itu merupakan peraturan dan pekeliling. Ini
termasuklah soal howitzer yang memang sedang dalam proses perolehan. Jadi,
belum muktamad, belum lagi muktamad. Jadi, kita masih lagi sedang tunggu siapa
akhirnya dan daripada mana kita akan beli peralatan itu. Begitu jugalah tentang
pembekalan peluru yang dibangkitkan oleh Yang Berhormat semasa perbahasan.

The question from Pendang MP Awang Hashim:

Yang Berhormat Menteri. Minta sikit.
Terima kasih Yang Berhormat Menteri. Terima kasih Tuan Yang di-Pertua. Tadi
disebut end user ini-lah masalah kita yang sebenarnya Yang Berhormat Menteri.
Saya hendak sentuh berkenaan dengan, fasal end user ini. Kita tengok berkenaan
dengan tender perolehan meriam. Ini aset juga. Aset tentera. Meriam 155mm selfpropel howitzer dia panggil, SPH. Ini dibangkitkan oleh kerajaan─ oleh PH pada
ketika itu masa menjadi pembangkang.

Saya dapati benarkah sekarang ini MOF telah mengeluarkan LOI yang
berjumlah RM805 juta kepada syarikat Global Komited iaitu anak syarikat Weststar
yang dikatakan tiada dalam senarai, tetapi atas arahan sesuatu diberikan kepada

syarikat Global Komited ini untuk pembelian EVA buatan Republik Czech yang
menawarkan harga termahal yang melepasi siling MOF. Ini yang saya hendak
bangkitkan, ini end-user ini. Eva juga, ini dikatakan bertentangan dengan kehendak
tentera darat yang memilih Caesar buatan Perancis yang mana harganya ia boleh
diterima oleh semua pihak. Difahamkan juga, pihak tentera darat telah mengeluarkan
surat bantahan di atas keputusan Kementerian Kewangan ini. Jadi, saya harap minta
penjelasan daripada Menteri Pertahanan hari ini

Malaysian Defence comments:

I was informed that the selection of the Eva SPH by industry sources last week, ahead of this story. As mentioned by the MP, I was told the Army had issued an objection letter to MOF after it wrote a letter to the Defence Ministry on its decision on the SPH tender. I was told that the MOF had selected the Eva over the Caesar, which was selected by the Army’s tender committee. The committee had forwarded its recommendation of the Caesar with Eva as the second choice. For tenders above certain cost, will need to be approved by the MOF.

I was told that a closed competition were offered to six vendors late last year though only five decided to take part. I was not informed of the other three contenders. The Army tender committee selected the Caesar as it got the highest points.

As mentioned by the MP, the Eva was more expensive. My sources indicated that it was above the weight requirements as it can be airlifted by an A400M only. The Eva though has an automatic loading compared to the Caesar. The Army’s requirement was for semi-automatic loading only.

Eva was named as the winner of the SPH contract some time back.

— Malaysian Defence

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View Comments (46)

  • Nice...at least we know this program still alive..I just hope this SPH, LMS batch 2, HMAV, HMLTV, 12 CSAR heli program will be contracted soon.

  • Pros and cons.

    Caesar has a lighter footprint but its crews have to be out in the open exposed to the elements and other things. Curious as to why the army specified a need for semi-automatic loading. Interestingly as of a few months ago not a single Caesar had been lost to loitering munitions or UASs; unlike other systems.

    It's too much to ask but would be ideal if the SPH requirement was followed up by an order for a couple of radars; distributed in a decentralised manner; regimental or battery level.

    • The Slovaks has donated a number of EVA SPH to the Ukrainians.

  • If is 2nd choice, it still part of the game right?
    Just like our TUDM previous Nuri replacement, AW-101 score no 1 but we choose EC-725

    • Not really if its above the budget. They listed the number two due to the process.

  • zaft - ''We do love buying prototype aren’t we?''

    If it has completed development and has been or is ready for production then it wouldn't fall into the ''prototype'' category.

  • "Army had issued an objection letter to the Ministry of Finance (MOF)."

    This is what i like to hear...stop with "asalkan ada bolehlah" mindset

  • @zaft
    the EVA is not an early prototype. It's already in Ukraine and was based off earlier Slovak auto howitzers. there nothing wrong with it other than it doesnt meet army airlift requirement. it's possibly the fastest shoot-scoot artillery besides pzh2000 and G6. the only issue here is Caesar has a large backlog and Ukraine may take delivery priority.

  • Again we are buying 18 units of an unpopular make. Thank god they are not going to be customised to make them 18 units of very rare items like our Flankers.

    Good for the rent seeker....lock on maintenance for 30-40 years

  • As I said, Caesar was the real and only choice that TDM wants all along and be damned the rest as they will do everything to scupper every other option. M109? Dead. Yavuz? Dead. EVA? Dead.

    Some chose to deflect and claim that TDM would be okay with something similar as long as its new. Well this has put that claim to its grave. It has been Caesar and Caesar all along.

    "Render unto Caesar what TDM wants"

    Is ADS still the vendor for this Nexter deal? I recall they were the vendor for LG1.

  • Rm805m for Eva sph contract. how many pieces we can get with that amount.how much per unit cost. If it meet the requirements for second best place why not here we go la.Although Caesar is more cheaper than the yavuz and others sph with rm854m for 18 unit and free a couple drone.The problem maybe, mof choose Eva over Caesar because huge backlog buyers from European country, from what I read at the wikipedia three countries are waiting for the delivery of the Caesar beside Ukrainian, to complete more than 200+ caesar are Belgium 28unit chez republic 62 unit and Lithuania 18unit all this countries estimates deliveries by 2026 and 2027 onwards and not included what France ordered for 109 Caesar ng2.If the army can wait maybe after 4 to 6 more years 2028-2030 for the deliveris?. The production line for Caesar estimately monthly was about 6 or 7 and 70/80 unit per year.