SHAH ALAM: Rare Army vehicle spotted in the wild. A rare and likely new Army vehicle, an Iveco Daily truck/van, has been spotted in the wild, courtesy of Berita Tentera Darat Malaysia. As usual however there was not much information about the vehicle apart that its called the Iveco Daily MCRS in the service.
I am guessing from the MCRS acronym that it is a communication vehicle of some sort, moreover the truck belonged to the Third Division Signals Regiment (Rejimen Semboyan Divisyen Ketiga Infantri (3 RSD). MCRS is actually Multi Channel Radio System (MCRS)
the Iveco Daily MCRS going through the off-road circuit. BTDM
Based on the ZC plate number, I am also guessing that the truck has been in service within the last five years or even less to supplement or replaced the Fitted For Radio (FFR) Land Rovers and Weststar GK-M1 vehicles. Civilian Iveco Daily has a a gross weight of three tonnes so the MCRS could haul more comms gear compared to the other FFR vehicles which have a gross weight of one tonne only.
Crew of the Iveco Daily MCRS preparing to use the winch. BTDM
As there was no contract announced for the Iveco Daily, I am assuming that the vehicles were (I am assuming that the Army bought more than one MCRS) purchased around 2014 to 2017. The vehicle was spotted when personnel from 3 RSD were put through the off-road competency circuit at the Terendak camp in Malacca from 26 to 27 March.
The Iveco Daily MCRS traversing a simulated log bridge at the off road cirrcuit. BTDM
The Army previously had no permanent off-road circuit to train its drivers of its unarmoured – Class B vehicles- during and after undergoing the vehicle driving course, normally held at Taiping.
Dutch military Iveco Daily Ananconda, a soup up militarised variant of the Daily.
From BTDM.
LATIHAN KOMPETENSI PEMANDUAN KJB TINGKAT PENGETAHUAN WARGA 3 RSD
MELAKA: Seramai tiga pegawai dan 18 anggota Lain-Lain Pangkat (LLP) dari Rejimen Semboyan Divisyen Ketiga Infantri (3 RSD) terlibat dengan Latihan Kompetensi Pemanduan Kenderaan Jenis Bravo (KJB) di Litar Terendak Off-Road Competency Circuit (TOCC) bermula 26 hingga 27 Mac 2021.
Latihan dimulakan dengan taklimat latihan, keselamatan, teknikal kenderaan serta penerangan penggunaan Litar TOCC telah disampaikan oleh Ketua Skuadron Bantuan 3 RSD dimana latihan kali ini melibatkan empat jenis kenderaan iaitu, Trak 3/4 Tan L/R FRR (PUMA), Iveco Daily MCRS, Trak tiga Tan Hicom Handalan dan Trak lima Tan Prime Mover.
Selain itu, Pegawai Gerakan Peperangan Informasi 3 RSD menyampaikan taklimat awal di mana beliau telah menekankan bahawa latihan sebegini amat diperlukan bagi menguji kemahiran anggota tred pemandu semasa pengendalian Kenderaan Jenis B di dalam situasi off road.
Bagi memastikan kemahiran anggota pemandu diuji, beberapa halangan diwujudkan sepanjang track off road tersebut bagi menguji kecekapan anggota dalam menghadapi situasi dan keadaan jalan yang berbeza semasa pemanduan.
Konsep latihan dilaksanakan secara teori dan praktikal di litar yang mempunyai 11 halangan merangkumi peringkat halangan ringan, sederhana dan mencabar seperti halangan berlumpur (4WD/Towing), Uneven dan Undulating Ground, Titi Kayu, Mendaki Bukit (winching) dan Lereng Bukit untuk melatih anggota bagi memahami sistem, komponen, operasi kenderaan dan teknik mengatasi halangan.
Pelaksanaan latihan ini adalah selaras dengan Tonggak Pertama Perintah Ulung PTD Ke-28 iaitu Penekanan Terhadap Penambahbaikan Profesionalisme Serta Profesiensi Taktikal dan Teknikal Melalui Keberkesanan Latihan Individu, Kolektif dan Joint serta Latihan Berterusan.
As with the picture above, the Dutch Army has some 46 Iveco Anaconda truck, a militarised version of the Daily. It is uparmoured and equipped with machine guns for various combat and utility roles.
— Malaysian Defence
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MCRS - multi channel radio system
the army has 22 of these
Firstly i dont understand why ATM uses a 1 ton vehicle to carry a radio system? Of all vehicle they could simply choose vehicle like this one or bigger,dont forget these pple will be working in a cramp n dirty enviroment plus all their belongings,try working in a cramp vehicle n you guys will get the idea....its not office enviroment but dirty,stuffy and cramp enviroment
Red Sot - “ts not office enviroment but dirty,stuffy and cramp enviroment”
It’s a divisional level asset which will operate in the operational depth ..... Also; not all of divisional level comms will be in a 1 tonne lorry. As for “belongings” it doesn’t necessarily have to be in the same vehicle; unlike say a IFV where everything’s cramped in.
There is also the EW vehicle using the same chassis and in some photos iveco daily GS version all in RSD and SSB formation... So there cud be more than 22 of them...
Wow i didnt know that,its alright if the FOB is in a tarmac or concrete area.But the usual most of the tropic countries will have to deal with muddy boots going everywhere,and it will be a luxury if our SBO,helmet n rifle will be in the tentage,and last minute movement out of the FOB is out of the question for ATM....WOW...i rhought the SAF is the only model army in S.E.A but so is ATM...
FB - “So there cud be more than 22 of them”
Unless I’m very mistaken: ‘blogiwr gwirion’ was referring to ‘multi channel radios” and you’re referring to the vehicle - two different things.
Personally i find it hard to believe the army only has 22 ‘multi channel radios’. It may only have 22 mounted on Ivecos; the rest on other things. Some may not even be ‘mounted’ per se on anything but carried.
Does our signal corp train in under heavy EW threat scenarios or where EW attacks coming in multiple directions (signal jamming, spoofing, snooping, physical targeting, etc)?
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No idea, really.
Red Sot,
Deal with the issue at hand instead of going off tangent and indulging in unnecessary sarcasm which anyone from any age level with a keyboard can do.
You spoke of the vehicle not being suited due to various factors; including being too cramped for “belongings” and being ill suited for the physical environment.
Again; since you didn’t get it the first time; it is a divisional level asset which deploys in the operational depth. It’s operators - unlike in a IFV - do not have to have all their “belongings” in the vehicle and will not necessarily have “muddy boots” for the simple reason that unlike infantrymen; to do their job they’ll be confined to the vehicle.
Also; even if they had ‘muddy boots”: so what? How does it make this particular vehicle unsuitable?
Going by your line of logic/reasoning; are other support vehicles (bridge layers, ASTROS command vehicles, radar vehicles, etc, etc, also unsuitable?
Offtopic,
Seems we have a total 6 unit of Spexer 2000 radars instead of the reported 5, based on the recent maintenance tender.
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May well be a typo as well
The Iveco is already spacious compared to the Long wheel base land rover currently in use