Defence Contract

Getting Ready for Local Testing or Delivery?

SHAH ALAM: ON August 22, Slovakian company – Konstrukta Defence – announced that its truck mounted EVA M2 6X6 SPH has completed its first shooting tests. It also said the vehicle also successfully completed the first non-shooting tests for vertical grade, trench and climb rate. It is interesting to note […]

Parliament

EVA SPH for the Army?

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 […]

Malaysian Army

Half of SPH Will Be in Sabah

SHAH ALAM: IT appears half of the 18 Self Propelled Howitzer (SPH) – once they are procured and delivered to the Army – will be based at Camp Paradise in Kota Belud, Sabah. The SPH will be operated by the 22 Rejimen Artileri DiRaja (22 RAD) – a unit which […]

Defence Shows

Show Report 4, Nexter Systems Caesar SPH

KUALA LUMPUR: THE Nexter Systems Caesar 155mm truck-mounted self-propelled howitzer returns to Malaysia after some 20 year absence. This time around at DSA 2016, the Caesar 155m 52 calibre howitzer gun is mounted on the Renault Defense Sherpa 5 up-armoured truck. Apart from the Caesar, Nexter Systems is also displaying […]