SHAH ALAM: Turkish armoured vehicle manufacturer, FNSS, has been awarded with a contract from the Turkish Land Forces (TLF) to supply and deliver twenty-five of the Pars Alpha 8X8 and 6X6 variants. The contract is part of the TLF new generation armoured vehicles programme which allowed for the serial production […]
SHAH ALAM: Defence Minister DS Khaled Nordin in his new year message on January 16 2024 announced that the National Defence Industry Policy 2025 (DIPN25) will be launched at LIMA 2025 this May. The ministry also launched a portal for public feedback. Unfortunately, as of today the portal is still […]
SHAH ALAM: Work on the radar station in Bintulu is expected soon with the delivery of the Thales GM400 Alpha long-range radar expected in mid to end of 2026. The LRR station is expected to be operational by the end of 2026, Thales Malaysia country director François-Xavier Boutes said in […]
SHAH ALAM: 3 KAD – the last KAD regiment without armoured vehicles after it retired the Condors in early 2023 – has taken delivery of the Gempita 8X8 vehicles. A parade was held on August 26 to mark the entry of the Gempita into regiment. 3 KAD is based at […]
SHAH ALAM: Army chief General TS Hafizudeain Jantan visited two Turkish armoured vehicles manufacturers during a tour of the country this week. He visited Turkey for the SEDEC conference fair. The manufacturers he visited were Nurol Makina and FNSS Savunma. Both companies had supplied armoured vehicles to the Army, Nurol […]
SHAH ALAM: IT appears that the Army has not repaired a Gempita IFV25 from 19 RMR (Mechanised) which got involved in a road accident in Sandakan in 2019. This was revealed in a post by the unit in its official Facebook page. 19 RMR used the vehicle in a briefing […]
SHAH ALAM: 4 KAD based in Kuching, Sarawak, it appears has received the full complement of its 26 Gempita armoured vehicles. This was evident during a recent inspection exercise where at least 12 Gempita were seen in a Facebook post by the 1 Infantry Division. The post did not say […]
SHAH ALAM: The first batch of Deftech Gempita 8X8 vehicles transferred to 4 KAD has arrived at its camp in Kuching, Sarawak. The Gempita was shipped to Kuching onboard KD Mahawangsa which berthed at the Pending port on September 6. A ceremony to mark the arrival of the Gempita at […]
SHAH ALAM: 4 KAD, it appears, will be getting its Gempita 8X8 at its camp in Kuching, Sarawak, sooner than later. The first batch of 26 Gempita it is getting has already been loaded onboard RMN MRCSS ship, KD Mahawangsa at the Lumut naval base ahead of Merdeka Day. It […]
SHAH ALAM: In a previous post previously, Malaysian Defence wrote that one of the users is 5 Kor Armor Di Raja. It is not actually. The Gempita that were pictured in the post are operated by 19 RAMD. In fact, the Gempita are now stationed with Bravo Company of the […]
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