SHAH ALAM: The Procurement Division of the Defence Ministry has issued six separate requests for bids for the supply of medium calibre ammunition for the RMN. Three of of the RFB are for live ammunition while the others are for training ammunition.
The first tender is for five thousand rounds of 30mm High Explosive Incendiary (HEI) and 30mm HEI with tracer. The public specifications for the tender did not say which guns the ammunition are meant for but a Google search showed that it is meant for the MSI DB30 guns on board the Lekiu, Kasturi and Gagah classes of ships.
The second tender is for three thousand 57mm L/70 pre-fragmented high explosive rounds for used by the Bofors SAK 57 mm L70 MK I and MK II automatic guns fitted on most of the RMN ships including the FACs, MPSS and frigates (Lekiu and Kasturi classes).
The third is for five thousand rounds of 20mm High Explosive Incendiary (HEI) and HEI with tracer. The ammunition is meant for the Oerlikon guns fitted on board KD Mahawangsa and KD Sri Indera Sakti. Both ships are fitted with two guns each, port and starboard, amidships.
The three other tenders for training ammunition are four thousand 40mm practice and tracer rounds; six thousand rounds of 20mm practice and tracer and four thousand two hundred of 57mm rounds. The tenders were published on April 11 and closing on May 5. Only the FACs and the four patrol crafts will employ the 40mm training rounds as they are only vessels in RMN equipped with the Bofors 40mm L/70 guns.
The indicative costs of the six tenders were not published though. A check on Eperolehan showed World Integrated Technologies Sdn Bhd was awarded a Letter of Award of RM17.482 million for the supply of four thousand two hundred 57mm practice rounds from a tender in February 2021. This means each round costs around RM4.16 million each. It is likely the ammunition was procured from Yugoimport from Serbia as the multi-modal transport operator tender in 2023 stated that it will be shipped either from ports in Montenegro or Bulgaria.
–Malaysian Defence
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“four thousand 40mm practice and tracer rounds”
Wondering which ship uses this calibre of size?
“This means each round costs around RM4.16 million each.”
Wait what, seriously? Are these round made out of solid gold? But…
“Letter of Award of RM17,482.500 million”
Thats a sum in billions RM right? Just for ammo
Just wondering. Are the MSI 30mm guns manually operated or can they be remotely operated from inside the ship?
If anyone has been to the RMN Museum; are the Emerlecs there? It’s a shame the twin tube Bofors 375mm launchers are not.
Million lah. The Bofors 40mm guns, mostly now on the FAC and Patrol Craft
The last time I went to the museum, two years ago, there was no Emerlecs.
I believe only the training ships RWS can be fired remotely.
The ones on the Lekius and Kasturis can be fired manually or by director.
The Bofors Mk1s are on the FACs, MCMVs and PCs.
From the CIC the MSIs can be fired manually via a joystick or via the director. There are separate directors for them.
“RM17.482 million for the supply of four thousand two hundred 57mm”
“This means each round costs around RM4.16 million each”
With a more realistic total cost, each round is actually RM 4,160.