SHAH ALAM: The Defence Ministry has issued a tender for 18 Anti-Tank Guided Weapon – Medium Range (ATGW-MR) for the Army. The tender was published today (March 21) and closes on April 11, a period of 21 days. Although the tender documents stated 18 ATGW-MR launchers, it did not say […]
SHAH ALAM: More stuff for the Army. The Army took delivery of trucks, bridges, radios, and boat trailers in a ceremony at the 92 Depoh Kenderaan Pusat at the Batu Kantomen camp in Kuala Lumpur on March 15. Army chief General TS Zamrose Mohd Zain officiated the ceremony. As for […]
SHAH ALAM: More Berretta PMX sub-machine guns in service. It appears that the RMN Special Forces Unit – Pasukan Khas Laut (Paskal) is also operating the Berretta 9mm PMX sub-machinegun. This was revealed when at least three Paskal operators taking part in the joint Malaysian-Indonesian exercise (Latgabma Malindo Darsasa) were […]
SHAH ALAM: Lembaga Tabung Angkatan Tentera (LTAT) – the Armed Forces Provident Fund – today announced a dividend of five per cent with a total pay-out of RM476.45 million for its 122,935 contributors in 2022. This is comparable to the 5.3 per cent dividend for conventional savings for 2022 as […]
SHAH ALAM: Eighteen newly minted pilots have been commissioned into the Armed Forces in a ceremony held on the Perdana Camp in Sungei Besi, Kuala Lumpur on March 11. Malaysian Defence reported on their passing out parade from Kolej Tentera Udara last year. Fifteen of the newly commissioned pilots are […]
SHAH ALAM: Its Black Hawks for PUTD. The Army Air Wing will be equipped with four Black Hawk helicopters soon, Army chief General TS Zamrose Mohd Zain said today. Speaking at the Army Air Wing’s – Pasukan Udara Tentera Darat (PUTD) – 28th anniversary parade at the Kem Mahkota, Keluang, […]
SHAH ALAM: Going, going, gone? Last January 19, the Defence Ministry announced it had cancelled five contracts for “supply, services, and infrastructure projects”. It did not identify the contracts though but stated that it will implement the projects via a tender process. Checks with industry sources only revealed one of […]
SHAH ALAM: Back in July last year, the Army’s Logistics Headquarters floated a quotation notice for the supply and delivery of non-scale clothing (pakaian bukan skala), digital combat boots. It is unclear why the notice stated that the boots are non-scale clothing. The notice stated that the 1111 pairs should […]
SHAH ALAM: The Army has stood up another ad-hoc artillery – 23 RAD (ad-hoc) – regiment, this time equipped with the Denel G5 MkIII 155mm howitzers. 23 RAD is operating out of Kamunting camp in Taiping, Perak, according to a February 18 post by Berita Tentera Darat Malaysia (BTDM). The […]
SHAH ALAM: The Army – Tentera Darat – will have a new chief next month. Army chief General TS Zamrose Mohd Zain today announced that he will be handing over the post to his successor this March 21. He was speaking at his farewell parade at Kem Iskandar in Mersing, […]
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