Tentera Darat

Hauling, Hauling…

SHAH ALAM: Hauling, hauling. Back in October last year, Malaysian Defence reported that the Army took delivery of three Scania prime movers, described by the Army as the Heavy Expanded Mobility Tactical Truck- Multi Cargo Palletised System (HEMTT-MCPLS). Now thanks to Second Division Facebook page we know that the Scania […]

Auditor General Report

Pilot Audit On Army Armoured Vehicles

SHAH ALAM: The Auditor-General official conducted an audit on the Seventh Royal Ranger Regiment (7RRD) at its camp in Mentakab, earlier this month. The regiment made public on the audit on its Facebook page on March 16. From the post we know that it was an audit on the management […]

Defence Contract

Army Rotation/Transfer Exercise

SHAH ALAM: The Army – after a long pause – is conducting its rotation/transfer exercise involving units and personnel from and around Sabah, Sarawak, Labuan, and Semenanjung. A tender for the rotation/transfer exercise was published on March 20 and closes on April 18. The rotation/transfer exercise also involved in transferring […]

Kementerian Pertahanan

29th Army Chief

SHAH ALAM: Army deputy chief Lieutenant General DS Mohammad Ab Rahman, 59, was promoted as general and appointed as the 29th Army chief today. He succeeded Gen TS Zamrose Mohd Zain, 61, who is retiring. The promotion and handing-over ceremony was witnessed by Defence Minister DSU Mohamad Hasan and Chief […]

Asean and Malaysia

More Berretta Sub-Gun In Service

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 […]

Defence Contract

Its Black Hawks for PUTD

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, […]

Desert Tiger

Royal Visit For Ex Desert Tiger 6/2023

SHAH ALAM: Early this month, Malaysian Defence wrote about the Army sending a company from 9th Royal Malay Regiment (Para) to the United Arab Emirates for Desert Tiger Exercise 6/2023. Yesterday, the King and UAE president Sheikh Mohammed Zayed Al Nahyan were present at the closing ceremony of the exercise,held […]

Airshow

LIMA 2023 Budget

SHAH ALAM: In the article on the unapproved 2023 budget put forward by the previous government, Malaysian Defence wrote that the RM25.3 million was allocated in the Defence Ministry funds for organising Lima 2023, scheduled for this May 23 to 27. As the Transport Ministry is jointly organising the show […]

Defence Contract

Beretta SMGs Out in The Wild

SHAH ALAM: Beretta SMGs out in the wild. Back in June, last year, Malaysian Defence posted about the Army putting back into service a Beretta firearm after a break of some 50 years. In the past it was the AR-70 assault rifle but this time around, it’s the Beretta PMX […]