SHAH ALAM: Back in July 2023, Malaysian Defence reported that a tender for procurement, supply, testing and delivery of an 84mm anti-tank weapon system or the Saab Carl Gustav M4 – the latest version of the recoilless rifle – was floated on the Eperolehan website.
The tender was for 110 launchers and unknown number of ammo. The seven types of ammunition sought include high explosive anti-tank; high explosive dual purpose; anti-structure; anti-personnel, anti-deterrent; smoke and illumination. Some of these are guided munitions.
The contract for the tender was awarded to Global Combined Technology Sdn Bhd with an LOA of RM27 million.
The launchers and ammunition, it appears, are ready for delivery as a quotation notice to find the multi-modal transport operator (MTO) was published today. The winning bidder will ship the launchers and ammo from the Arlanda airport in Sweden to the 91 Central Depot at the Batu Kantomen camp in Kuala Lumpur. It is likely that the delivery will be completed by the third quarter of the year. Depending on how fast they complete the bidding process, of course.
If they are fast in appointing the MTO, the paratroopers from the 10th Para Brigade may well be parading with their new Goose M4 at this year’s National Day parade. At 6.4 kg, the M4 is lighter than the M2 version in service with the Army. The Army had previously also purchased 84mm ammunition from a different manufacturer.
Update. The Goose will be supplemented by the Instalanza C90 LAW, the tender of which was published earlier this year.
Apart from the Goose launchers and ammo, another quotation notice was also published today to find the MTO to ship 7,000 105mm high explosive rounds. Unfortunately, the public portion of the specification did not reveal from where the rounds will be imported.
The tender for 105mm HE rounds was published in 2022 and the company which won the bid is GGS Global Sdn Bhd with an LOA of RM29 million.
— Malaysian Defence
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110 M4 Carl Gustaf launchers for RM27 million in the bigger scheme of things, is dirt cheap. We need at least 220 more (incl attrition spares) to reequip all infantry battalions with the M4 (if each battalion is allocated 6 Carl Gustafs as per BIS), including rejimen sempadan batallions (which as been officially designated as BIS battalions)
It will be cheaper if we buy them directly from Saab.
No new update on Karaok ATGM?
Nope
Can somebody in the know please elucidate the firepower strength of a typical platoon. Is there an RPG is each platoon and a Goose in every company? What about the other disposable rockets? Anyone?…
Yes there seem to be a RPG or two in Army platoon nowadays. The Goose is held with the support company AFAIK, same with other disposable rockets. ATGW is also with the support company. SHORAD is with GAPU units.
@Hulu
"reequip all infantry battalions with the M4"
We have other rockets & ATGMs...
The army have enough RPG-7 launchers to arm each rifle section with one RPG
If the Al-Qassam brigade can produce its own Yasin RPGs under severe occupation hardship, what is stopping our defence industry producing the very same RPGs or better?
Again, not only for our TDM but I am sure there is demand from the market, being battle proven against the Merkava.
Our production of even small arms ammo were not successful. So what do you think of RPG rounds?.
>what is stopping
Nothing. Any malaysian companies wanting to make their own RPG-7 launchers/munitions can do so whenever
In the current army BIS organisation. Theoretically each battalion will have
6x Carl Gustaf in support company
54x RPG-7 (2 units for every 8-man section.
Currently only 3 BIS infantry battalions have dedicated ATGM missiles (Metis-M, to be replaced with Karaok). Mechanized units have Baktar Shikan. Para units have Carl Gustaf + NLAW + C90.