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: Earlier this year, Army chief General Hafizuddeain Jantan announced that the main procurement programme for this year will be the High Mobility Armoured Vehicle (HMAV) and the High Mobility Light Tactical Vehicle (HMLTV). During the interview at DSA 2024, Hafizuddeain expounded further on the procurement of both vehicles. […]
SHAH ALAM: In an earlier article on the Nukol Makina Panthera 4X4, Malaysian Defence wrote that the vehicles were already in Lebanon despite no official word on them. They were delivered earlier this year but their entry into service was delayed due to documentation issues. From the post: As reported […]
SHAH ALAM: The 20 Nurol Makina Panthera armoured 4X4s for the Malaysian contingent in Lubnan is expected to be operational in April. This is following their pre-delivery inspection and acceptance tests to be conducted early this month, Defence Minister DS Khaled Nordin said in a written response in Parliament on […]
SHAH ALAM: IT appears that the Army main procurement programme this year will be the High Mobility Armoured Vehicle (HMAV) and the High Mobility Light Tactical Vehicle (HMLTV). Both are Kenderaan Jenis A or armoured vehicles. Army chief Gen Muhammad Hafizuddeain Jantan confirmed this in an interview with Harian Metro […]
SHAH ALAM: The 20 Nurol Makina Panthera 4X4 armoured tactical vehicle is expected to be delivered to the Malaysian UNIFIL unit in Lebanon, next year, the Armed Forces chief Gen Mohammad Ab Rahman said today. He was quoted as saying by Air Times News Network that 20 vehicles will be […]
SHAH ALAM: It appears that the 20 Nurol Makina Panthera 4X4 (Ejder Yalcin) ordered for Malbatt 850 will be delivered to Lubnan soon. This is based on a tender for a multi-modal transport operator (MTO) to ship the armoured 4X4s to Lebanon. The tender was published on May 24 and […]
SHAH ALAM: Fourth Royal Armoured Regiment – Rejimen Empat Kor Armor Di Raja(4KAD) has declared its fleet of RPZ Condor armoured 4X4 and Sibmas armoured recovery vehicle as retired from service as off January 1, 2023. The retirement of the Condors and Sibmas were made public in separate releases on […]
SHAH ALAM: The more the merrier part. In an earlier post with a similar title, Malaysian Defence reported that the Nurol Makina Ejder Yalcin will only be delivered there only in three or four years time. This was based on reports quoting the-then Joint Force Command commander Lieutenant General Yazid […]
SHAH ALAM: Cendana Auto FFR in Lebanon. Back in January 2021, Malaysian Defence reported that Cendana Auto will be supplying 20 Fitted For Radio (FFR) 4X4 vehicles for the Joint Forces Command (JFC). The Cendana Auto vehicles are meant to replace the Land Rover FFR in service with the Malaysian […]
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