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Current Section Automatic Weapon of the Singapore Armed Forces. [44] [45] M4 carbine: 5.56×45mm NATO United States: Colt M4/M16A2E Early Colt M4 in service with the Naval Diving Unit and Special Operations Task Force. [37] FN MAG: 7.62×51mm NATO Belgium: Standard general-purpose machine gun of the Singapore Armed Forces. [46] STK 50MG: 12.7× ...
This is a list of equipment of the Republic of Singapore Navy, the naval service branch of the Singapore Armed Forces (SAF). It is subdivided into vessels, aircraft, and weapons. It is subdivided into vessels, aircraft, and weapons.
Hunter AFV of the Singapore Army firing an Anti-Tank Guided Missile (ATGM) during a live-firing exercise. The Hunter AFV has a remotely controlled Samson Mk II turret from Rafael armed with a 30 mm Mk44 Bushmaster II cannon, with a magazine for 200 30x173mm rounds, [ 15 ] two SPIKE anti-tank guided missiles , a 7.62 mm coaxial machine gun , and ...
The Singapore Armed Forces (SAF) are the military of the Republic of Singapore, responsible for protecting and defending the security interests and the sovereignty of the country. A component of the Ministry of Defence (MINDEF), the armed forces have four service branches : the Army , Navy , Air Force , and Digital and Intelligence Service .
The Republic of Singapore Navy (RSN) is the maritime service branch of the Singapore Armed Forces (SAF) responsible for defending the country against any seaborne threats and as a guarantor of its sea lines of communications. The RSN traces its origins to the Royal Navy when Singapore was still a crown colony of the British Empire. The service ...
The Formidable-class frigates are key nodes within the Singapore Armed Forces' Integrated Knowledge-based Command and Control network, a concept similar to the United States Department of Defense's network-centric warfare doctrine.
The Singapore Army's first armour unit, the 41st Singapore Armoured Battalion (41 SAB), was created in Keat Hong Camp in November 1968. In 1969, the Army purchased V-200 Commando vehicles and AMX-13 tanks, and equipped a newly formed armour unit, the 40th Battalion (40 SAB), with the AMX-13 tanks, [4] while the V-200 Commando vehicles were shared between 41 SAB and 40 SAB.
The Singapore Army is the land service branch of the Singapore Armed Forces (SAF). The largest of the four branches of the SAF, the Singapore Army traces its origins to the 1st Battalion, Singapore Infantry Regiment (1 SIR), which was formed in 1957, when Singapore was still under British colonial rule.