Equipment of the Singaporean Army
The Equipment of the Singapore Army can be subdivided into: infantry weapons, vehicles, unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) and radars.
Ground vehicles
Vehicle | Image | Type | Origin | Quantity | Notes | |
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Tanks | ||||||
Leopard 2SG | Main battle tank | West Germany | 196[1] | Armed with 120 mm Rheinmetall L44 main gun. Includes 30 spare tanks, excludes 10 Bergepanzer-3 Büffel ARVs.[2] | ||
Armoured vehicle | ||||||
Bionix II | Infantry fighting vehicle | Singapore | 200[1] | Armed with 30 mm Bushmaster II chain gun/new armour. | ||
Bionix 25 | Infantry fighting vehicle | Singapore | 200[1] | Armed with 25 mm M242 Bushmaster chain gun. | ||
Bionix 40/50 | Infantry fighting vehicle | Singapore | 300[1] | Armed with CIS 40 AGL and CIS 50MG. | ||
Terrex AV-81 | Armoured combat vehicle | Singapore | 135[1] | |||
M113A2 Ultra IFV | Armoured personnel carrier | USA Singapore | 950[1] | Originally an M113A1, upgraded to A2 standard. Armed with CIS 40 AGL and CIS 50MG. | ||
M113A2 ULTRA OWS | Armoured personnel carrier | USA Singapore | 50[1] | Armed with 25 mm M242 Bushmaster chain gun. | ||
Bronco ATTC | Amphibious armoured vehicle | Singapore | 400[1] | Armed with General-purpose machine gun (GPMG)/120 mm super-rapid mortar. | ||
Bandvagn 206 | Armoured all-terrain carrier | Sweden | 300[1] | Armed with GPMG. | ||
Cadillac Gage V-100/150/200 | Armoured personnel carrier | USA | 270[1] | |||
Light Strike (Spider) | Light strike vehicle | Singapore | unknown | Armed with GPMG and Spike missile. | ||
MaxxPro Dash MRAP | Armoured personnel carrier | USA Israel | 15[1] | |||
Peacekeeper PRV | Armoured personnel carrier | Singapore | 40[1] | Local modified version of the Renault Higuard (MRAP) | ||
Artillery | ||||||
HIMARS | Rocket artillery | USA | 246[1] | 18 launchers with 41 GMLRS Pod.[1] | ||
25 pounder Mk II | Gun-howitzer | UK | 12[1] | Used in ceremonial/gun salute. | ||
FH-2000 | Towed howitzer | Singapore | 72[1] | 155 mm/L52 towed howitzer. | ||
SSPH-1 | Self-propelled artillery | Singapore | 48[1] | 155 mm/L39 self-propelled howitzer. Excluding 2× command post and 4× recovery vehicle. | ||
SLWH Pegasus | Towed howitzer | Singapore | 54[1] | 155 mm/L39 Heli-portable lightweight howitzer. | ||
Utility | ||||||
FV180 Tractor | Armoured combat engineering vehicle | UK | 36[1] | |||
M60 AVLB | Armoured vehicle-launched bridge | USA | 12[1] | |||
M728 | Armoured combat engineering vehicle | USA | 8[1] | 165 mm demolition gun.
Phased out | ||
Bionix AFV (Trailblazer) | Armoured combat engineering vehicle | Singapore | unknown | Counter-land mine vehicle. | ||
Aardvark JSFU | Demining vehicle | UK | unknown | Used for demining process. | ||
Panzerschnellbrücke 2 Leguan | Armoured vehicle-launched bridge | Germany | 10[1] | |||
MAN (8x8) | Bridge laying system | Germany | unknown | |||
Foldable Longspan Bridge (FLB) | Longspan bridge | unknown | ||||
Projected Line Charge (PLC) | unknown | |||||
M3G | Amphibious bridging vehicle | Germany | unknown | |||
Bionix AVLB | Singapore | unknown | ||||
High Mobility Cargo Transporter | heavy-lift logisticial support vehicle | Germany | unknown |
Aircraft
Aircraft | Image | Versions | Type | Origin | Quantity | Notes |
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Unmanned aerial vehicle | ||||||
Skyblade Mini-UAVs | UAV | Singapore | unknown |
Weapons
Firearms
Model | Image | Type | Calibre | Origin | Notes | |
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Pistols | ||||||
SIG Sauer P226 | Semi-automatic pistol | 9×19mm Parabellum | Germany Switzerland | |||
FN Five-seven | Semi-automatic pistol | FN 5.7×28mm | Belgium | |||
Submachine guns | ||||||
MP5 | Submachine gun | 9×19mm Parabellum | West Germany | |||
FN P90 | Submachine gun | FN 5.7×28mm | Belgium | |||
Assault rifles | ||||||
SAR 21 | Assault rifle | 5.56×45mm NATO | Singapore | Standard rifle | ||
M16S1 | Assault rifle | 5.56×45mm NATO | USA Singapore | Produced under licence with a local variant of M16S1 from M16A1. Standard issue.[3] | ||
CAR-15 | Carbine | 5.56×45mm NATO | USA | |||
L1A1 Self-Loading Rifle | Carbine | 7.62×51mm NATO | UK Belgium | |||
Sniper rifles | ||||||
PGM Mini-Hecate | Sniper rifle | .338 Lapua Magnum | France | Used by Singapore Armed Forces Commando Formation. | ||
Heckler & Koch PSG1 | Sniper rifle | 7.62×51mm NATO | West Germany | |||
Accuracy International Arctic Warfare (L96A1) | Sniper rifle | 7.62×51mm NATO .308 Winchester | UK | |||
Accuracy International AWM (L115A1) | Sniper rifle | .300 Winchester Magnum .338 Lapua Magnum | UK | |||
Steyr SSG 69 | Sniper rifle | 7.62×51mm NATO .243 Winchester | Austria | |||
Brügger & Thomet APR308 | Sniper rifle | 7.62×51mm NATO .308 Winchester | Switzerland | |||
M110 | Sniper rifle Designated marksman rifle | 7.62×51mm NATO | USA | |||
Accuracy International Arctic Warfare (AX50) | Sniper rifle | .50 BMG | UK | |||
Machine guns | ||||||
Ultimax 100 | Light machine gun | 5.56×45mm NATO | Singapore | |||
FN MAG | General-purpose machine gun | 7.62×51mm NATO | Belgium | |||
CIS 50MG | Heavy machine gun | 12.7×99mm NATO | Singapore | |||
Grenade-based weapons | ||||||
SAR-21 | Grenade launcher | Singapore | ||||
M203 | Grenade launcher | 40mm grenade | USA | |||
Mortars | ||||||
Soltam M-66 | Mortar | 160mm mortar | Israel | |||
Soltam M-65 | Mortar | 120mm mortar | Israel | |||
Portable anti-materiel weapons | ||||||
Spike | Guided anti-tank missile | 170mm mortar | Israel | |||
MATADOR | Anti-armour | 90mm anti-armour | Singapore Israel Germany |
Radars
Model | Image | Type | Origin | Quantity | Notes | |
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Radars | ||||||
AN/TPQ-36 Firefinder | Mobile radar system | USA | 4[1] | |||
AN/TPQ-37 Firefinder | Mobile radar system | USA | 3[1] | |||
ARTHUR | Passive electronically scanned array | Sweden Norway | 3[1] |
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 "SIPRI arms transfer database". Stockholm International Peace Research Institute. 6 November 2013. Retrieved 1 May 2016.
- ↑ "The Leopard 2A4 Main Battle Tank: More Bite and Firepower for Our Armour". Ministry of Defence, Singapore. 15 December 2006. Archived from the original on 8 February 2007. Retrieved 1 May 2016.
- ↑ "ASEAN Armies Rifle Meet 2002". Ministry of Defence, Singapore. 12 September 2002. Retrieved 1 May 2016.
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