SAF's Leopard 2A4 Main Battle Tanks make debut in
Australia
SINGAPORE: The Singapore Armed Force's Leopard 2A4 Main
Battle Tank made its debut in an annual training exercise in
Australia on Saturday.
MINDEF said the refurbished German tanks provide the SAF with
enhanced firepower, protection and mobility.
Witnessing the exercise was Singapore's Defence Minister Teo Chee
Hean and his Australian counterpart, Joel Fitzgibbon.
The ministers also observed a live-firing exercise involving air
and land platforms like Apache attack helicopters, the F-16 fighter
aircraft, and Pegasus lightweight howitzers.
MINDEF said the missions, orchestrated by the Republic of Singapore
Air Force's Land Headquarters and the Air-Land Tactical Control
Centre, validate the SAF's ability to employ a wide suite of
sensors and shooters to conduct coordinated manoeuvres and engage
targets with precision.
The SAF has been conducting Exercise Wallaby at the Shoalwater Bay
Training Area in Queensland since 1990. About 3,600 personnel are
taking part in this year's exercise, which ends on November
16.
Apart from the Wallaby series of exercises, the SAF and the
Australian Defence Force interact extensively through bilateral and
multilateral training exercises, visits, professional exchanges and
military courses.
- CNA/so