Singapore acquires leopards for the army

aknoo123 SG

heh nice that we’re getting new tanks for a change…juz wundering tho…since we’re getting new tanks, a new bunch of armour techies like me are gonna service it rite…if it becomes the new workhorse of our armour units…den my reservist period will haf to be retrained rite? given tt i juz ORDed, my new cycles starting 4 years frm now since i am going for higher studies….does it mean i may get a chance to play with these babes? woo i cant wait to get my hands on tt engine!

Fatum SG

what makes you think you'll still be a technician during your NS ....

and not a rifleman in one of the PDF coys ? .... Twisted Evil

DarthBart SG

Heh
You get old stuff to build up SOP and iron out any kinks
Once everything work out swee swee then you bring in the calvary, geddit?

Gordonator SG

maybe we will get to see them during the national day mobile column in future. Laughing

xiaosotong SG

ride on leopard ar =x

Shotgun SG

Ride on leopard? Can i have that very first leopard of this thread then? Laughing

aknoo123 SG

Originally posted by FATUM:
what makes you think you'll still be a technician during your NS ....

and not a rifleman in one of the PDF coys ? ....

heh cuz i am in a maintenance unit... 1 AMB actually. so i am definitely a techie when i do my reservist ma! i'm not from any armour units i was posted to a Maintenance unit during my FTNS

four-niner SG

I also want to "ride on" the leopard leh Mr. Green

LazerLordz SG

1 AMB eh. Twisted Evil HA/SA?

ah-soh SG

BTW what kind of comms system will this leopards use? ANVIC3?

laurence82 SG

AMB....hmm, i must be out of army for long time

four-niner SG

It move fast I give it some credit.

But it looks like a fuel guzzler and a really ugly looking brute. Mr. Green

Leopard 2A4 Video

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aknoo123 SG

Originally posted by LazerLordz:
1 AMB eh. HA/SA?

heh me armour techie....Hunter Discom...hehe tts y i wunder if i will be required to learn a new platform during my reservist...since i am a maintenance section comd. during my FTNS, and it means tt i will be a techie all the way for my NSman life...heh being in a armour maintenance battallion it may mean i may be required for new courses Razz

Originally posted by: laurence82

AMB....hmm, i must be out of army for long time

heh i see, hmmm 1 AMB is a new name lahz...its part of a transformation to a 3G army. The army Logisticians has evolved and now the logistic formation is no longer called logistics. its now part of a big family called CSSCOM--meaning Combat Service Support Command. heh and part of the transformation, maintenance units like 1GSMB, 3, 6, and 9 DSMB are now changed...no more are they called Batallions..they are now called Bases,hence the name change to Army Maintenance Base(AMB) heh.... so now 1AMB is the new name for the good ole GSMB... Very Happy

LazerLordz SG

Maint. Sect Comd? Only knew it as a trial plan..MSCC trainees and such.

Now I've been out for a long time. So which AMB do all the Armt Specs go these days? Shocked

aknoo123 SG

heh MSCC yep been thru tt... i was the 5th batch MSCC and 2nd Batch GSMB ATTS sections and platoons.. heh anw armt specs think they headed to the 3,6 or 9 i tink....they are all scattered thruout the places i tink i m nt veri sure too but im realli veri sure tt 1 amb or the ole GSMB doesnt have any armament techies nowadays...frm my posting till my ord a few weeks back its still the same..only 1 small arms techie---my armourer tts all manz

laurence82 SG

Wow, GSMB becomes AMB..but its damn strange that its called a Base, rather than Battalion

Makes me think that they are stationary unit, rather than field support.

Then DSMB becomes what? Dont tell me this Combat Service Support Command encompasses Supply and Transport units too?

Fucking Bitch SG

GSMB -> 1AMB
3, 6, 9DSMB -> 3, 6, 9AMB

MES, S&T, Medical (did i miss out any others?) all come under CSSCOM

LazerLordz SG

So did they push a portion of MSCC training to Tekong under SISPEC instruction for those in PES A/B , e.g navigation or is it all inhouse?

So am I right to say that NSmen Armt Specs still end up in their respective 3,6 or 9 AMBs?

aknoo123 SG

nope MSCC are all done in house by OETI. We are taught a more intensive course during our 3 week command course which includes topo(manual and GPS), field maintenance work processes (spare indenting n such), infantry tactics (section movement such as 1up 2 up etc, firefight procedures, combing area, weps deployment, clearing obstacles), convoy tactics (moving out, Convoy proceedure, Anti Ambush/ anti aircraft drills, voice procedures, RALP, LOAC and some other maintenance stuff like QC and other stuff tts integral for maintenance deployments

we finish our section comd. training we head on to train our men within our units under the ATTS system under the specific Bn SOP. the section will then go thru 2 evaluation periods, the section prof test and the platoon prof test before ORDing. Razz

anyway yep, the armt specs will end up in their respective 3,6 or 9 AMBs, no change is SAFTOE for logistics for now, juz the name change but certainly changes are coming along such as no more spec ranks for all techies, only comd. and section 2IC gets spec ranks....and some more coming along the way Cool

LazerLordz SG

1.GPS
2.Riot control
3.Convoy movement and basic communications.

Those were the only combat related stuff I learnt in my time. None of that section tactics and all the new acronyms which I have no idea of.

While in base, a few of us were selected to go to DSTA for a Train-the-Trainer course, in budgeting and costing for maintenance planning though. We were supposed to be converted to MIS Trainers for units and bases.

As for the rank issue, I think pre-2006, most NSMen technicians will be "over-ranked" in one way or another. I'm very keen to know what they plan to do with all the surplus 3SGs. Laughing

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