Only SAF buy ST's products?

lionnoisy SG

Spore is almost can make all major military platforms and equipments.

Besides SAF ,there are some disclosed,and un--discloaed, overseas clients.
SAF is not obliged to buy ST's products.SAF is to buy best and value for money stuff.

Turkey is one of the disclosed client of Terrex AV81,called ''Otokar-Yavuz'' in Turkey.

Below: All fr ST brochure.

In 2003, Otokar initiated a cooperation with Singapore Technologies Kinetics (STK) for the new 8x8 tactical armored vehicle "Otokar-Yavuz".

The Terrex AV81 represents a new class of wheeled vehicle that is air-deployable, fast, mobile, reliable, and survivable. It boasts superb mobility with tremendous potential for future technology inserts.

It is NCB protected and external V hull to substain mine blast.read brochure.

already displayed in Nov 2001

There are too many things happening in military R & D in Spore!!

2.In the mortar variant,it looks like 120mm Super Rapid Advanced Mortar System (SRAMS) installed.

watch the brochure and clip.

3.Spore is almost can make all major military platforms and equipments.

4.This Terrex is an revenge product,producing out of angry after sg
losing to a wheeled US product in Medium Armored Vehicle (MAV) few years ago.

Bionex is one of the 4 finalists and the only non--US company product.
The info is stated in ST Annual Report.

So sg now can produce wheeled and tracked AFC.

BIONEX

Texcoco II SG

Some other countries also been using ST products, like Croatia’s SAR-80 rifle…or dunnoe wat pacific country’s Ultimax LMG. Btw US marines is considering adapting Ultimax to replace M249 mini?

Fatum SG

the ultimax is a pretty popular weapon .... it's been spotted in the phillipines, the balkans, indonesia, and the bouganvilles ...

lionnoisy SG

2.pl post links here.

lionnoisy SG

Seem won a No. 4 in IFV Olympics

One of the 4 finalists in US IAV multi billions contract,out of more
than 60 vehicles from all over the world. pdf

IAV also called MAV in initial stage.

from Strengths of our defence capability

diuneahpa SG

yeah, it's got good reviews but sad that the only buyers are from those countries... Laughing

gary1910 SG

These are Users of Ultimax100 that I have gathered so far :

Asia
Fiji, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Soloman Islands.

Europe:
Croatia.

South & Central America
Peru,Honduras, Chile

North America
USN SEALs has bought a few.

So there are at least 11 countries are/were using our Ultimax100, but of course tat is no exhaustive becos STK never announced any arms sales, all the above info are from the net that I have gathered.

And we also sold a lot of SAR-80 around the world, and there is also reports of SR-88A to Soloman Islands and SAR-21 to Bangladesh & Papua New Guinea.

Afterall STK does not get to be the world top ten small arms producer for nothing!!!

gary1910 SG

Bangladeshi Special Forces with pix of SAR-21 in their svc can be found below:

http://www.bdmilitary.com/main/military/sof/specialforces.htm

laurence82 SG

The chap at the last pic looks awfully a lot like Lau Goh

fkh SG

I think Singapore should be able to produce their own military aircrafts..

beavan SG

what is our SAR-21 doing in pakistan?

hloc SG

I think Singapore should be able to produce their own military aircrafts..

Plane no problem...... Rader & Weapons system, i not so sure. A plane is only as good as it's targerting & fire control system is....... Most of the worlds major supplier will not sell High End Top of the line system to us without their country's appover........

Ito_^ SG

that is him! Laughing

gary1910 SG

Bangladesh is not equal to Pakistan!!!

justcooler SG

It is him la, we have very close ties with them

We allow their men to work in sg and inreturn they buy our product

tankee1981 SG

The old name for Bangladesh is East Pakistan but nobody calls Bangladesh Pakistan now. Very Happy

sgf SG

AFAIK we have a chopper attachment there too.

zenden9 SG

ST shall concentrate on making small arms while rather on big weapons lke the Terrex or Heavy Atry The most ,the heavy weapon will buy by SAF but if not.it will screw up!

If ST able to make a world beater ATGM or something manpad will be more realistic.

beavan SG

and where and what are they going to test the ATGM on in singapore?

gary1910 SG

Actually our arty are doing very well as well, Turkey has bought the licensed from STK to produce 400 FH2000 which the Turks called them as Panter and we also developed a special version of the FH2000 to be used pn their Firtina SPH which is a Korean K9 SPH with FH2000 SP variant gun and the qty is abt 300.

So total abt 700 guns.

It was also reported that Indonesia bought abt 4~5 FH-88 too.

So arty wise, we r doing pretty well too.

As for AFVs, Terrex and Bronco have also attracted some attention, we have to wait and see abt them.