List of equipment of the Malaysian Army

The equipment of the Malaysian Army can be subdivided into: ground vehicles, unmanned aerial vehicles, aircraft, watercraft, radar, air defence, infantry weapons and attire.

Ground vehicles

Vehicle Image Type Origin Quantity Notes
Tanks
PT-91M Pendekar Main battle tank  Poland 48[1][2] Armed with 125 mm 2A46MS gun.
Armoured fighting vehicles (tracked)
ACV-300 Adnan Infantry fighting vehicle  Turkey
 Malaysia		 267[3] Built locally by DefTech. The variants included Sharpshooter 25 mm cannon, M2 Browning 12.7 mm heavy machine gun, 81 mm mortar, 2R2M 120 mm mortar, Mk19 grenade launcher, Baktar Shikan ATGM and support vehicle.
K-200 KIFV Infantry fighting vehicle  South Korea 111[4] The variants included M2 Browning 12.7 mm heavy machine gun, 81 mm mortar and support vehicle.[5]
Bandvagn 206 Armoured all-terrain carrier  Sweden 80[1] Armed with 7.62 mm GPMG.[6][7]
Armoured fighting vehicles (wheeled)
AV8 Gempita (8x8) Infantry fighting vehicle / Armoured personnel carrier  Turkey
 Malaysia		 257[8] Built locally by DefTech. The variants included Denel LCT-30 mm cannon, Sharpshooter 25 mm cannon, 12.7 mm RCWS, 2R2M 120 mm mortar, ZT3 Ingwe ATGM and support vehicle.[9]
Tarantula HMAV (4x4) Armoured personnel carrier / Mine-resistant ambush protected  Malaysia 0+(136)[10] 136 on order. Armed with 12.7 mm RCWS.
AV4 Lipanbara (4x4) Armoured personnel carrier / Mine-resistant ambush protected  Thailand
 Malaysia		 20[11] Built locally by DefTech. Armed with M134D gatling gun.[12]
Ejder Yalcin (4x4) Armoured personnel carrier / Mine-resistant ambush protected  Turkey 20[13] Armed with either 7.62 mm or 12.7 mm Aselsan SARP RCWS. Used in peacekeeping missions in Lebanon.
Guardian (4x4) Armoured personnel carrier / Mine-resistant ambush protected  United Arab Emirates 12[14] Armed with either 7.62 mm or 12.7 mm machine gun. Used in peacekeeping missions in Lebanon.
AV-VBL (4x4) Armoured command vehicle  Brazil 10[1] Armed with M2 Browning 12.7 mm heavy machine gun. Command vehicle of Astros II MLRS.
Light tactical vehicles / Light assault vehicles
URO VAMTAC Light tactical vehicle  Spain 103+[1] Variants include the M134D gatling gun, M2 Browning 12.7 mm heavy machine gun, Mk 19 grenade launcher as well as Igla SAM or Starstreak SAM.[15][16]
Cendana Auto 4x4 Light tactical vehicle  Malaysia 267+[17][18][19] Variants include 16 SF-21X special operation vehicles, 49 armed tactical ground vehicle, 132 MT-815 81 mm mortar transporters[19] and 70 fitted for radio.[20]
Weststar GK-M1/M2 Light tactical vehicle  Malaysia 238+[21][22] Variants include the M134D gatling gun, M2 Browning 12.7 mm heavy machine gun, Mk 19 grenade launcher, Starstreak SAM as well as fitted for radio.[23][24][25]
Mercedes-Benz G-Class Light assault vehicle  Germany 91+[8] 32 units installed with M2 Browning 12.7 mm heavy machine gun, 34 units installed with Mk 19 grenade launcher, 12 units installed with Metis-M ATGM and others are basic variant.
Glover Webb Hornet Light assault vehicle  United Kingdom unknown[26] Armed with 7.62 mm GPMG and M2 Browning 12.7 mm heavy machine gun.
All terrain mobility vehicles / Scramblers
Supacat ATMP All terrain mobility vehicle  United Kingdom 17[8] Armed with 7.62 mm GPMG and some used as mortar carrier.
TGB Blade 600 All terrain mobility vehicle  Taiwan 57[27] 27 units for first batch and 30 units for second batch.
Kawasaki KLX250S Scrambler  Japan 378[28]
WMoto SXR 300 Scrambler  Malaysia 70[29]
Talaria Sting R MX4 Scrambler  China 45[30]
Multiple launch rocket systems
Astros II MLRS
300 mm multiple launch rocket system  Brazil 36[31][32]
Howitzers
EVA M2
155 mm self-propelled howitzer  Slovakia 0+(18)[10] In 2024, Malaysian Army has selected the EVA M2 155 mm SPH as future self-propelled howitzer.
Denel G5
155 mm towed howitzer  South Africa 28[31]
OTO Melara Mod 56
105 mm towed howitzer  Italy 110[31]
M102 105 mm towed howitzer  United States 40[33]
LG1 Mk III 105 mm towed howitzer  France 18[34]
Engineering / Utility
SJ-09 Training tank  Poland 1[1]
WZT-4 Armoured recovery vehicle  Poland 6[1]
MID-M Armoured engineering tank  Poland 3[1]
PMC Leguan Armoured vehicle launched bridge  Poland 5[1]
Vickers BR-90 8x8 vehicle launched bridge  United Kingdom 3[35] Carried on MAN SX 8x8.
CNIM PFM Vehicle launched bridge  France 2[1][36]
Oshkosh HEMTT 8×8 heavy expanded mobility tactical truck  United States unknown[37]
Scania R460 HEMTT 8×8 heavy expanded mobility tactical truck  Sweden 3[38]
Dongfeng HEMTT 8×8 heavy expanded mobility tactical truck  China 3[39]
Mercedes-Benz Actros HGMS 8x8 heavy ground mobility system  Germany unknown[40] Installed with Faun Trackway.
MAN TMSS 8x8 tactical mobility support system  Germany 2[41] Installed with Faun Trackway.
Iveco EuroTrakker Prime mover / Tank transporter  Italy 28[8]
Scania P500 Prime mover / Tank transporter  Sweden 5[42]
Volvo FL7 Prime mover / Tank transporter  Sweden unknown[43]
Volvo FL10 LRV 4x4 light recovery vehicle  Sweden unknown[43]
Mercedes-Benz L-Series LRV 4x4 light recovery vehicle  Germany 22[1][8]
Isuzu FTS33H LRV 4x4 light recovery vehicle  Japan 13[1]
Iveco Trakker 440 6x6 heavy recovery vehicle  Italy 4[1]
Volvo FMX 8x8 heavy recovery vehicle  Sweden 9[44] 2 delivered in 2018 and 7 delivered in 2023.
Scania P360 6x6 command centre platform  Sweden 4[45] Carried demountable command centre cabin.
Avibras / Tectran AV-UCF 6x6 fire control vehicle  Brazil 6[1] Astross II MLRS fire control vehicle carried on Tectran 6x6.
Iveco EuroCargo Transport truck  Italy 162[46][47] 150 units of 3 tonne GS truck.
12 units of 5 tonne GS truck.
MAN TG Transport truck  Germany 32[38] 3 tonne and 5 tonne MAN TGM/MAN TGS GS truck.
Mercedes-Benz Atego Transport truck  Germany unknown[8]
Tatra 815 Transport truck  Czech Republic unknown[8] 5 tonne GS truck.
Isuzu F Series Transport truck  Japan 39[1][48] 29 transport variant in inventory at the beginning. 10 new multipurpose inventory mobile vehicle variant delivered in 2024.
DefTech Handalan Transport truck  Malaysia 2,674[49][50]
AMDAC Transport truck  Malaysia unknown[51] The 4x4 and 6x6 multi-purpose vehicle locally manufactured based on Roman-DAC design.[52]
Pinzgauer multi-purpose vehicle Transport truck  Austria 330[51] The 4x4 and 6x6 vehicle that partially retired. Some vehicle uses as gun tower and multi-purpose carrier.
Unimog Multi-purpose vehicle  Germany 13[48] Installed with multi channel radio system.
Iveco M4010/M4012 Multi-purpose vehicle  Italy 29[8] M4010 - Field ambulance.
M4012 - Communication.
Iveco Daily Multi-purpose vehicle  Italy 61[53] 22 units of multi channel radio system.
36 units of gun tower.[54]
3 units of tactical electronic warfare.[55]
Toyota Land Cruiser Prado Multi-purpose vehicle  Japan unknown[56] Installed with X-band radar.
Land Rover Defender Multi-purpose vehicle  United Kingdom 3,600[57]
DefTech/Weststar/Go Auto GS Cargo Multi-purpose vehicle  Malaysia 365[58][59]
Toyota Hilux Multi-purpose vehicle  Japan unknown[1]
Isuzu D-Max Multi-purpose vehicle  Japan unknown[1]
Mitsubishi Triton Multi-purpose vehicle  Japan unknown[45]
Ford Ranger Multi-purpose vehicle  United States unknown[60]
Ford F550 Field ambulance  United States 18[61]

Unmanned aerial vehicles

Unmanned aerial vehicle Image Origin Type Quantity Notes
Unmanned aerial vehicles
CTRM Aludra  Malaysia Tactical unmanned aerial vehicle unknown[62] Aludra Mk1 and SR-10 in service.
SCS/UST Nyamok 2.0  Malaysia Tactical unmanned aerial vehicle unknown[63]
FlyEye  Poland Tactical unmanned aerial vehicle unknown[64]
Schiebel Camcopter S-100  Austria Tactical unmanned aerial vehicle unknown[65]
CW-25D  China Tactical unmanned aerial vehicle 6[66] 6 drones and 2 command vehicles.
CW-15  China Tactical unmanned aerial vehicle unknown[67]
CW-007  China Tactical unmanned aerial vehicle unknown[67]
DJI Matrice  China Tactical unmanned aerial vehicle unknown[63] DJI Matrice 210 version in service.
DJI Mavic  China Tactical unmanned aerial vehicle unknown[63] DJI Mavic 2 version in service.
SkyRanger R60  Canada Tactical unmanned aerial vehicle unknown[63]

Aircraft

See also: Malaysian Army Aviation and List of aircraft of the Malaysian Armed Forces
Aircraft Image Origin Type Variant Quantity Notes
Helicopters
MD Helicopters MD 500 Defender  United States Light attack helicopter MD530G 6[68] Equipped with Thales Scorpion HMD and able to launch AGM-114 Hellfire.
AgustaWestland AW109  Italy
 United Kingdom 		Scout helicopter A109LUH 10[69] Armed with either a 7.62 mm gatling gun, 20 mm gun and/or rockets for area suppression missions.

Watercraft

Watercraft Image Origin Type Quantity Notes
Watercraft
Powercraft Marine MAC  Malaysia Medium assault craft unknown 15 meter medium assault craft.[70]
Powecraft Marine LCD  Malaysia Landing craft diving unknown 13 meter landing craft diving.[70]
MRI Technologies Viper  Malaysia Interceptor boat 10+[71] 8.18 meter interceptor boat powered by two 250 hp Yamaha engines. Top speed = 50kt.
MRI Technologies Rover Stingray  Malaysia Interceptor boat 10+[72] 9.85 meter interceptor boat powered by two 250 hp Yamaha engines. Top speed = 40kt.
MSET FIC ALUM 1300 RHFB  Malaysia Interceptor boat 9+[73] 12.20 meter interceptor powered by two 370 hp Mercury VW V8 engines. Top speed = 40kt.
MSET Rigid Inflatable Boat Tornado  Malaysia Rigid hull inflatable boat 12+[74][75] 11.5 meter boat based on MSET RFB 1150 FAC powered by two 300 hp Suzuki engines. Top speed = 50kt.
Assault Boat  Malaysia Assault boat 100+[76] [77]
Jet Ski  Malaysia Jet ski unknown [78]

Radar

Radar Image Origin Type Variant Quantity Notes
Radar
ARTHUR  Sweden Mobile radar 2[1][79]
Giraffe  Sweden Mobile radar Giraffe 40 2[1]
EADS TRML  European Union Mobile radar TRML 3D 2[1][80]
THALES Ground Master  France Mobile radar Ground Master 200 1[1][81]
Skyguard   Switzerland Mobile radar 4[1][82]
VERA  Czech Republic Mobile radar VERA E unknown[83]
Alenia Marconi Dagger  United Kingdom Mobile radar 3[1]
Blindfire  United Kingdom Mobile radar 3[1][84]
THALES SQUIRE  France Mobile radar 24[1][85]
Rheinmetall Vingtaqs II  Germany Mobile radar 24[1][86]
Rheinmetall Fieldguard  Germany Mobile radar Fieldguard 3 6[1]
Hensoldt Spexer 2000  Germany Mobile radar 5[87] Probably mothballed.
Aselsan Askarad  Turkey Mobile radar 7[1][88]
Sperry X  United States Mobile radar 8[89] Also known as 1206 radar in Malaysian Army service.

Air defence

Air defense Image Origin Type Variant Quantity Notes
Surface-to-air missiles
Rapier
 United Kingdom Ground based air defence system / Short range air defence system Rapier 2000 / Jernas 15[90] 15 Jernas launchers with more than 72 missiles.[91]
Starstreak  United Kingdom Vehicle mounted air defence system / Man-portable air defence system ForceSHIELD System 144[92] 24 LML/RapidRanger launchers and 120 MANPADS. Installed on URO VAMTAC and Weststar GK-M1/M2.[93][1]
9K38 Igla  Russia Vehicle mounted air defence system / Man-portable air defence system Djigit / AA Pod System 422[1] 40 Djigit launchers and 382 MANPADS. Installed on URO VAMTAC.[94]
Starburst  United Kingdom Man-portable air defence system 152 mm 504[1] To be replaced by Starstreak SAM.[95]
Javelin
 United Kingdom Man-portable air defence system 76 mm 60[1] To be replaced by Starstreak SAM.
Anza  Pakistan Man-portable air defence system 72 mm 600[96] 100 Anza Mk.I systems delivered for the first batch and 500 Anza MK.II systems delivered for the second batch.[97][91][98]
FN-6  China Man-portable air defence system 72 mm 64[1] [94][99][91]
Anti-aircraft artillery
Bofors 40 mm Automatic Gun L/70
 Sweden Anti-aircraft artillery 40 mm 36[100] [101]
Oerlikon GDF
  Switzerland Anti-aircraft artillery 35 mm 28[100]

Infantry weapons

Weapon Image Type Calibre Variant Origin Notes
Pistols
Beretta 92 Pistol 9×19mm Parabellum M92F/S  Italy Used by 10th Parachute Brigade and 21 Grup Gerak Khas (GGK).
Browning High-Power Pistol 9×19mm Parabellum Mk.III  Belgium Standard issue sidearms for senior-rank officers and special forces.
Glock 17 Pistol 9×19mm Parabellum  Austria Issued to all infantry units as part of the Future Soldier System Program.
SIG Sauer P226 Pistol 9×19mm Parabellum   Switzerland Used by 10th Parachute Brigade and 21 GGK.
HS2000 Pistol 9×19mm Parabellum  Croatia Used by 10th Parachute Brigade.
Zigana Pistol 9×19mm Parabellum PX-9  Turkey [102][103]
Shotguns
Benelli M4 Shotgun 12 gauge M4 Super 90  Italy Used by GGK.
Franchi SPAS-12 Shotgun 12 gauge  Italy Used by GGK.
Remington Model M870 Shotgun 12 gauge  United States Used by 10th Parachute Brigade and Royal Malay Regiment.
Submachine guns
SIG MPX Submachine gun 9×19mm Parabellum MPX-K  Germany 155 units ordered in 2022.[104]
Heckler & Koch MP5 Submachine gun 9×19mm Parabellum MP5A3
MP5K-A4
MP5SD3		  West Germany Standard army submachine gun.[94] Also used by 10th Parachute Brigade and GGK. Used in night operations, close quarters, hostage rescue and escort.
Beretta PMX Submachine gun 9×19mm Parabellum  Italy 47 units delivered in June 2022.[105]
Assault rifles
M4 carbine Carbine 5.56×45mm NATO M4
M4A1		  United States
 Malaysia		 Standard issue rifle. Made under licence by SME Ordnance.[106] Used along with Steyr AUG. Under production.
Steyr AUG Assault rifle 5.56×45mm NATO AUG-A1  Austria
 Malaysia		 Made under licence by SME Ordnance. Used by Royal Intelligence Corps, Royal Malay Regiment and GGK. Used along with M4 carbine.
M16 rifle Assault rifle 5.56×45mm NATO M16A1
M16A4		  United States Used by the Territorial Army / Rejimen Askar Wataniah and ceremonial. Virtually phased out.
M16A4 versions used by 10th Parachute Brigade.
CAR-15 Carbine 5.56×45mm NATO Model 653  United States Used by 10th Parachute Brigade. Virtually phased out. Replaced by M4 carbine.
Heckler & Koch HK33 Assault rifle 5.56×45mm NATO HK33A2  West Germany Used by 10th Parachute Brigade. Virtually phased out.
SIG SG 550 Carbine 5.56×45mm NATO SG 553   Switzerland Used by Royal Intelligence Corps and GGK.
Colt CM901 Battle rifle 7.62×51mm NATO  United States Issued to specific infantry units.
Sniper rifles
Barrett M95 Anti-materiel rifle 12.7×99mm NATO  United States Used by GGK.[107]
Barrett M82 Anti-materiel rifle 12.7×99mm NATO M107
M107A1		  United States Standard issue anti-materiel rifle for Infantry Battalion alongside Harris Gun Works M-96. Used by 10th Parachute Brigade.[108] 40 additional units ordered in 2020.[109]
Harris Gun Works M-96 Anti-materiel rifle 12.7×99mm NATO  United States Standard issue anti-material rifle for Infantry Regiment.[107]
Denel NTW-20 Anti-materiel rifle 20×82mm Mauser  South Africa Used by 10th Parachute Brigade and GGK.[108]
Sako TRG Sniper rifle .308 Winchester TRG-22  Finland Used by GGK.[110]
Accuracy International Arctic Warfare Sniper rifle .308 Winchester  United Kingdom Used by 10th Parachute Brigade and GGK.
AX308 Sniper rifle 7.62×51mm NATO  United Kingdom Standard issue sniper rifle for 10th Parachute Brigade.[111] 28 additional units ordered in 2020.[109]
Heckler & Koch PSG1 Sniper rifle 7.62×51mm NATO MSG-90A1  Germany Used by GGK.
Barrett REC-10 Designated marksman rifle 7.62×51mm NATO  United States Used by GGK.
Machine guns
RPK Light machine gun 5.45×39mm M74 RPK-74  Soviet Union Used by GGK.[108]
FN Minimi Light machine gun 5.56×45mm NATO Mk.II
Mk.III		  Belgium Belt-fed but can be used with STANAG magazines. Standard issue light machine gun. 240 additional units ordered in 2020.[112]
Heckler & Koch HK21 General-purpose machine gun 7.62×51mm NATO HK11  West Germany Standard issue general purpose machine gun for Territorial Army / Rejimen Askar Wataniah.
M60 machine gun General-purpose machine gun 7.62×51mm NATO M60E1  United States Mounted on K200 KIFV.[113]
FN MAG General purpose machine gun 7.62×51mm NATO MAG 58  Belgium Standard general purpose machine gun. It can be attached to both navy assault vessels and tripods.
M134 Minigun Gatling machine gun 7.62×51mm NATO M134D  United States Mounted on AV4 Lipanbara, Weststar GK-M1/M2 and AW109.
M2 Browning Heavy machine gun 12.7×99mm NATO  United States Standard issue heavy machine gun. Mounted on vehicles or tripods.
CANiK M2 QCB Heavy machine gun 12.7×99mm NATO  Turkey [114]
Remote controlled weapon stations
Aselsan SARP Remote controlled weapon station 7.62×51mm or 12.7×99mm NATO  Turkey Mounted on Ejder Yalcin.[115]
Reutech Rogue Remote controlled weapon station 12.7×99mm NATO  South Africa Mounted on AV8 Gempita.
Grenade-based weapons
Milkor MGL Multi-shot grenade launcher 40 mm grenade  South Africa Standard issue grenade launcher.
M79 grenade launcher Single-shot grenade launcher 40 mm grenade  United States Used by GGK.[116]
M203 grenade launcher Under-barrel grenade launcher 40 mm grenade M203
M203A2		  United States Attached to M4 and M16.
Mk 19 grenade launcher Automatic grenade launcher 40 mm grenade  United States Belt-fed.
M67 grenade Fragmentation grenade  United States
M18 smoke grenade Smoke grenade  United States
M84 stun grenade Stun grenade  United States
Mortars
2R2M mortar Heavy mortar 120 mm mortar  France
 United States		 16 2R2M installed on ACV-300 Adnan and AV8 Gempita.[117][1]
2B14 Podnos Mortar 82 mm mortar  Soviet Union
L16 81mm mortar Mortar 81 mm mortar  United Kingdom
Expal M86 mortar Mortar 81 mm mortar  Spain [118]
Tecnesis 3000 Mortar 81 mm mortar  Spain 72 units ordered in 2020. Installed on Cendana Auto 4x4.[119]
Denel Vektor M8 mortar Mortar 81 mm mortar  South Africa [120]
M6 mortar Mortar 60 mm mortar  Austria [121]
M70 Commando mortar Mortar 60 mm mortar  Yugoslavia [122]
Esperanza mortar Mortar 60 mm mortar  Spain [123]
Anti-tank weapons
NLAW Anti-tank guided missile 150 mm HEAT  United Kingdom
 Sweden		 500 in inventory.[1] Used by GGK and 10th Parachute Brigade.[124]
Eryx Anti-tank guided missile 137 mm HEAT  France 274 in inventory.[1] Used by 10th Parachute Brigade.[94][125]
9K115-2 Metis-M Anti-tank guided missile 130 mm HEAT  Russia 100 in inventory.[1] Mounted on Mercedes-Benz G-Class.[126]
ZT3 Ingwe Anti-tank guided missile 127 mm HEAT  South Africa 54 units of four-tube launcher turret and 216 missiles in inventory.[1] Mounted on AV8 Gempita.[127]
KARAOK Anti-tank guided missile 125 mm HEAT  Turkey 18 launcher and 108 missiles on order. Mounted on Cendana Auto 4x4.[128]
Baktar-Shikan Anti-tank guided missile 120 mm HEAT  Pakistan 450 in inventory.[1] Mounted on ACV-300 Adnan.[98]
C90-CR Rocket-propelled grenade 90 mm HEAT  Spain In service since 1990.[94] 780 additional units ordered in 2024.[129]
Carl Gustaf 8.4 cm recoilless rifle Recoilless rifle 84 mm M2/M3/M4  Sweden Standard issue anti-tank weapon. M2 and M3 variant in service. 110 additional units of M4 variant ordered in 2021.[130]
AT4 Recoilless rifle 84 mm  Sweden Used by GGK.[131]
M72 LAW Rocket-propelled grenade 66 mm HEAT  Norway In service since 2015.[132] 800 additional units ordered in 2024.[133]
RPG-7
RBR-7		 Rocket-propelled grenade 40 mm HEAT  Pakistan
 Romania
 Serbia		 Standard issue rocket-propelled grenade.[134] 150 additional units of RBR-7 ordered in 2021.[38]
M40 recoilless rifle Recoilless rifle 105 mm  United States 24 in inventory.[135]

Attire

Current attire
Attire Pattern name(s) Pattern Image Notes
Digital Pattern
or
Harimau Belang Pattern 		Digital Woodland Pattern
or
Harimau Belang Pattern 90

The Malaysian Armed Forces (Malay: Angkatan Tentera Malaysia, ATM) introduced the Uniform No.5 with new digital camo patterns during ATM's 80th Anniversary Parade on 21 September 2013. The new woodland pattern is well known as Fabrik Celoreng Corak Digital Tentera Darat is made from 65% cotton / 35% polyester ripstop fabrics. Its colour scheme consists of green (40%), beige (30%), dark brown (25%), and dark blue (5%). Digital pattern manufactured by Sritex (PT Sri Rejeki Isman Tbk).[136]

Locally known as "Baju Celoreng Harimau Belang". Since there are black stripes on a 4-colour woodland background, also known as "Zebra Camo" or "Malay Tigerstripes". This camo was initially adopted by Malaysian Army 10th Para Brigade in Langkawi.

Harimau Gurun Desert Pattern It is a variant of Malay Tigerstripe Woodland pattern but with earth-brown stripes on a light green and sand-coloured background. Used by Malbatt, part of Malaysian Army peacekeeping corps in Lebanon under UN. Known to be manufactured by Sritex.[136]
Physical Fitness Uniform

Historical equipment

Ground vehicles

Artillery

Procurement

Since the recovery from the 1997 economic crisis, Malaysian Army, along with other branches of the Malaysian Armed Forces, has regained momentum in its modernising programs.

Modernisation program Asset Origin Type Quantity Notes
Personnel equipment
Future Soldier System Program Sapura SAKTI Soldier System  Malaysia Soldier equipment Ongoing The Malaysian Army currently has a soldier modernisation program called the Future Soldier System (FSS). Under the FSS, The Malaysian Army plans to equip all soldiers with Personal Protection Equipment (PPE) such as Kevlar helmets, Kevlar vests, Oakley goggles and ear protection equipment. The programme also includes arming all the standard issue M4 carbines with SOPMOD kits, as well as equipping soldiers with a Glock series pistol.[141][142] Sapura, a Malaysian electronics company, is offering their SAKTI Soldier System concept via work in three areas: Head Sub-System (HSS), Body Sub-System (BSS) and Weapon Sub-System (WSS). The FSS in conjunction with the Network Centric Operation (NCO) System, will give the three branches of the Armed Forces a shared situational awareness, interoperability and a common operating picture via a X-band satellite-based link and an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) system, with hopes to enable self-synchronisation for all three branches.[143] The programme will go through several phases, with Phase 1A (the implementation of the Mobile X-band satellite communication linked) and Phase 2 (the demonstration of the capabilities of the FSS with NCO) being successful and operational in 2017.[144]
Light Anti-Structure Weapon Program C90-CR
M72 LAW 		 Spain
 United States 		Anti-structure weapon 1500 units on order Request for bids issued on 2021.[145] Based on Multimodal Transport Operator (MTO), Teguh Hiasan Sdn Bhd was awarded a RM41.2 million contract for the supply and delivery of 1500 units anti-structure weapon although no type of selected weapons was revealed.[146]
Light Anti-Tank Weapon Program C90-CR  Spain Anti-tank weapon 780 units on order 780 units ordered in 2024.[147]
Light Anti-Tank Weapon Enhance Capability (LAW-EC) Program M72 LAW  United States Anti-tank weapon 800 units on order 800 units ordered in 2024.[133]
Anti-Tank Guided Weapon Medium Range (ATGW-MR) Program KARAOK  Turkey Anti-tank weapon 18 launcher and 108 missiles on order Request for bids issued on 2023. Will be installed on Cendana Auto 4x4.[148] The Malaysian Ministry of Defense announced that the winner of the tender is Roketsan KARAOK. The 18 Roketsan KARAOK ATGW-MR systems to be purchased will come with a total of 108 missiles, six for each launcher. The package will also include an indoor simulator, three outdoor simulators, components and three transparent missiles for testing equipment.[149]
Armoured vehicle
Condor (4x4) Replacement Program HMAV
Mildef Tarantula HMAV 4x4
HMLTV
Mildef Rentaka HMLTV 4x4 		 Malaysia
 Malaysia 		High mobility armoured vehicle
High mobility light tactical vehicle 		136 on order
54 - 80 planned 		About 200 vehicles planned for the HMAV.[150] The budget approved for the program is 136 vehicles.[10]
54 - 80 vehicles planned.[151]
SIBMAS (6x6) Replacement Program FNSS Pars 6x6
Otokar Arma 6×6
Hanwha Tigon 6×6
Doosan DST Black Fox 6×6
Hyundai Rotem K806 6×6
Pindad Anoa 6×6
VBTP-MR Guarani 6x6 		 Turkey
 South Korea
 Indonesia
 Brazil 		Infantry fighting vehicle / Armoured personnel carrier 200 - 400 planned About 250-400 vehicle were request by the army.[152] The contenders of this program are FNSS Pars 6×6 and Otokar Arma 6×6 from Turkey, Hanwha Tigon 6×6, Doosan DST Black Fox 6×6, Hyundai Rotem K806 6×6 from South Korea, Pindad Anoa 6×6 from Indonesia and VBTP-MR Guarani 6×6 from Brazil.[153] While another Malaysian company AVP Engineering has teamed up with a South Korean-defence company Doosan DST to offer Black Fox 6x6 wheeled armoured vehicle if it was selected by the Malaysian government.[154] Hanwha and FNSS also offered their armoured vehicle to be evaluate by Malaysian Army which is Tigon 6x6 and Pars 6x6 respectively.[153]
Artillery
Self-Propelled Howitzer Program EVA M2 155 mm 6×6  Slovakia Self-propelled howitzer 18 on order The United States reportedly agreed to transfer a total of 29 pieces of M109 howitzer artillery to the Malaysian Army but this deal was cancelled at the last minute.[155][156] After the cancellation the M109A5, Malaysian government expressed to buy CAESAR SPH 6×6 and MKEK Yavuz T-155 6×6 from France and Turkey.[157] During DSA 2022, Nexter Group with a Malaysian company, Advance Defence System Sdn. Bhd. has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to provide CAESAR 6×6 to Malaysian Army and assemble it locally. In DSA 2022, BAE System Bofors from Sweden has offered their Archer 6×6 SPH and Malaysian company, Weststar Defence also has offered their joint venture SPH with a Slovak company, Koñstrukta (probably from Eva 155 mm 6×6 SPH design). Another interested contenders are Zuzana 2 8×8 SPH, also from Slovakia, Nora B-52 from Serbia, Denel T5-52 from South Africa and SH-15 155 mm SPH from China.[158] It is reported that in October 2024, Malaysian Army has selected the EVA M2 155 mm SPH as future self-propelled howitzer.[10]
Short Range Air Defense System Program Starstreak (SAM)  United Kingdom
 Malaysia 		Surface-to-air-missile system Approved There is also a requirement for an upgrade to the current air defense network. Malaysian defence company, Weststar Defence Industries and its subsidiary Global Komited, has partnered with British air defence company, Thales for the distribution of surface-to-air missile to the Malaysian Army.[159]

See also

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