No i'm not.Originally posted by NathanG5:so ur a military spy or wat?
Originally posted by want to know:No i'm not.![]()
It really reminds me of the Easy company in the Band of Brothers. The Yale graduate Lt Dike was a scholar who was incompetent during battle resulted in heavy casualty in the battle near the town of Foy. Scholars does not necessary make good officers and leaders.Originally posted by YourFather:Of course we do have weaknesses. Most glaring of all is that we are a conscript army. Its slightly migitated by the fact that since we are all conscripts, our army's general educational level is much higher than that of others, and thus we are able to absorb what we need to learn faster. However, no matter what, having a consript army which does not live, breathe an army life will always be a disadvantage.
Another disadvantage is our over emphasis on educational levels in the army. I find it hard to accept that there will always be a limit to a soldier's advancement if he's less educationally qualified than others. Also, scholars and bootlickers get a high chance to go to OCS. I'm not saying that scholars should not go to OCS, what I'm saying is that a person should be evaluated not so heavily on his educational level.
(of course this has been stated in "defending the lion city', but upon entering the army, these 2 problems have become quite glaring to me)
The first weakness you describe i utterly agree with your statement singapore conscript army are citizen army being a singaporean we are spoon feeded by our govt.We hardly get to experience the hardship.We will know if we encounter a vital threat.Originally posted by dkhoo:Singapore's weaknesses include the two specified by YourFather. There are others as well:
1. Morale. We are untested in battle, and a conscript army that is unused to hardship. We have no way to see what will happen in a real war. However, Israel is similar in situation to us and fares well in war, so hopefully this will turn out OK. While everyone hates NS, it is another thing entirely when there is a fight for survival.
2. Poor anti-submarine capability. At this point, our Navy's ASW capability is substandard. Our ships are nearly deaf and poorly armed against subsurface threats. We also do not have ASW helicopters to hunt submarines (though the new Endurance ships can carry them). This will hopefully be resolved with the new Lafayette frigates and the acquisition of submarine capability (the new Sjoormens are just for training and evaluation, not war).
3. Light infantry. We are considered to have one of the best light infantry forces in the world. This is probably because most modern armies no longer employ light infantry. Considering that casualties are particularly painful to us since our soldiers are also civilians, we cannot afford to pit flesh against fire. Our infantry forces need some form of body armor and greater mobility (trucks, tracked carriers, jeeps). This will give us a tremendous edge in combat (especially close combat) and improved strategic mobility.
4. AMX13SM1. Our primary tank is now not merely a decrepit dinosaur, it is a moving deathtrap. The new light tank programme had better hurry up. I believe that the new tank should have at least the following capabilities:
A. Stabilized 105mm high velocity gun capable of being elevated for city fighting and with computer assisted targeting. 120mm gun would be even better. Decent number of ready and reserve rounds. Coaxial and commander's MGs.
B. All around protection against 30mm API and all existing LAWs, frontal protection against 105mm HEAT.
C. Mobility at least as great as the Bionix, including the ability to swim.
There are probably more, but these are the problems I can think off of the top of my head. Anyone want to add anything?
Here is my list:Originally posted by dkhoo:Singapore's weaknesses include the two specified by YourFather. There are others as well:
4. AMX13SM1. Our primary tank is now not merely a decrepit dinosaur, it is a moving deathtrap. The new light tank programme had better hurry up. I believe that the new tank should have at least the following capabilities:
A. Stabilized 105mm high velocity gun capable of being elevated for city fighting and with computer assisted targeting. 120mm gun would be even better. Decent number of ready and reserve rounds. Coaxial and commander's MGs.
B. All around protection against 30mm API and all existing LAWs, frontal protection against 105mm HEAT.
C. Mobility at least as great as the Bionix, including the ability to swim.
There are probably more, but these are the problems I can think off of the top of my head. Anyone want to add anything?
Mmmm......Delta Frigate will be armed with 30km Aster 15 definitely evidence comes from Janes defense weekly.Er...i think its equipped with 32 cells Aster launcher.Would you consider the frigate as weak air defense since the MoD said it will be a multirole combatant i guess all defense and attack units of the ship are strength to meet the multi-threat.Originally posted by want to know:Somebody in another forum say that La Fayette has weak air defenses. Is it true or not?
Quote:[the perry and the laf have some amazingly weak air defenses.]
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A,,,,i heard that these SM1 replacement is in progress the DSTA is assign this task.I thought that Singapore technologies kinetic is using Bionix chassis fitted with 105 mm that is what i heard them some of you out there?????Originally posted by Shotgun:I believe that Sg's ASW capabilities is still in its developing stage. And it takes time before we become credible. Come on, we need to train against our sjoormens first rite? We can't possibly train ASW when we don't operate submarines ourself. Everyday go practice against the Indians also not nice.
I suppose Light infantry is still the best option for SG. We are a conscript army, and 2 1/2 years of our lives to be trained as light infantry is actually considered quite fast liao. US 10th Mountain are practically all regulars, and they are a pretty top notch light infantry division. We don't have the luxury to operate more mechanized infantry partly due to costs and terrain constraint. In any case, I still feel light infantry is darned effective in urban ops.
SM1, agreed. The old workhorse is due for retirement. Replacement, on the way. Meanwhile, it will have to do.
A,,,,i heard that these SM1 replacement is in progress the DSTA is assign this task.I thought that Singapore technologies kinetic is using Bionix chassis fitted with 105 mm that is what i heard them some of you out there?????Originally posted by Shotgun:I believe that Sg's ASW capabilities is still in its developing stage. And it takes time before we become credible. Come on, we need to train against our sjoormens first rite? We can't possibly train ASW when we don't operate submarines ourself. Everyday go practice against the Indians also not nice.
I suppose Light infantry is still the best option for SG. We are a conscript army, and 2 1/2 years of our lives to be trained as light infantry is actually considered quite fast liao. US 10th Mountain are practically all regulars, and they are a pretty top notch light infantry division. We don't have the luxury to operate more mechanized infantry partly due to costs and terrain constraint. In any case, I still feel light infantry is darned effective in urban ops.
SM1, agreed. The old workhorse is due for retirement. Replacement, on the way. Meanwhile, it will have to do.
Originally posted by dkhoo:
3. Light infantry. We are considered to have one of the best light infantry forces in the world. This is probably because most modern armies no longer employ light infantry. Considering that casualties are particularly painful to us since our soldiers are also civilians, we cannot afford to pit flesh against fire. Our infantry forces need some form of body armor and greater mobility (trucks, tracked carriers, jeeps). This will give us a tremendous edge in combat (especially close combat) and improved strategic mobility.
well, the armour has APC, the infantry has LPCOriginally posted by Shotgun:Haha. The 10th mountain is an example of light infantry. And you're right, "light" infantry isnt exactly very light. "Light" means they travel without heavy equipment support, like trucks, jeeps armored vehicles. So whatever gear that is usually stowed in vehicles, well, end up on the soldier's back.
A more accurate term would be... err "leg" infantry.
This using of smoke launchers on tanks to fire fragmentation grenades is consider old.singapore Armour or combat engineer vehicle personnal knew this.Originally posted by tankee1981:Previously, Joe Black had brought about a new idea(or is it old already?) of the use of the smoke grenade launchers on tanks. He said that we can use the smoke launchers on tanks to fire fragmentation grenades, maybe something like a bigger version of a M203 launcher perhaps? I think this is a great idea! I am a tankee myself and we have frag grenades in our turret for use against entrenched troops by lobbing the grenades into their trenches while on the move. Well I personally never tried that before but I think there will be definitely some problems involved by using this metrhod. One thing is that the person lobbing the grenade will be exposed to enemy fire as he need to get at least half of his body out to throw the grenade. Another factor is that the range and accuracy by throwing is not very good,maybe by using the smoke bomb launchers it will be better accuracy? Please comment.Thanks![]()
If you know of anyone from combat engineering,maybe you can approach them and regarding this issue.Sorrie if my sentences made you misunderstood.The combat engineer vehicle smoke bomb launchers also allow such capability so i assume the same goes to the SAF armour division.Originally posted by tankee1981:Well I beg to differ! I am from armour and a tankee but I never heard that our AMX13SM1 can fire frag grenades from the 81mm smoke bomb launchers!![]()