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
any info in term of numbers and unit involved?
48 SAR is in gedong camp. HQ Armour.
its 48SAR, the pioneer batch..now currently training the 2nd batch.