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Singapore Army
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The Singapore Army (Chinese: 新加坡陆军部队, Malay: Tentera Singapura) is the land forces and one of the three services of the Singapore Armed Forces.
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The Singapore Army focuses on leveraging technology and weapon systems as "force-multipliers". It has some of the most advanced military hardware in the South-East Asia region.[citation needed] The Singapore Army is capable of conducting amphibious operations with a highly developed logistics force, across all three services of Army, Navy and Air Force, as seen in the relief work in Aceh after the 2004 Christmas Tsunami.
The Army is headed by the Chief of Army (COA). Assisting him are the Chief of Staff-General Staff (COS-GS) and the Commander, Army Training and Doctrine Command. There are also six functional departments and an NS Affairs Department (NSAD) dealing with National Service issues, collectively known as the General Staff, an Inspectorate and an NS Affairs Department (NSAD) dealing with National Service issues. The six functional departments handle personnel, intelligence, operations, logistics, plans and training respectively. Each department is headed by an Assistant Chief of the General Staff (ACGS). Also advising the COA are the Senior Specialist Staff Officers (SSSOs): Infantry, Guards, Armour, Commando, Artillery, Engineers and Signals.
Chief of Army (COA)
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ACGS ACGS ACGS ACGS ACGS ACGS |
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HQ Infantry HQ Guards | HQ Armour | HQ Commando | HQ Artillery | HQ Engineers HQ Signals
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Combined Arms PDF Commands Non-Divisional Army Operational
Divisions Units Reserve Divisions
The army consists of the following Combat Arms, which are integrated with one another to form the Divisional and Non-divisional assets:
- Armour
- Artillery
- Combat Engineers
- Commando
- Guards
- Infantry (merged with 9th Division, now known as 9Div/Infantry)
- Signals
These are bolstered by Combat Service Support Units which consist of the following:
- Army Intelligence
- Army Medical Services
- Army Logistics
- Singapore Armed Forces Ammunition Command
The main components of the Army are its 3 active Combined-Arms Divisions: 3rd, 6th and 9th Div. They include both active and reserve units, all of which can be mobilised in phases.
There are other divisions, which are entirely made up of former conscripts in reserve status.
Each division comprising:
- 1x Armoured Brigade (4 Armoured Regiments, 1 Engineers Company, 1 Signal Company, 1 Reconnaissance Company)
- 2x Infantry Brigade (3 Infantry Battalions, 1 Engineers Company, 1 Signal Company, 1 Reconnaissance Company)
- 1x Signal Battalion
- 1x Artillery Battalion
- 1x Combat Engineers Battalion
- 1x Air Defense Battalion
- PDF - 1st PDF and 2nd PDF
- 4th Armoured Brigade
- 8th Armoured Brigade
- 21st Div - Reserve Infantry Division
- 25th Div - Reserve Armour/Mechanized Division (Consisting of at least 4x Armoured Brigades)
- 1x Military Intelligence Battalion[citation needed]
- At least 1x Active Commandos Battalion and 1x Reserve Commando Battalion
- 2x Active Guards Battalion (1 Heliborne & 1 Beach Deployment)
- Unknown Signals Battalion, SIGINT (Signal Intelligence)[citation needed]
- Unknown number of elite "Special Operations Forces (SOF)" trained by United States Special Forces Operational Detachment- DELTA Force and Naval Diving Units whose members undergo training conducted by the United States Navy SEALS.[citation needed]
- 1x Aggressor Company - Under TRADOC/ATEC, this Company bases itself on the Aggressor Orbat and varies slightly from the normal Infantry Company, with a platoon specialising in Armour Simulation using normal vehicles. They are the Red Force for ATEC evaluations. Also known as OPFOR.[citation needed]
- 1x Medical Response Force Unit (MRF) - Counter Chemical and Biological Warfare Unit
Main Combat weapons:
| Type | Amount |
| Main Battle Tanks | ~200 |
| Leopard 2A4 (120mm Rheinmetall L44 main gun) | 96 |
| Centurion Mk 3/Mk 7 (105mm L7 main gun) | ~100 [1] |
| Light Tanks | ~450 |
| AMX-13SM1 | ~350 |
| M551 Sheridan (In Storage) | ~100 |
| Mechanized Infantry Combat Vehicles / IFVs | ~700 |
| Bionix II (30mm Bushmaster II chain gun/New armour) | ~100 |
| Bionix 25 (25mm Bushmaster chain gun) | ~300 |
| Bionix 40/50 (40mm AGL + 0.5in HMG) | ~300 |
| Armoured Personnel Carriers/Reconnaissance Vehicles | ~1570 |
| V-200 Commando RBS-70 (Air Defence) | 200 |
| V-150 RBS-70 (Air Defence) | 250 |
| M113 ULTRA 40/50 (40mm AGL + 0.5in HMG) | ~700 |
| M113 SP SAM (2 twin SA-18 launchers) | ~120 |
| M113 ULTRA OWS (25mm Bushmaster chain gun) | ~300 |
| Howitzers | ~300 |
| M71 155 mm Towed Howitzer | 38 |
| FH-88 155 mm/39-Cal Towed Howitzer | 54 |
| FH-2000 155 mm/52-Cal Towed Howitzer | 54 |
| GIAT LG1 105 mm Towed Howitzer | 60 |
| SSPH Primus 155 mm/39-Cal Self-Propelled Howitzer (SSPH-1) | 54 |
| Pegasus 155 mm Self-Propelled Lightweight Howitzer | 54 |
| Armoured Engineers | 28 |
| Combat Engineer Tractor | 18 |
| M728 Combat Engineer Vehicle (Retired) | 8 |
| M60A1 Armoured Vehicle Launched Bridge (AVLB) | 12 |
| Field Engineers | ~50 |
| Vehicle Launched Bridge (VLB) | ? |
| Foldable Longspan Bridge (FLB) | ? |
| Projected Line Charge (PLC) | ? |
| Bionix Launched Bridge | ? |
| Bridging Engineers | |
| Comet | ? |
| Almond | ? |
| All-Terrain Tracked Vehicles | ~500 |
| Bronco ATTC (GPMG armed/120mm Super-Rapid Mortar) | ~200 |
| BV206S (GPMG armed) | ~300 |
| Mortars | |
| 81 mm, 120 mm | ? |
| Anti-Tank Rockets/Missiles | ~4000 |
| Spike-LR MANPACK | 300 |
| Matador | ~3000 |
| Guards Vehicles | 400 |
| Spike LSV with Twin SPIKE ATGM | 200 |
| Spider LSV | 200 |
| Direct Fire Weapons | ~400,000 |
| SAR-21 | >100,000 |
| M16S1 M16 variant produced locally under license; for all intent similar to the M16A1 | >200,000 |
| CAR-15 Carbine version of the M-16 (Converting to SAR-21) | >5,000 |
| M203 40 mm GL | >20,000 |
| Ultimax 100 | >20,000 |
| FN MAG 7.62 mm General Purpose Machine Gun | >10,000 |
| CIS 12.7 mm HMG | >3,000 |
| Sig-Sauer P226 9 mm Pistol | ? |
| H&K MP-5N 9 mm SMG | >2,000 |
| FN P90 5.7 mm SMG | ~500 |
| FN Five-Seven 5.7 mm Pistol | ~500 |
| PGM Mini-Hecate 8.6 mm Long-Range Sniper Rifle | ~100 |
| H&K PSG-1 | |
| Accuracy International L96A1 | |
| Accuracy International L115A1 | |
| Steyr SSG 86 |
- Singapore Armed Forces
- Republic of Singapore Air Force
- Republic of Singapore Navy
- Singapore Armed Forces ranks
- (Non-SAF)
- ^ Christopher Langton (Editor). The Military Balance 2005-2006 (Military Balance). New York: Routledge. ISBN 0-415-37393-X. , page 296. This covers the numbers, not the gun replacement and new codename.
- Singapore Army Official Website
- Ranks and Paramilitary Ranks of Singapore, accessed 23 Oct 2006.