Army of Brunei
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Army Brunei |
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 Coat of arms of the Brunei army |
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| Lineup | May 31, 1963 |
| Country |
 Brunei
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| Armed forces | Armed Forces of Brunei |
| Type | Armed forces ( army ) |
| Strength | approx. 3200 soldiers |
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| Commander in chief | Brigadier General Pg Dato Aminan Pg Hj Mahmud |
The Army of Brunei ( English Royal Brunei Land Forces , Malay Tentera Darat Diraja Brunei ) are the land forces of the Sultanate of Brunei .
The army has a strength of 3,200 men and consists of three infantry battalions and one support battalion . In addition to a tank company , an anti - aircraft battery and a pioneer company , the support battalion also includes the headquarters of the army. The army's equipment includes 20 FV101 Scorpions , 45 Véhicule de l'avant blindé , Land Rover Defender and L118 Light Gun. The standard rifle is the M16 .
history
The Brunei Army was established in May 1961 through the establishment of the previous forces, the Brunei Malay Regiment . At that time, 60 recruits entered and began their military training. The formal establishment of the regiment in June 1962, the commissioning of three infantry companies and to gehörigem bar . In 1965 the regiment was given the royal prefix and became the Royal Brunei Malay Regiment . Originally stationed at Port Dickson in Malaya , the regiment was soon relocated to a newly built barracks in Brunei itself. The Royal Brunei Malay Regiment established two new sections, the boat and air transport section, in 1965 to further develop its capabilities. These two units were placed under one command along with the infantry in 1966.
In 1972 the structure of the regiment was changed, with the infantry, air traffic section and boat section again being divided into separate units. The former infantry companies became the 1st Battalion of the Royal Brunei Malay Regiment with a total of five infantry companies. Three years later, the 2nd Battalion was formed by merging the B and E companies of the 1st Battalion.
In 1984 Brunei gained independence from the United Kingdom . At that time, the Royal Brunei Malay Regiment was renamed Royal Brunei Land Forces , the present day Army of Brunei, a branch of the Brunei armed forces . In 1990, the support battalion was formed, which consists of an armored reconnaissance squadron, an air defense battery and a combat engineer squadron, as well as maintenance and administrative support. In 1994, the 3rd Battalion from parts of the D-Company of the 1st Battalion and the F Company was formed of the 2nd Battalion, while the flak battery and the technical workshop from the Support Battalion of the Air Royal Brunei Armed Forces and the support services were transferred .
On July 9, 2011, under a contract with Force-21 Equipment , the Brunei Army conducted tests to convert the pattern of their combat suits from Disruptive Pattern Material (DPM), a relic of the rule of the United Kingdom , through Digital Disruptive Patterns (DDP ) to replace.
equipment
The Brunei Army uses a combination of imported equipment from various manufacturers.
Infantry weapons
| image | Model | Type | caliber | origin | Remarks |
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FN Browning HP | gun | 9 × 19mm Parabellum |
 Belgium
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M16A1 / A2 / A4 | Assault rifle | 5.56 × 45 mm NATO |
 United States
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Standard infantry rifle |
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SAR-21 |
 Singapore
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| Self-loading rifles | |||||
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L1 A1 | Self-loading rifle | 7.62 × 51 mm NATO |
 United Kingdom
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| Machine guns | |||||
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Ultimax 100 | Light machine gun | 5.56 × 45 mm NATO |
Singapore
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Browning M2 | Heavy machine gun | .50 BMG |
United States
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FN MAG-58 | Universal machine gun | 7.62 × 51 mm NATO |
Belgium
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SIG MG 710-3 |
 Switzerland
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Grenades, missiles and MANPADS
| photo | Model | Type | Quantity | Origin | Notes | |
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| Grenade launcher | ||||||
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M203 | Down tube grenade launcher |
United States
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| Anti-tank | ||||||
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crossbow | Anti-tank hand weapon |
 Germany
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500 bought in 1985 | ||
Armored combat vehicles
| image | Model | Type | number | origin | Remarks | |
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FV101 Scorpion CVR (T) | Reconnaissance tanks | 16 |
United Kingdom
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16 expanded from 2003 | |
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VAB | MTW | 45 |
 France
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| Support vehicles | ||||||
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FV105 Sultan | Armored command vehicle | 2 |
United Kingdom
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FV106 Samson | Armored recovery vehicles | 2 |
United Kingdom
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artillery
| image | Model | Type | number | origin | Remarks | |
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| Howitzers | ||||||
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L118 | 105mm howitzer | 6th |
United Kingdom
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| mortar | ||||||
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L16 | 81 mm howitzer | 24 |
United Kingdom
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Commercial and logistics vehicles
| image | Model | Type | number | origin | Remarks |
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Land Rover Defender | Off-road vehicle |
United Kingdom
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| HICOM Handalan I / II | Troop transport | 115 |
 Malaysia
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| Transport vehicles | |||||
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Mercedes-Benz Actros | Mercedes-Benz truck |
Germany
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| Mercedes-Benz Atego | Mercedes-Benz truck |
Germany
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Iveco Eurocargo | truck |
 Italy
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Individual evidence
- ^ History - Royal Brunei Land Forces. In: Ministry of Defense of Brunei. Archived from the original on September 27, 2007 ; accessed on November 19, 2019 (English).
- ^ A b History - Royal Brunei Land Forces. In: Ministry of Defense of Brunei. Archived from the original on September 27, 2007 ; accessed on November 19, 2019 (English).
- ^ History - Royal Brunei Land Forces. In: Ministry of Defense of Brunei. Archived from the original on September 27, 2007 ; accessed on November 19, 2019 (English).
- ^ Royal Brunei Armed Forces (RBAF) awarded Force 21 with three contracts. In: Force July 21 , 2011, archived from the original on September 27, 2019 ; accessed on November 19, 2019 (English).
