Singapore Army
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| Country |
 Singapore
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| Armed forces | Singapore Armed Forces |
| Type | Armed forces ( army ) |
| Strength | 50,000 |
The Singapore Army forms the army component of the Singapore Armed Forces . It comprises 50,000 soldiers , 35,000 of whom are conscripts .
structure
Active units are under the command of the Army High Command:
As a reserve stand next to the 25th Division , two coastal defense commands (with twelve infantry brigades) and nine independent infantry brigades available.
On Military Branches broken offers Singapore following battalions as Reserve :
- 60 infantry battalions
- 12 artillery battalions
- 8 reconnaissance battalions
- 8 engineer battalions
- 1 special operations battalion
equipment
In terms of equipment, the Singapore Army had 80 to 100 Centurion main battle tanks, 350 AMX-13-SM1 main battle tanks , 22 AMX-10-PAC-90 - reconnaissance tanks , 250 AMX-10P - infantry fighting vehicles, 250 IFV-40s / -50 armored personnel carriers , 750 M-113A1 / A2 armored personnel carriers , 250 LAV-150 "Commando" / V-200 "Commando" armored personnel carriers , 30 V-100 "Commando" armored personnel carriers , 18 SSPH-1 Primus - self-propelled howitzers and 200 Carl Gustav - anti-tank rifles .
The Singapore Army has also had the Leopard 2 main battle tank since mid-2007 . The used (currently more than 196) Leopard 2A4s come from the Bundeswehr and replace the AMX-13 in active service.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Country information from the Austrian Ministry of Defense
- ↑ Arms exports - sale of German Leopard battle tanks to states in the Middle East and other countries. (PDF) Small question from MPs Jan van Aken, Christine Buchholz, Wolfgang Gehrcke, other MPs and the DIE LINKE parliamentary group. - Printed matter 17/14628 -. German Bundestag, September 11, 2013, accessed on May 20, 2014 .
