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Weapon Category One
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Written by davidtkl
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Friday, 19 January 2007 |
The SAR-21 ("Singapore Assault Rifle - 21st Century") is a bullpup assault rifle designed and manufactured in Singapore. First revealed and subsequently adopted by the Singapore Armed Forces in 1999, it was intended to replace the locally license-built M16S1. Many of its design features are directly intended to counter the weaknesses of the M16 as encountered operationally by infantrymen.
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Leopard 2A4 Main Battle Tank |
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Weapon Category One
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Written by Administrator
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Monday, 25 December 2006 |
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The Leopard 2 is a German main battle tank built by the German company Krauss-Maffei-Wegmann, developed in the early 1970s and first entering service in 1979, replacing the earlier Leopard 1 as the foremost MBT in the Bundeswehr.
Its different versions have served in the armed forces of Germany and ten other European countries.
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F-15SG Next Generation Fighter |
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Weapon Category One
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Written by Administrator
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Saturday, 18 November 2006 |
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The F-15SG (formerly the F-15T) is a variant of the F-15E, currently ordered by the Republic of Singapore Air Force (RSAF) after a seven-year evaluation period involving five other fighter aircraft under consideration. The F-15SG was chosen on 6 September 2005 over the only remaining aircraft still in contention, the Dassault Rafale.
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Weapon Category One
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Written by Administrator
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Saturday, 18 November 2006 |
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The PSG-1 is mechanically based on the G3 rifle and features a low-noise bolt closing device (similar to the forward assist on the M16A1/A2/A3/A4). Its expected accuracy is below 1 minute of arc (MOA) and it is considered to be one of the most accurate semi-automatic sniper rifles, capable of putting 50 rounds of match ammunition inside an 80 mm circle at 300 meters. (3.14" at 273m).
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La Fayette class Stealth Frigate |
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Weapon Category One
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Written by Administrator
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Saturday, 18 November 2006 |
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The La Fayette class units are light multi-mission frigates built by DCN and operated by France (Marine Nationale), Saudi Arabia, Singapore (Republic of Singapore Navy) and Republic of China (Taiwan) (Republic of China Navy)
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Weapon Category One
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Written by Administrator
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Saturday, 18 November 2006 |
Both the M4 and M4A1 carbines fire 5.56 x 45 mm NATO ammunition and are gas-operated, air-cooled, magazine-fed,selective fire firearms with a telescoping stock.
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F-16XL Enhanced Tactical Fighter |
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Weapon Category One
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Written by Administrator
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Saturday, 18 November 2006 |
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The F-16XL is a derivative of the F-16 Fighting Falcon, with a cranked-arrow delta wing that is over twice the size of that of the standard F-16 wing. It was entered in the U.S. Air Force's Enhanced Tactical Fighter (ETF) competition but ultimately lost to the F-15E Strike Eagle. Several years after the prototypes were shelved, they were turned over to NASA for aeronautical study.
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