Malaysian Armed Forces Order of Battle

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Malaysian Army
Tentera Darat Malaysia

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Order of Battle
Malaysian Army (MA) has strength of about 86,000 active duty soldiers and 45,000 active reservists in the Territorial Army Regiment. In addition there are about 20,000 men in Police General Operation Force (PGA) of which about 2,000 are in the Police Special Operation Force (PGK). In this Order of Battle we look at the weapon system, composition, disposition, strength, unit type and insignia of the Malaysian Army.

Organization
At the top level of Malaysian Army (MA) command structure is the Army Headquarter ( Markas Tentera Darat ), commanded by a General. The Army HQ is responsible for the overall planning, management and administration of the Army. The bulk of Malaysian Army battle formation is under the command of Army Field Command Headquarter (Markas Medan Tentera Darat - MMTD), commanded by a Lieutenant General. Under this command there are 3 Infantry Divisions, a Combined Arms Division and the Air Defense Artillery Group ( Grup Artileri Pertahanan Udara - GAPU). A division is further broken down into brigades and battalions. There are 12 brigades with about 34 infantry battalions in the MA inclusive of the Paratroop Brigade. The Composition and Disposition page provide more details on tactical grouping structure of the Malaysian Army. Malaysian Army Command Structure

Army HQ

Army Field Army Training & Command HQ Doctrine Command (MMTD) HQ (PL & DTD)

Army Logistic Command HQ (PLTD)

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1 Div HQ

2 Div HQ

3 Div HQ

4 Div HQ

Air Defense Artillery Group HQ (GAPU)

.In addition to the command structure organization stated above, the Malaysian Army is based on the British Regimental System, which is an administrative grouping by common functions. A regiment is permanent organization unit and some has long history such as the RAMD and RRD. Administrative regiments are not part of day-to-day operational command structure and only show type of administration while the battalion is the tactical units. Battalions under the administrative regiment can belong to different Brigades. An administrative corps is a grouping of regiments by common function or family. A Corps contain at least a single regiment type and in such case the regiment is the corps by itself. Example of corps that contain more than one regiment is the Infantry Corps consisting of Royal Malay Regiment and Royal Ranger Regiment. To find out more on the regiment and corps of Malaysian Army, click on the Quick Link.

Equipments
The standard infantry weapon of the Malaysian Army is the Steyr AUG A1 rifle but Special Forces may use other type of weapons suitable for their operations such as HK MP5 series. Colt M4 Carbine has been selected as the new standard issue rifle for all three branches of the Malaysian Armed Forces and will be introduced in phases. Each BIS sections also has a plethora of other more powerful weapons such as GPMG, MGL, AGL and LAW due to the increased firepower requirement. The Malaysian Army operates mostly wheel armored vehicle such as Sibmas and Condor. However the backbone of MA armored force is the tracked Scorpion 90 CVRT of the Royal Armored Corps. In the ongoing modernization program, tracked vehicles have been preferred and ACV 300 Adnan was chosen as the AFV of choice for the Mechanized Infantry force. Strategic weapon capability has also been acquired with the purchased of ASTROS II MRLS. The air defense has been upgraded from very short range air defense to short range air defense with the addition of JERNAS air defense system from UK. The Malaysian Army Aviation has also received a boost with the purchase of A109 LOH helicopter to replace its aging Alloutte III. To find out more on the war machines and weapons of the Malaysian Army, click on the Quick Link.

Current and Future Plan

The Malaysian Army transformation from Counter Insurgency Force to Conventional Warfare Force is almost complete structurally, organizationally and doctrinally. To further develop this transformation, the Army has put in place a strategic development plan called ARMY 2 10 + 10. This plan means 2 years (1994-1995) to consolidate the present force (in 1994), develop the consolidated present force until 2010, and subsequently the development of the intermediate force until 2020 ( +10 years). The development and design of the objective force will be done after 2020. Organization: The development of 3rd Division into a full fledge Combined Arms Division is still in progress. When completed, this division will comprise of an armored brigade (1st Brigade), a mechanized infantry brigade (4th Brigade) and a motorized infantry brigade (7th Brigade). The final composition of 1st Armored Brigade are 2 tank regiments and a mechanized battalion. A tank regiment, 11 KAD is being equipped with PT-91M Main Battle Tank from Poland and would form the basis of the Armored Brigade. Recently announced is the formation of an Army Air Calvary with the proposed phase purchase of utility, support and attack helicopters in the 9MP ( RMK9) and beyond. The Malaysian Army Aviation would be enlarged to regiment strength with multiple squadrons. The Malaysian Army Aviation is forming 882 and 883 PUTD Squadron to support future air cavalry regiment.
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In view of the growing global terrorism threat, there is a need to form an Anti-Terrorist regiment much like the US Army Delta force. The MA is working on a plan toward realizing this. It's possible that 11 RGK would find itself transformed into such regiment with clearer role and responsibilities than what it currently has. According to the new Malaysian Chief of Defense Force, General Tan Sri Haji Abdul Aziz Haji Zainal, Malaysian Armed Forces need at least a Division Group equivalent force that is ever ready for mission oriented deployment. At the same time another Division Group would be ready to defend their assigned areas of responsibility. The MAF is studying on the establishment of Special Forces Command subordinated to the MAF HQ. All the SOF of the MAF such as GGK, PASKAL and PASKAU would be placed under this new command. Potentially the Paratroop brigade would be included as well. There may be air and naval support element integrated under this command. One of the army's G-5 155mm regiment would be converted into MLRS regiment and their guns would be consolidated into remaining 155mm regiment. On Order: 8 120mm self-propelled mortar systems has been ordered to provide organic firepower to the mechanized battalions. The system comprised of TDA 2R2M 120mm mortar system integrated into the FNSS's ACV-S. Eight units of 120mm mortar carrier ACV-S were ordered from DEFTECH. The equipment is slated for delivery before end of 2009. An additional 48 ACV-300 Adnan has been ordered in multiple variants to completely equipped the mechanized brigade. 85 units of VAMTEC Hummer 4x4 were ordered by the Army for tactical and weapon carrier roles (12 HMG 12.7mm carriers, 24 AGL 40mm carriers, 24 Metis-M carriers and 25 Igla carriers) 16 FN-6 launchers has been ordered by the Army. This one battery strength equipment could be for evaluation purpose. The Army will equip its Air Defense Artillery Group with Passive Surveillance System (PSS). The chosen system is Czec's VERA-E but the quantity ordered has not been disclosed. Ninth Malaysian Plan (9MP) Hopeful Provision for 105mm howitzer to replace 105mm pack howitzer currently in service. Additional 155mm howitzers are needed to increase firepower of the Royal Artillery Regiment. Replacement for Condor and Sibmas APC is in the plan and the army is looking for 521 8 x 8 wheelers to be procured in stages. The variants are ATGM, 25mm cannons, surveillance, command, ambulance and fitter. The global tender will float in June 2008. Other Requirements: Self-propelled artillery. Giat 155mm/52-cal Caesar has been trialed by MA and impressed with its combat weight of below 18 tones, length of 10m, air-portable, on road speed of 110km and also shoot and scoot capability. Words from the grapevine is there will be an announcement sooner rather than later. It's possible that the MA would go for two systems, wheeled and tracked. Caesar is the leading candidate for wheeled system to support the paratroop regiments while Samsung Techwin K9 Thunder is the leading candidate for tracked systems to support the Armored Corp. Any purchase would probably be enough to form a regiment each. The Army is shopping for 18 vehicle-mounted medium range ATGW missile systems to enhance the anti-tank capability in view of newer tanks will be introduced into the region. JDW reported the 3 finalist are Denel Ingwe, KBP Metis-M and Kornet-E systems. The Army need a further 100 MBTs to complete the formation of additional 2 Tank
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Regiments to complete the setup of an armored brigade. Whether the Army will stick to PT91M or choose another MBT remains to be seen. Long term need for a medium range air defense system (MEDRAD). A Missile system from China such as KS-1A is an attractive candidate due to the promise of FN-6 SHORADS manufacturing technology transfer. Other systems that have been looked at are Buk-1M-2, Aster 30 SAMP and Hawk-AMRAAM. It's believe that the Army is in inclined toward Eurocopter Tiger as the platform of choice for the attack role in the Air Calvary Corps but any air assets purchased is likely in 10MP instead in view of the limited budget allocated for defense in 9MP. The requirement is for 6 attack helicopters to form a squadron. Other candidates are AH-64 A/D Apache, A129 Mangusta, and AH-1Z Super Cobra. As outlined of the restructuring plan for infantry battalions, troop transport is organic to the battalions and there is a plan to progressively acquire a large number of high mobility vehicles to fill this need. The army is expected to need around 700 such vehicles. Army Aviation acquiring air lift capability has been mentioned and some suggestion on Mi171 has been identified for this capability but nothing concrete came from MINDEF.
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