2024年7月17日 · SINGAPORE: The Singapore Army will fully transition to a new light machine gun (LMG) by the end of July, the Ministry of Defence (MINDEF) said on Wednesday (Jul 17). All active combat and combat...

The Ultimax 100 is a gas-operated automatic weapon (capable of fully automatic fire only) with a short-stroke gas piston operating system powered by ignited powder gases diverted from the barrel through a port in the gas block. The Ultimax 100 is a locked breech weapon with a rotating bolt that contains seven locking lugs.

2024年5月22日 · The Singapore Armed Forces (SAF) announced on May 20 that the army has progressively been equipping its soldiers with the Infantry Automatic Rifle (IAR) 6940E-SG since April, replacing the ...

The weapon is a Light Machine Gun (LMG) that will replace the Section Automatic Weapon (SAW) Ultimax 100, which is made by the homegrown ST Engineering and has been in service since 1982.

The Singapore Army invited AsiaOne to take a look at the new Colt Infantry Automatic Rifle 6940E-SG. We also had a chance to give the light machine gun (LMG) a shot. The LMG comes with...

2024年7月17日 · Come end-July, all active combat and combat support units in the Singapore Armed Forces (SAF) will be equipped with the new Light Machine Gun (LMG). The Colt Infantry Automatic Rifle (IAR) 6940E-SG replaces the Ultimax 100 Section Automatic Weapon (SAW), which was produced by ST Engineering and has been in service since 1982.

2024年7月19日 · All active combat and support units of the army will be equipped with the new Colt Infantry Automatic Rifle (IAR) 6940E-SG. The Singapore Army began progressively introducing the new light machine gun to its personnel in April, replacing the locally-made Section Automatic Weapon (SAW) “Ultimax 100,” which has been in service since 1982.

2024年7月18日 · SINGAPORE – By the end of July, all active units in the Singapore Army will be equipped with, and progressively trained on, the army’s newest light machine gun (LMG), said the Ministry of ...

2023年4月27日 · The Singapore Army has picked Colt’s IAR6940 as its new section automatic weapon, and so it will eventually replace the venerable ST Engineering Ultimax 100 that has served the army for more than 30 years. The selection was revealed in the army work plan video for the last fiscal year.

2024年7月17日 · A programme team from DSTA has successfully delivered a new Light Machine Gun (LMG) – the Colt Infantry Automatic Rifle 6940E-SG to the SAF! The new rifle replaces the Section Automatic Weapon (SAW) Ultimax 100, which has been in service since 1982. The new LMG is shorter, lighter and has a longer effective range of 600m.