DEFTECH / FNSS AV-8 made in Malaysia : EXPLAINED

Basically FNSS and DEFTECH and 100 others local company are cooperating for co-production or assemblies of associated weapons, equipment, parts, training and logistical support armament Systems, weapon , engines and transmissions, canon test cartridges, spare and repair parts, maintenance, support equipment, special tool and test equipment, personnel training and equipment, publications and technical documentation, contractor engineering and logistics support services, and other related elements of logistics and program support. THIS IS HUGE. This is not a simple assemblies thingy that a lot of people thought.

It is still unknown if a new facility for repairing and overhauling AV8 transporters and recovery vehicles will be inclusive of the current new manufacturing plant or it will be built seperately. This directly connected to AV-8 production. As the number of AV-8 increases, so too must the number of tank recovery vehicles available. Probably will be included in the RM7.2 billion? maybe. No detail yet.

What happen after number 257? We export.

The question do remain.. If you can buy it outside cheaper, why built our self? Well first of, read the strategic gain i've written above.

Now we talk about ECONOMIC MULTIPLIER on Malaysian who directly or indirectly involved whom will receive direct or indirect benefit from this project. The payment are believed to be spread for 13 years and will benefit 100 locals companies which involved with the project, thus creating thousands of new job for Malaysians. That and the money will spread down like wild fire all the way to makcik jual nasi lemak at the plant or the contractors or engineers who build the plants or suppliers of construction materials and its vendors,.... AND ALL OF THEIR FAMILY!. THATS A LOT OF PEOPLE.



This economic multiplier will resonates to many Malaysians for years to come. On the other hand if we bought the equivalent of AV8 off the shelf from other country or manufactured outside Malaysia.. Malaysian will receive zero ECONOMIC MULTIPLIER  instead its the original country that will receive the whole benefit of  ECONOMIC MULTIPLIER.

THINK ABOUT THAT FOR A SECOND. IN FACT TAKE THE WHOLE FUCKING HOUR TO THINK.

AV8 WEAPON SPECIFICATION
source http://www.armyrecognition.com

One of the Sealed Pattern Vehicles (SPS) has a one-person power-operated turret armed with a 25mm cannon and 7.62mm co-axial machine gun. This is basically the same kind of turret and weapon as ACV 300 ADNAN. The logic behind this setup is for commonality with ACV 300 Adnan turret logistic and spare parts.

There will be two type of turret design by Denel, the first is the LCT30, a two man turret with two-axis stabilisation and it is armed with a 30 mm GI-30 cannon and a FN Herstal MAG 58M coaxial 7.62 mm machine gun with elevation from -10deg; to +30deg; and 360deg; traverse.  Personaly i dont think a 2 man turret is a great idea.


Denel export contract at a total of €340-million (R3.5-billion). The contract covers the supply of crewed and remotely operated turrets and anti-tank guided missiles (ATGMs) to be fitted to AV8.

Denel will supply 69 two-man turrets mounting the GI30 30 mm cannon, 54 missile turrets mounting both the GI30 gun and the Ingwe ATGM, 54 remotely operated weapons systems and 216 laser-guided Ingwe ATGMs. The turrets and GI30 cannons are products of Denel Land Systems and the Ingwe is made by Denel Dynamics.

Denel is currently manufacturing the first shipment of turrets, which will be delivered in January next year for trials by the Malaysians. The contract will run for seven years.

Denel will provide offsets to Malaysia, which will include the assembly of the turrets in the Asian country and the transfer of weapons system integration technology. Malaysia already operates Denel’s G5 155 mm gun/howitzer.

No picture of the Denel turet just yet but here an artist impression from us.

Or this ... you get the idea right? this is not PARS by the way.

The MAG 58M is a 7.62 x 51 mm NATO machine gun specifically designed and developed by the Belgian Company FN Herstalfor pintle type airborne, land and sea applications. It can be installed on FN mount or on the existing mount of the carrier. The MAG58M fires from an open breech to avoid the cook-off phenomenon and is fed with belted ammunition. 

The rate of fire can be ajusted manually through a gas regulator which ensures a smoothly functioning and overcomes stoppages in adverse conditions. The GI30 is a dual-feed 30x173 mm cannon with an effective range of 3 000 m. It has two firing modes, a closed-breech, single-shot 'sniper mode' for engaging point targets, and a three-round burst mode at 100 rounds/minute for general use. The integrated fire-control system combines a video and thermal sight with three fields of view, an integrated laser range finder, a ballistic computer, an auto-tracker, and touch-screen battle panels for the commander and the gunner. The panels display the sight image, ballistic data and battle management information.

The system automatically adjusts for range, cant, target movement, closing rate, meteorological conditions and ammunition characteristics. A laser warning system alerts the crew to threats and can be linked to automatically trigger the electrically discharged grenade launchers to deploy screening agents or HE grenades. A row of four smoke grenade discharger is mounted at the front and rear on each side top
of the hull. On single grenade launcher is mounted to each side of the turret and three more on each side at the rear.

The second is the LCT30-ATGW, an antitank variant of the LCT30 which is similar but integrates the beam generator for the Ingwe laser beam-riding missile, mounts elevating twin launchers on either side, and has a different thermal imager lens to allow for the greater engagement ranges. The Ingwe missile from Denel Dynamics business entity, has an effective range of 5,000 m and a tandem shaped-charge warhead that can penetrate up to 1,000 mm of homogenous steel armour protected by reactive armour.