![]() The Australian Defence Force (ADF) deployed refurbished M1A1 Abrams while the US was represented by US Marine Corps M1s. The shoot-out took place in September 2009. ![]() Senang Diri understands that the NSFs had trained on the Leopard for about six months, which makes their performance against regulars even more noteworthy.Īccording to the September 2010 issue of the Singapore Army's Army News, the Leopard 2A4 main battle tank crew led by tank commander, Army regular Second Sergeant Andy Hoe, and the NSFs comprising driver, Corporal First Class Lim Hao Jie, tank gunner, Corporal Malcolm Ong, and loader, Lance Corporal Chiang Wen Jun, earned the title of "Best Tank Crew" in a friendly face off for main battle tank crews from Australia, the United States and Singapore. This was a credible performance for a MBT team made up of full-time National Servicemen (NSF) led by a young regular. The Singaporean main battle tank crew did well and was named the "Best Tank Crew" in a tri-nation shooting cum manoeuvre exercise that involved Australian and American tankees. ![]() Whenever a target appeared, the tank commander would issue crisp fire control orders, the gunner swivelled the turret towards the kill zone while the loader readied the 120mm gun for a fire mission. Now, the Singaporean tankees were pitted against regulars from Australia and the United States and fighting without a home ground advantage. They had done this many times before - on a simulator and only for about half a year. ![]() Their quarry: targets that popped up randomly and at varying distances on an Australian Army live-fire range. ![]() On high alert and with all eyes scanning down range, the Singapore Army Leopard tank crew was out on a hunt. ![]()
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