Singapore made arms in the Solomon islands

• bcoy

  9 Mar 06, 01:29

  Found these photos -
  
  Among a pile of old weapons, in the middle, a Ultimax 100 without its barrel, and on the right, 2 SR88a with its distinctive butt (white tape).
  
  
  
  Pile of SR88a rifles, spray painted in camo green/brown -
  
  
  
  Report of the use of the SR88a in the Soloman islands -
  
  http://rspas.anu.edu.au/papers/melanesia/working_papers/Tanis-Gray.rtf
  
  About 300 SR88s' and 50 Ultimax 100 are supposed to exist within the Soloman islands from this report (PDF) -
  
  http://hei.unige.ch/sas/AddRes/Weapons%20Free%20Villages%20Evaluation%20Nelson%20Muggah.pdf
• MobyDog

  9 Mar 06, 01:50

  Yaeh.. so.. they were captured form the police in an ambush...
  
  so what what's your point?
  
  I read the the second pdf file and the american arms are 100 fold larger..
  
  and again.. what's your point ?
• bcoy

  9 Mar 06, 01:53

  Originally posted by MobyDog:

  Yaeh.. so.. they were captured form the police in an ambush...
  
  so what what's your point?
  
  I read the the second pdf file and the american arms are 100 fold larger..
  
  and again.. what's your point ?

  Sharing this info on a military forum.
  
  So what's your problem?
• Qing^.^

  9 Mar 06, 02:37

  Nice guns
• Ponders

  9 Mar 06, 06:14

  Just how did you get into my store room and take pictures?
• tvdog

  9 Mar 06, 09:59

  I count at least 6 SR-88 in the first pic. Nearly all the black rifles in there are SR-88.
  
  And the camo weapon in the second pic ia also SR-88.
  
  Once again, ST is selling weapons to all and sundry.
  
  Has anyone ever used a SR-88 beffore? It's one ugly sumbi.tch
• tankee1981

  9 Mar 06, 10:30

  Actually i think the old WW2 rifles such as the MK1 and MK3(i think) look cool despite being obsolete in the modern battlefield! Reminds me of my time in NPCC in the past !
• bcoy

  9 Mar 06, 10:39

  Originally posted by tvdog:

  I count at least 6 SR-88 in the first pic. Nearly all the black rifles in there are SR-88.
  
  And the camo weapon in the second pic ia also SR-88.
  
  Once again, ST is selling weapons to all and sundry.
  
  Has anyone ever used a SR-88 beffore? It's one ugly sumbi.tch

  They were originally sold to the Solomon islands police force.
  
  
• gary1910

  9 Mar 06, 12:43

  In the pdf report, it also mentioned CIS GL and CIS GPMG( FN copy).
  
  SG made weapons were sold to many third world nations,afterall she was and maybe still is the world top ten small arms producer.
• bcoy

  9 Mar 06, 13:24

  Originally posted by gary1910:

  In the pdf report, it also mentioned CIS GL and CIS GPMG( FN copy).
  
  SG made weapons were sold to many third world nations,afterall she was and maybe still is the world top ten small arms producer.

  For those interested - there is another PDF report (138 pages) about gun running in Papua New Guinea.
  
  http://hei.unige.ch/sas/Special%20Reports/SR%20PNG.pdf
  Gun running in Papua New Guinea, from arrows to assault weapons in the southern highlands.
  
  Contains black market prices of arms including the Ultimax 100 - US$5000 (Lowest), US$13,330 (Highest), average price US$8,530.
  
  
• iveco

  9 Mar 06, 13:26

  What is the company that made those arms in the Solomons? A unit of SingTech Engrg?
• tankee1981

  9 Mar 06, 19:38

  I think those arms are made in Singapore itself and exported to the Soloman Islands instead of making them there.
  
• ceecookie

  9 Mar 06, 20:28

  Originally posted by bcoy:

  Found these photos -
  
  Among a pile of old weapons, in the middle, a Ultimax 100 without its barrel, and on the right, 2 SR88a with its distinctive butt (white tape).
  
  
  
  Pile of SR88a rifles, spray painted in camo green/brown -
  
  

  the 3rd weapon on top from left is quite an old one...seen it in WWII battles and in movies like Band Of Brothers
• gd4u

  9 Mar 06, 21:10

  Originally posted by tankee1981:

  Actually i think the old WW2 rifles such as the MK1 and MK3(i think) look cool despite being obsolete in the modern battlefield! Reminds me of my time in NPCC in the past !

  Hello, i think most NPCC units dun even have Mk.4 or Mk. 5 liao. I think the only place u gonna find these guns is in SAFPU ...
• madman_me

  9 Mar 06, 21:17

  Originally posted by gd4u:

  Hello, i think most NPCC units dun even have Mk.4 or Mk. 5 liao. I think the only place u gonna find these guns is in SAFPU ...

  some units still have some of e rifles.. and i believe the name for it is Mk1 no 4, 5 not mk 4 or 5.. did some research on it before..
• MobyDog

  9 Mar 06, 21:20

  Originally posted by bcoy:

  Sharing this info on a military forum.
  
  So what's your problem?

  Sorry.. bcoy.
  
  I thought that it will be another one of those tread about " why is Singapore arming questionable groups" again..
• bcoy

  9 Mar 06, 21:35

  Originally posted by MobyDog:

  Sorry.. bcoy.
  
  I thought that it will be another one of those tread about " why is Singapore arming questionable groups" again..

  Alright, I understand.