Time to Upgrade V200s ?

• Sepecat

  4 Dec 09, 12:11

  With the intorduction of  the Terrex to SAF, will it be time to upgrade V200s and use them for other roles ?

• Kingofkingkongs

  4 Dec 09, 15:12

  totally agree.. v2 although compact on road it does not keep up with 3g army equipments.

• Nuad

  5 Dec 09, 00:46

  haha... my unit had a single V200, and i had some friends detailed to kilat the 4 humungous tyres....took hours and 8 big cans of kiwi. LOL for a nnb open house

  imagine the poor chaps for the terrex with its 8 wheels and a whole fleet of them.

• spartan_6

  5 Dec 09, 19:33

  Terrex

• lionnoisy

  5 Dec 09, 21:46

   i am back for a while. V 200 has been upgraded mainly for AA.

  http://www.sgforums.com/forums/1164/topics/203096

  V150/200 APC x 450

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  Our Arsenal

  19 posts

  V-150/-200 Armoured Personnel Carrier quantity 450  ,in service 450
  

   

  http://www.sgforums.com/forums/1164/topics/149083

  
  

  
  

  brand new V150/200.
  20mm Oerlikon gun with the latest Night
  Weapon Sight, developed jointly by Thales and Defence
  Science and Technology Agency (DSTA)and RBS-70
  can be mounted on V200.
  
  
  Sg got V-150/-200 Armoured Personnel Carrier 450 units in service,
  according to latest Janes World Army 18 th edition ,Dec 2005.
  
  Asia Defense Journal 2005 Year Book,(In Library),reported Spore has 30 V100,
  250 V150/V200 ,

  Sources of new V200:ZAOBAO 2003 April 22,pg 9.
  
  In 1969,Spore bought 170 vehicles of V200,LKY said in his Story.
  
  New spec of upgraded V200:
  Lx Wx H:6.17m x 2.438m x 2.835m(army) 2.4 (air defense)
  Ground clearance:56cm
  speed:101 km
  Range:720km(400 liter )
  
  weight:13,870 kg ,combat . 12,990 kg empty
  Slope:60%
  side slope :30%
  barrier:60cm height
  trench: 1 m width
  Ford:1.2m depth
  Engine:300 hp,disel,same as M113 turbo.auto gear.4 gears
  body:steel ,can resist 7.62 mm gun
  CrewS:total 7 for air defense.11 for infrantry.
  Arms:Infrantry:20 mm gun, 3 x 7.62 mmGPMG
  Air defense;RBS 70 missile,2 x 7.62 mm GPMG
  
  2.Features
  Less fire hazard with Diesel engine.Logistcally,it can compatible with M113.
  
  It will cost 2 to 3 million dollars to buy similiar infantry vehicles,excluding training,maintenance package..Now.it just costed $400,000 to upgrade each,but including training and maintenance.
  
  3.Purposes:
  Not for hill area,jungle nor soft groung.Good for Home land protection.I think very good to protect line of supply,in case.....
  
  2.

  
  The 2nd firing involved the V200 Armour Fighting Vehicle
  mounted with a 20mm Oerlikon gun with the latest Night
  Weapon Sight,. developed jointly by Thales and Defence
  Science and Technology Agency (DSTA). The sight allows
  the FDS--Field Defence Squadron-- to better perform their role of reinforcement and counter attack during hours of darkness.
  (the 20 mm gun mounted on the V-200 armoured personnel carrier used to defend the base from low-flying aircraft
  
  The 1st firing involved the AGL mounted on a Mercedes
  Benz MB240 jeep. The MB240 jeep, the latest addition
  to FDS, is slightly different from its Army counterpart,
  the former having an additional single shot mode to the
  burst fire one. The AGL gives better firepower to perform
  reinforcement and counterattack roles during operations.

  4. images of upgraded V-150/200 .

  http://www.armyrecognition.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=1033

  u can see all SG armoured stuff here. Must see. Must see.

  

  
  above SG upgraded V200.

  lion note--

  It will cost S$2 to 3 million dollars to buy similiar new infantry vehicles,excluding training,maintenance package..Now.it just costed S$400,000 to upgrade each,but including training and maintenance.This is the importance of home grown defense capacity. Kow to to all---DSTA,DSO, ST Eng ,MINDEF,etc etc.

  The beautiful things is no body know how much SG have weapons in arsenal. ha ha.

  dunt believe Jane's. They usually omit one zero in the quantity. ha ha.

  
  

   

   

• lionnoisy

  5 Dec 09, 21:55

  the original version known as

  Cadillac Gage LAV-150 ST

  http://army.lt/biblioteka/fighting_vehicles.pdf

  page 140

• lionnoisy

  5 Dec 09, 22:00

  http://www.scribd.com/doc/20999422/Singapore-Army

  wow. wat a nice info source.

• Sepecat

  7 Dec 09, 11:05

  Besides the previous upgrades performed on the V200s  several years ago, the following additional upgrades cud make the non air defence versions even more effective for roles of troop carrier, base / key installation protection, command centres etc :  -

  1.    run flat tyres

  2.    BMS

  3.    removal of obsolete 20 mm turrret & installation of 40 mm/ 7.62 mm RWS instead

  4.   all round cameras

  5.   applique armor

  6.   APU 

  etc

   

• Kingofkingkongs

  13 Dec 09, 03:15

  lol thanks from the pic.. it look nice on display.. LOL..any body sit before?