By Prashanth Parameswaran
The city-state commissions The Peacekeeper.
On July 8, Singapore’s defense minister Ng Eng Hen commissioned new armored vehicles at a ceremony in the city-state.
The new Peacekeeper Protected Response Vehicle (PRV) was jointly developed by the Army and the Defense Science and Technology Agency, a body which supports Singapore Armed Forces (SAF) servicemen.
According to a statement released by the Ministry of Defense (MINDEF), seen by The Diplomat, The Peacekeeper is a marked improvement on the V200 armored vehicles which it is replacing. First, it boasts a remote control weapon system with three different weapons configurations – a 40mm automatic grenade launcher, a 12.7 mm heavy machine gun, and a 7.62mm coaxial machine gun. A remote control weapon system is important because it allows crew to engage targets accurately even when the vehicle is on the move.
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