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yes.. about hundard of people are recently taking training for counter-terrorism in China too.. when they're back it will be new squad for MM.. :D

Glad to hear that, counter-terrorism collaboration is very pragmatic. By the way, what's STF? Is that Special Task Force, a dedicated CT unit?
 
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They need proper plate carriers with the MOLLE webbing (instead of these ready made vests) in order to attach the necessary mag pouches and other pouches depending on their comfort and operation seriousness. Plus since they are special forces that are expected to deal with serious threats and operate behind enemy lines, they need to be equipped with proper ceramic plates that can withstand 7.62 AP rounds. (Standard issues weapons of most of the insurgents in Myanmar are AK47 and similar Chinese rifles that fire 7.62 rounds and above all of that I have seen some of the photos taken by insurgents that they were loading their mags with 7.62 AP rounds which is very lethal for the classic Kevlar vests) If the equipment shown in the pictures are the final operation form for the Myanmar SOTF, then moment of silence for the firearm and military enthusiast of Myanmar as we are going to be humiliated for certain period of time because those gears seems to be standard issue for many basic infantry around the world. (No offense is intended as I want their equipment to be better than that)

At least the good side of the story is our SFs had evolved from this inferior and poorly equipped stage to the current more tactically organized stage.
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thz it would be very friendly with u.. coz it's collabolation with China.. :D
the squad was founded 6 year ago.. very first batchs and trainers finished their courses in China.. also funded for a new training ground which was established last year.. Chinese military officials also attend it opening ceremony..
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MA series MK3 will be primary weapon now.. Under considering SS series of Indonesia and PVAR of PH as next choice..also used MA5 MK2 as thier side arms..
what kind of SS series that Myanmar consider to buy?
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SS2V5 cal.5.56 mm used by some Indonesia special forces
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hat kind of SS series that Myanmar consider to buy?
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SS2V5 cal.5.56 mm used by some Indonesia special force
according to this new. bro
http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2011/05/20/myanmar-get-ri-rifles.html

Glad to hear that, counter-terrorism collaboration is very pragmatic. By the way, what's STF? Is that Special Task Force, a dedicated CT unit?
Yeah..! bro
I heard many photos of troops who recently take training in China.. if i got their permission , i will post here.. :D

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They need proper plate carriers with the MOLLE webbing (instead of these ready made vests) in order to attach the necessary mag pouches and other pouches depending on their comfort and operation seriousness. Plus since they are special forces that are expected to deal with serious threats and operate behind enemy lines, they need to be equipped with proper ceramic plates that can withstand 7.62 AP rounds. (Standard issues weapons of most of the insurgents in Myanmar are AK47 and similar Chinese rifles that fire 7.62 rounds and above all of that I have seen some of the photos taken by insurgents that they were loading their mags with 7.62 AP rounds which is very lethal for the classic Kevlar vests) If the equipment shown in the pictures are the final operation form for the Myanmar SOTF, then moment of silence for the firearm and military enthusiast of Myanmar as we are going to be humiliated for certain period of time because those gears seems to be standard issue for many basic infantry around the world. (No offense is intended as I want their equipment to be better than that)

At least the good side of the story is our SFs had evolved from this inferior and poorly equipped stage to the current more tactically organized stage.View attachment 331225
i agree with this.. we need to invest in equipments.. at least for SF.. whatever here is a great start.. let wait and see in next year.. :D
 
what kind of SS series that Myanmar consider to buy?
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Few months ago Philippine arms manufacturing company United Defense Manufacturing Corporation posted on facebook that Myanmar had chosen them over the chinese company for the domestic production of new generation rifles. As the post get so much attention from Myanmar and Philippine firearm enthusiasts, UDMC immediately deleted the post and said that their customer demand to take down the post as they want to keep low profile or sth like that. If it is true then we are getting the technology to locally manufacture the M4/M16 alike rifles that are light weight and reliable.
 
I managed to get a pic of one of our Y-8s on take off recently.
 

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PHILIPPINES BEATS CHINA
(Myanmar picks UDMC over NORINCO in precision rifle selection trials.)
By: Gilbert Felongco

The Myanmar Army has declared UDMC rifles "winner" over NORINCO brand of CQ-A and CQ-B rifles following a nearly two years selection process participated in by several other manufacturers including Chinese military rifle maker, NORINCO.

Prior to this, Myanmar, or the Union of Burma had been scouting for military grade rifle makers that would produce rifles that may deliver better performance particularly in the aspect of ACCURACY. The Philippines-based firm responded by making its rifles---the F5-DGIS and F5-PVAR--- available for the selection process.

The trials pitted UDMC rifles against the Myanmar Army’s current use rifles and also the much cheaper but apparently lesser quality NORINCO M4 and M16 rifles.

Less than two years after the Myanmar Army announced that it is opening its test and evaluation, UDMC’s rifle had been chosen by the Southeast Asian nation’s army as technically and operationally better overall than the NORINCO M4 and M16.

“This only means that our rifles are better than anything that the Chinese can put up against it,” Gene Cariño, United Defense Manufacturing Corporation’s (UDMC) CEO said, adding that the Myanmar Army opted for the UDMC’s F5-DGIS and F5-PVAR rifles rather than NORINCO’s CQ-A and CQ-B models of M4 and M16 in caliber 5.56 NATO for their special purpose precision rifle.

The Myanmar Army had subjected the UDMC rifles---the M4 and M16 format 5.56 NATO F5's--- to rigorous selection process on the basis of safety, reliability and accuracy side-by-side with NORINCO.

“The selection experts made up of MOD officials and snipers from the Myanmar Army special forces, found UDMC rifles to be of premium quality compared to its Chinese NORINCO counterparts,” Cariño said.

UDMC Vice President International, retired Lt General Roland Detabali together with retired Major Philip Manlapaz had brought UDMC rifles to the selection process in Myanmar and spent sometime in Nay Pyi Taw demonstrating the quality of UDMC rifles.

“The Myanmar Army is very thorough in the tests that they had conducted, they want absolute reliability and accuracy which our rifles can definitely deliver,” Detabali said. (SEE PICTURES)

Cariño said they had proposed to the Myanmar Army to put up a manufacturing plant in Myanmar under a “Build Operate and Transfer Technology Program” and bring UDMC technology to that country.

“The Burmese are a patriotic people and they prefer to use weapons that they have produced in Myanmar and so Filipino rifle engineers from UDMC may train them, if the BOTT proposal is accepted by the Myanmar Army” he said. “We are in fact now bringing Filipino expertise in rifles making to other parts of the world,” he added.

UDMC is a 100 percent Filipino-owned privately controlled corporation research-based rifles manufacturer that has engineered and improved on the design of the M4 and M16 by incorporating their patented PVAR piston driven system that combines the strengths of the AK-47 and the M16. UDMC has developed their own Technical Data Package using design and programming softwares from Dassault Systèmes of France.

Cariño said UDMC is hoping at landing a major contract in Myanmar, possibly its biggest, in the coming years.

“Myanmar’s military is about 500,000 men and women and is three and a half times bigger than the Philippines military so you could just imagine how big a market we are aiming at, if ever,” he said.

Detabali and Manlapaz are Army Scout Rangers and had participated either as member or commander, during their respective time in service with the Philippine Army, in the annual ASEAN Armies Rifle Meet (AARM). They are veterans in the conflict with various threat groups in the Philippines.

“Having a rifle that could deliver rounds to the target with maximum reliability and accuracy and with consistency is the cutting edge in the battlefield…We know that from experience,” Manlapaz said.

UDMC rifles a few years ago passed the rigorous tests and evaluations conducted by the Philippine Army Research and Development Center, the Philippine Navy Special Operations Group, the PNP Special Action Force and the PNP Research and Development Center for its safety, reliability and accuracy.

For years, UDMC rifles had been relied upon by American and British maritime security contractors protecting international shipping against pirates prowling in the Gulf of Aden and the Indian Ocean.

Source: https://defence.pk/threads/myanmar-military-economy-news-and-updates.347379/page-38#ixzz4JMORbtXH Via @zaw
 
China-Myanmar trade picks up
Source: Xinhua | September 3, 2016, Saturday

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TRADE value between Myanmar and China picked up in the first five months of 2016-2017 fiscal year, reaching US$2.296 billion, the Myanmar Ministry of Commerce said yesterday.

Myanmar mostly exported rice to China, while the others are agricultural products, jade and raw materials.

Myanmar has 15 border trade points with China, Thailand, India and Bangladesh. The total border trade value with the four countries during the first five months of this fiscal year reached US$2.816 billion.

The Myanmar government has planned to open more border trade points.
 
Keppel Land inks deal with Myanmar's Shwe Taung Group
http://www.straitstimes.com/business/keppel-land-inks-deal-with-myanmars-shwe-taung-group
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Japan offers US$1.3 billion to Myanmar at ASEAN summits
http://www.mmtimes.com/index.php/na...-1-3-billion-to-myanmar-at-asean-summits.html
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Vietnam, Myanmar treasure bilateral ties
http://english.vietnamnet.vn/fms/government/163321/vietnam--myanmar-treasure-bilateral-ties.html
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Asian firms increase footprint with Myanmar MFI expansion
http://www.mmtimes.com/index.php/bu...ase-footprint-with-myanmar-mfi-expansion.html
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Peace Conference Offered Myanmar Great Promise, but Huge Obstacles Remain
Joshua Kurlantzick
Wednesday, Sept. 7, 2016

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Myanmar's foreign minister, Aung San Suu Kyi, during the Union Peace Conference—21st Century Panglong, Naypyidaw, Myanmar, Sept. 3, 2016 (AP photo by Aung Shine Oo).


Over the past week, Myanmar held its eagerly awaited national peace conference in Naypyidaw, with hundreds of the country’s ethnic armed groups gathering in the capital alongside the government, parliament, the powerful military and political parties. The conference was a centerpiece of the agenda of the new administration led by the once-opposition National League for Democracy (NLD). It was designed to be a kind of sequel to the Panglong Conference held in Myanmar in 1947, when NLD leader Aung San Suu Kyi’s father, independence hero Aung San, presided over the last meeting that brought together the country’s numerous factions and rebels.

At the 1947 Panglong talks, many ethnic minority groups agreed to participate in the newly independent state, but a formal and durable peace was not achieved. Aung San was soon murdered, and Myanmar weathered about 15 years of shaky democracy before a military takeover in 1962. After 1962, the armed forces crushed the idea of a sustainable, federal democracy, which seemed a natural fit for such an ethnically and religiously diverse country. As a result, civil wars raged between ethnic insurgent groups and the central government. ...

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