List of equipment of the Royal Brunei Land Force
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The equipment of the Royal Brunei Land Forces (RBLF) can be subdivided into: infantry weapons, vehicles, unmanned aerial vehicle (UAVs), and radars. The vehicles operated by the RBLF usually have the identification of the Royal Brunei Armed Forces painted on them.[1]
Vehicles
Ground vehicles
Watercrafts
Vehicle | Image | Type | Origin | Quantity | Notes | Ref |
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Fast boat | ||||||
KH-27 | File:KH-27 Patrol Boats (Brunei 2024).jpg | Patrol boat | File:Flag of Brunei.svg Brunei | 5 | Used for patrols and search and rescue operations | [44][45] |
Diamondback Airboats | File:Diamondback Airboats (Brunei 2024).jpg | Airboat | File:Flag of the United States.svg United States | Unknown | [46] | |
Inflatable boat | 6 | Acquired in 2017 | [29] |
Firearms
Personnel equipments
Name | Image | Origin | Variant | Notes | Ref |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Helmets | |||||
United Shield International Special Ops Rogue | File:2023 National Day of Brunei 55.jpg | File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom | H-mount | Used by infantry | [71][72] |
Body armour | |||||
Crib Gogh Rogue | File:Crib Gogh Rogue II and Rogue Helmet.jpg | File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom | Rogue II | Used by infantry | [73][74] |
Attires
Current attire | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Name | Pattern name | Pattern | Image | Origin | Notes |
Digital Disruptive Pattern (D2P) | Digital Disruptive Pattern | File:Digital Disruptive Pattern (Brunei).jpg | File:Women cadet officer (Brunei 2024).jpg | File:Flag of Singapore.svg Singapore | Introduced in 2011, produced by Singaporean company Force-21; standard RBLF uniform pattern.[75][76] |
Harimau Gurun Desert Pattern | Digital Disruptive Pattern | File:ATM Digital Desert pattern.JPG | File:Flag of Malaysia.svg Malaysia | A variant of the Malay Tigerstripe Woodland pattern but with earth-brown stripes on a light green and sand-coloured background. Used during the United Nations's 2010 UNIFIL.[77] | |
Obsolete attire | |||||
Disruptive Pattern Material (DPM) | Disruptive Pattern Material | File:DPM Combat 95 Camouflage Material MOD 45149982.jpg | File:National Day 09- Rehearsal 01.jpg | File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom | It is a locally produced copy of British DPM;[78] replaced by D2P in 2011.[75][76] |
Historic equipment
- AK-47[79]
- Alvis Saracen[80]
- Browning Automatic Rifle[81]
- Colt M16 LMG[61]
- Ferret armoured car[82][80]
- L1A1 Self-Loading Rifle[83]
- Lee–Enfield bolt-action rifle[84]
- M1911 pistol[85]
- M1919 Browning machine gun[81]
- M3 submachine gun[81]
- MG 3 machine gun[84][86]
- Saxon armoured personnel carrier[87][80]
- Sterling submachine gun[81]
- Wasp 58 recoilless rocket launcher[88]
Future equipment
There are reports that Brunei is or was interested in Indonesian APCs to replace the VAB APC[89] During BRIDEX 2011, the Turkish company FNSS Defence Systems was looking forward in securing a deal with the Brunei government for Armoured combat vehicles (ACV).[90] Brunei has expressed purchasing between 40 and 50 of the Indonesian/Turkish Harimau/Kaplan medium tank.[91] Brunei has also shown interest in Russian equipment including:[92]
- Kamov Ka-50 attack helicopters
- Kh-35 BAL-E coastal missile system
- SA-15 Tor missile system
- SA-17 Buk missile system
- T-90 main battle tanks
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