According to information published by “The Singapore Army” Facebook account, during the Exercise Panzer Strike that was held in Germany, the army of Singapore conducted the first live firing of Spike anti-tank missile mounted on the new Hunter tracked armored IFV (Infantry Fighting Vehicle).
Following the resumption of overseas training and exercises, soldiers from the 24/22 Armour Specialist Course of the Singapore Army participated in Exercise Panzer Strike (XPS) from 31 August to 19 September in Oberlausitz Military Training Area (OMTA), Germany. Using the Hunter tracked armored Infantry Fighting Vehicle (IFV), which was commissioned in 2019, the soldiers carried out the Hunter IFV’s very first live firing of Spike anti-tank guided missile in an overseas training exercise.
This year’s Exercise Panzer Strike is conducted over two training windows in spring and autumn. The spring frame of the exercise involves over 280 personnel from 48 SAR and the Armor Training Institute, as well as 14 Leopard 2SG Main Battle Tanks (MBT). The servicemen and women from 48 SAR had undergone a series of maneuver live-firing with the Leopard 2SG MBT and a live-firing exercise with their German Army counterparts from Panzer grenadier battalion 122 and Panzer battalion 104.
The Hunter IFV is fitted with the Samson 30 Integrated Remote Controlled Weapon Station (RCWS) armed with one Orbital ATK 30mm Mk44 Bushmaster II automatic cannon and one coaxial 7.62mm machine gun. The RCWS is configured with an Anti-Tank Guided Missile (ATGM) launcher Spike that is retractable under armored protection and smoke grenade launchers on either side of the gun mantlet.