DSA 2022: Cendana set to complete major 4x4 delivery schedule by year-end
Cendana Auto's Fitted for Radio Vehicle (left) and its ARTAC Armed Tactical Ground Vehicle (right), pictured at DSA 2022. (Photo: Dzirhan Mahadzir)
Malaysian manufacturer Cendana Auto will complete delivery of a total of 207 4x4 vehicles to the Malaysian Army this year under contracts awarded in 2020.
Speaking on 28 March during the opening day of the Defence Services Asia (DSA) 2022 exhibition in Kuala Lumpur, technical manager Mohd Nazri Ismail told Shephard that the 207 vehicles comprise 16 SF-21X Special Operation Vehicles, 70 Fitted For Radio (FFR) vehicles, 49 ARTAC Armed Tactical Ground Vehicles and 72 MT-815 81mm mortar transporters, all built at its manufacturing centre in Semenyih Selangor with the chassis for the vehicles being imported and modified by the company.
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