10 Paratrooper Brigade (Malaysia)

10 Paratrooper Brigade (Airborne)
10 Paratrooper Brigade (Airborne)
Active	1970s - present
Country	Malaysia
Branch	Malaysian Army
Type	Elite Airborne Infantry, Rapid deployment force
Role	Air Assault, Coastal Operations, Heli Operations, Spearhead Operations, Raids, Vertical Envelopment Forced Entry
Part of	Malaysian Armed Forces,; Malaysian Special Operations Force
Garrison/HQ	Fort Terendak, Malacca
Nickname	10 PARA
Motto	Tindak Pantas; (English: ACT FAST)
Beret	Maroon beret; Black beret (Armor corps only)
March	Tiada Misi Terlalu Sukar, Tiada Pengorbanan Terlalu Besar, Tugas Diutamakan; (English: No Mission Is Too Difficult, No Sacrifice Is Too Great, Duties Comes First)
Engagements	Operation Astute; MALTIM INTERFET,Timor Timur; MASMEDTIM, Indonesia; MASMEDTIM, Pakistan; Ops Pasir; Genting Sempah Incident; MALCON - UNIFIL 2007
Commanders
Colonel of; the Regiment	Brigadier General Dato' Suhaimi Mohd Zuki

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The 10 Paratrooper Brigade (Malay: 10 Briged Para) - commonly known as 10th Para - is an elite airborne brigade-sized unit within the Malaysian Army tasked with being rapidly deployed inside or outside the boundaries of Malaysia. 10th Para is the key element of the Malaysian Rapid Deployment Force (Malay: Pasukan Aturgerak Cepat; PAC).

[edit] Origin

10th Para's primary role is to be the nation's main offensive force in time of war or emergencies. The creation of the Parachute Brigade was proposed by Malaysia's defence planners in the late 1970s as a part of the modernisation plan for the military. The plan originally did not receive much support from the government due to concerns that the formation of such a brigade would be looked with suspicion by its neighbour, Singapore.

In November 1988, Malaysia was unable to respond to a request for assistance by Maldives when that country was invaded by Tamil mercenaries. This inability to render timely help prompted Malaysian leaders to move to form paratrooper units within the Malaysian Army.

[edit] Timeline

1988 - a single Malaysian Army infantry battalion from the 8th Royal Ranger Regiment is parachute trained and converted from their traditional infantry role into a parachute battalion. This battalion becomes the first members of the new rapid deployment force.
1990 - 17th Royal Malay Regiment and 9th Royal Malay Regiment are jump qualified and join the rapid deployment force.
October 10, 1994 - Malaysian Prime Minister Datuk Seri Mahathir Mohamad formally redesignates the 10 Malaysian Infantry Brigade as the 10 Parachute Brigade.
October, 1994 - 10 PARA undertakes a rapid deployment exercise, supported by elements of the Malaysian Special Forces Group (Grup Gerak Khas) and PASKAL and with operational support provided by the Royal Malaysian Navy and Royal Malaysian Air Force. The exercise centres around a scenario of the retaking of Langkawi International Airport from an invading force by the Rapid Deployment Force spearheaded by 8th Rangers (Para).
May 11, 2010 - the Indonesian Army Chief of Staff, Lieutenant General George Toisutta was given the Honorary Maroon Beret and Honorary Airborne Wing of 10 Paratroopers by Chief of Malaysian Army, General Tan Sri Muhammad Ismail Bin Jamaluddin as an honorary member of the unit at Fort Terendak, Malacca.^[1]

[edit] Roles

10 Paratrooper Brigade is highly skilled in accordance with its status as a Rapid Deployment Force. Paratroopers are vigorously trained for specialised combat operations and rapid deployment in alignment with the brigade's motto -Tindak Pantas (English: Act Fast).

[edit] Identities

The paratroopers get on the board of the USS Tortuga during the CARAT Malaysia 2006 with U.S forces.

Maroon berets: The maroon beret worn by the 10 Paratrooper Brigade is known as Pegasus. The conditions for wearing the maroon beret is to pass the basic parachute course and to successfully complete the adjustment course of the Maroon Beret, or Pegasus.

Parachute wings: For 10 Para members, this parachute wings is titled Sayap Berdarah or meaning The Bleeding Wings.

[edit] Training

10 Paratrooper Brigade commando forces with ATMP (All Terrain Mobility Platform) during a parade.

Paratroopers provide covering while a U.S. Marine reports his position during a joint amphibious landing exercise for Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training (CARAT) Malaysia 2009. All the Paratrooper currently using the new standard assault rifles, Colt M4A1

Members of the brigade must pass a series physical qualifying tests (Latihan Semangat Waja) before being qualified for wear the maroon berets and parachute wings.

Many of the qualifying tests include: marches, raids, escape and evasions, abseiling, rappelling, mounted Gunung Ledang, survival skills, navigation, boating, running, and armory dexterities.

These were designed to mentally and physically test candidates for jump qualifications.

Basics for specialists include:

Tactical Air Landing Operations (TALO)
Parachute course
Close Quarters Combat (CQC)
HALO/HAHO
Sniper course
Demolition expert
Marksmanship
Sharpshooters etc.

[edit] Light firearms

Firearms
Pistols	Shotgun	Submachineguns	Service Rifles	Sniper Rifles	Machineguns
Beretta M92F/S	Remington 870	HK MP5SD3	Colt M4A1	Acc-Int. PM	FN MAG 58
Browning HP Mk.3			Colt M16A1 Model 653	Harris M-96	FN Minimi Mk.2
Colt M1911A1			Colt M16A4		HK 11A1
Glock 26			Steyr AUG^{out of services}
HK P9S
HK USP9
Sig Sauer P226

[edit] Recent Operations

The unit has been deployed in the following operations:

Operation	Country	Year
Malaysian Medical Team (MASMEDTIM), Chaman	Pakistan
MASMEDTIM, Kashmir	Pakistan
MASMEDTIM, Acheh	Indonesia
Operations PADANAN SIPADAN ISLAND RESORT (Ops Pasir)	Malaysia	2006
Operation Astute^[2]	Timor-Leste	2006
MALCON-UNIFIL, Lebanon^[3]	Lebanon	2007–Present
Genting Sempah Incident^[4]	Malaysia	2007

Malaysian Medical Team, Pakistan

On October 14, 2005, The Malaysian Medical Team (MasMedTim) soldiers serving in earthquake-hit Battagram, Pakistan have been recommended for a service allowance of RM100 a day. The team, which left for Pakistan had set up a field hospital in Battagram, some 250 km from Islamabad, on Oct 26. Equipped only with tents that were more suitable for the tropics and kerosene heaters, MasMedTim soldiers had to battle subzero temperatures while carrying out their duties of providing aid to survivors of the Oct 8 South Asia earthquake. Insufficient winter clothes and the lack of hot water at the campsite was affecting soldiers for over two months now as the temperature sometimes dropped to minus-7 degrees Celsius at night.^[5]

Operations PADANAN SIPADAN ISLAND RESORT

The security surveillance, code-named Operation Padanan Sipadan Island Resort or known as Ops Pasir, which was launched on September 20, 2000 following the hostage-taking incidents in Sipadan and Pandanan islands, had restored confidence among tourists, including from the United States, to come to the resort islands. The integrated operation involves the Malaysian army, navy and air force as well as other related agencies such as the police and the coast guard.^[6]