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Malaysian Armed Forces

Malaysian Armed Forces
Angkatan Tentera Malaysia
Flag of the Malaysian Armed Forces.svg
Crest of the Malaysian Armed Forces.svg
Flag and Crest of the Malaysian Armed Forces
www.mafhq.mil.my
Founded 16 September 1963
Service branches Malaysian Army
Royal Malaysian Navy
Royal Malaysian Air Force
Leadership
Commander-in-Chief Yang Di-Pertuan Agong Muhammad V
Minister of Defence Hishammuddin Hussein
Chief of Armed Forces General Raja Mohamed Affandi Raja Mohamed Noor
Manpower
Military age 18 years of age
Available for
military service
14,817,517, age 16–49 (2011 est)
Fit for
military service
12,422,580, age 16–49 (2011 est)
Reaching military
age annually
519,280 (2011 est)
Active personnel 110,000
Reserve personnel 296,300
Expenditures
Budget US 3.61 billion(FY2017)
Percent of GDP 1.16% (FY2016 Q4 $311.0bn)
Industry
Domestic suppliers
Foreign suppliers  Australia
 Austria
 Belgium
 Brazil
 Brunei
 Canada
 China
 European Union
 Finland
 France
 Germany
 Italy
 Japan
 Netherlands
 Norway
 Pakistan
 Poland
 Russia
 South Africa
 South Korea
 Spain
 Sweden
  Switzerland
 Thailand
 United Kingdom
 United States
Related articles
History Military history of Malaysia
Ranks Malaysian Armed Forces ranks and insignia
Malaysian Armed Forces
Components
Malaysian Army Flag of the Malaysian Army.svg
Royal Malaysian Navy Naval Ensign of Malaysia.svg
Royal Malaysian Air Force Ensign of the Royal Malaysian Air Force.svg
History
Military history of Malaysia
Related information
Awards & decorations
Special Operations Force
Council
National service
Military manpower
Military age 18 years of age
Availability males age 16-49: 7,501,518
females age 16-49: 7,315,999
(2010 est.)
Fit For service males age 16-49: 6,247,306
females age 16-49: 6,175,274
(2010 est.)
Of age / year males: 265,008
females: 254,812
(2010 est.)
Military expenditure
Dollar figure 5.4 billion
(FY2015)
% of GDP 1.4%
(FY2015)

Source :
IHS Jane's

The Malaysian Armed Forces (MAF, Malay: Angkatan Tentera Malaysia-ATM), the military of Malaysia, consists of three branches, namely the Malaysian Army, the Royal Malaysian Navy, and the Royal Malaysian Air Force. Since 19 December 2016, General Raja Mohamed Affandi Raja Mohamed Noor is the Chief of Malaysian Armed Forces.

Malaysia's armed forces originated from the formation of local military forces in the first half of the 20th century, during British colonial rule of Malaya and Singapore prior to Malaya's independence in 1957. Its role is to defend the sovereignty and strategic interests of Malaysia from all forms of threat.

It is responsible for assisting civilian authorities to overcome all international threats, preserve public order, assist in natural disasters and participate in national development programs. It is also sustaining and upgrading its capabilities in the international sphere to uphold the national foreign policy of being involved under the guidance of the United Nations (UN).

The main theatres of operations were within Malaysian borders, primarily to fight an insurgency led by the Communist Party of Malaya (CPM) in what was known as the Emergency. The only foreign incursion of Malaysian territory in modern times were in World War II by Japan (Malaya was then not a unified political entity and consisted of the British Crown Colony of the Straits Settlements, and the British protected Federated Malay States and Unfederated Malay States) and during the Indonesia-Malaysia confrontation by Indonesia under the leadership of President Sukarno. Operations on foreign soil have mainly been peacekeeping operations under the auspices of the United Nations.


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