Equipment of the Royal Malaysian Navy

Vessels

All RMN ships carry the prefix KD (Malay: Kapal Di-Raja, literally Royal Ship), which is equivalent to "His Majesty's Ship" in English. The training vessel Tunas Samudra however carries a KLD prefix (Kapal Layar Di-Raja) to mean His Majesty's Sailing Ship.

Weapons

The standard weapons of all RMN personnel is Glock 17, Heckler & Koch P9S service pistols, M4 carbines, M16 rifles and FN MAG 58 general purpose machine guns. The RMN PASKAL units are often equipped with the most common specialised firearms including combat shotguns, submachine guns, assault rifles, carbines, sniper rifles, light machine guns, and grenade-based weapons that are generally found in most counter-terrorist tactical teams. The following are some of the weapons of the RMN ground forces:

Procurement

In 2014, Malaysia signed a contract agreement worth MYR9 billion (USD2.2 billion) which awarded to Boustead Naval Shipyard (BNS) to built six Second Generation Patrol Vessel. The ship will be built based on the Gowind 2500 corvette designed by French shipbuilder DCNS. In 2015, it was reported that French defence minister has visited Malaysia to discuss on the selling of Mistral-class helicopter carrier. However, Malaysian defence minister has denied any talks on Mistral and stated the talks were more focused to the Dassault Rafale fighters deal for the Royal Malaysian Air Force. The Malaysian government is also considering to increase the total of helicopters for the Royal Malaysian Navy with either AW-159, Sikorsky MH-60R Seahawk or the Airbus Helicopters H225M. In 2016, an Italian-aerospace defence company, the Finmeccanica has signed a teaming agreement with Malaysian-defence vehicle company, the Global Komited to jointly distribute AgustaWestland AW159 helicopters if it was selected by the Malaysian government. In the same year, Malaysia signed a deal with China for the purchasing of four littoral mission ships.