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[[Image:Ultimax-100-Mk2-SAW.jpg|thumb|right|500px|Ultimax Mark 2 Squad Automatic Weapon - 5.56x45mm]] | [[Image:Ultimax-100-Mk2-SAW.jpg|thumb|right|500px|Ultimax Mark 2 Squad Automatic Weapon - 5.56x45mm]] | ||
[[Image:Ultimax mk3 2.jpg|thumb|none|400px|CIS Ultimax 100 Mk.3 with detached magazine, 5.56x45mm NATO]] | |||
The '''Ultimax 100''' was developed by Chartered Industries of Singapore (CIS) in the late 1970s as a indigenous Light Machine Gun for the Singapore Armed Forces. CIS was eventually merged into Singapore Technologies Kinetics (STK). There were four models of the Ultimax 100. | The '''Ultimax 100''' was developed by Chartered Industries of Singapore (CIS) in the late 1970s as a indigenous Light Machine Gun for the Singapore Armed Forces. CIS was eventually merged into Singapore Technologies Kinetics (STK). There were four models of the Ultimax 100. | ||
Revision as of 02:04, 18 December 2009
The Ultimax 100 was developed by Chartered Industries of Singapore (CIS) in the late 1970s as a indigenous Light Machine Gun for the Singapore Armed Forces. CIS was eventually merged into Singapore Technologies Kinetics (STK). There were four models of the Ultimax 100.
- Mark 1 was a pre-production variant with a quick detachable light barrel that proved unwieldy.
- Mark 2 was the First Production gun with a fixed barrel and a carry handle located at the center of the gun.
- Mark 3 updated version with quick detach heavy barrel, different carry handle. This version came in two types, the standard and Paratrooper length.
- Mark 4 is the updated version of the MK 3 that was developed for the US Marine Corp trials of 2007. It has rails on the top of the receiver. Amongst other details it can take STANAG magazines and has a skeleton folding stock
The Ultimax 100 Light Machine Gun has appeared in the following films used by the following actors:
Film
- Danny DeVito in Austin Powers in Goldmember (Mark 3 Paratrooper model with Beta-C Magazine)
- Survivors in Quinn Abercromby's camp in Reign of Fire (Mark 2 SAW Model with 30-round STANAG magazine)
- A gangster in One Man Army