page_title: Ultimax 100
section_title: Users
hierarchical_section_title: Ultimax 100 / Users
caption_attribution_description: English: Section Automatic Weapon
context_page_description: The Ultimax 100 is a Singapore-made 5.56mm light machine gun, developed by the Chartered Industries of Singapore by a team of engineers under the guidance of American firearms designer L. James Sullivan. The weapon is extremely accurate due to its constant-recoil operating system. It is considered one of the most lightweight machine guns in the world.
  Work on a new light support weapon for the Singapore Army began in 1978. The weapon is produced by CIS, initially in the Mark 1 version, later—the Mark 2, and currently, in the Mark 3 and Mark 4 variant. The Ultimax 100 is used in significant numbers by the armed forces of Singapore, Croatia and the Philippines. The Mark 3 variant is currently used in the Singapore Armed Forces primarily as a support arm, and is both classified and known by soldiers as the SAW.
context_section_description:  Brunei: Adopted to replace Colt M16 HBAR LMGs.
   Bosnia & Herzegovina
   Chile: Chilean Marine Corps, being replaced by FN Minimi
   Croatia
   Fiji
   Indonesia: Komando Pasukan Katak (Kopaska) tactical diver group and Komando Pasukan Khusus (Kopassus) special forces group.
   Papua New Guinea
   Peru
   Philippines
   Serbia: Used by the SAJ.
   Singapore: Commissioned by the Singapore Army in 1982.
   Slovenia: Used by the Slovenian SWAT Special Police Unit (Specialna Enota Policije).
   Solomon Islands: Royal Solomon Islands Police Force purchased 50.
   Thailand
   Zimbabwe
caption: A Singaporean soldier with a deployed Ultimax 100 Mk 2 Section Automatic Weapon (SAW)
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