The
Mark 38 Model 2 25mm "Bushmaster" auto-cannons, which will be
installed on the BRP Ramon Alcaraz during her two-month dry-dock period, is the
ship's secondary armament or backup weaponry other than its 76mm Oto Melara
main gun.
Drydock
period for the BRP Ramon Alcaraz will start August until early October.
These
guns will be fitted amidship (middle part) of the frigate.
It
will be mounted on the port (left) and starboard (right) side.
These
guns are also considered BRP Ramon Alcaraz's "close-in weapon
systems" and will be fired to engage aerial and surface threats that
cannot be engaged by the ship's 76 Oto Melara auto-cannon.
Military
sources said the weapon was commissioned by the US Navy following the terrorist
attack on the USS Cole in 2000.
It
was designed to counter high-speed maneuvering surface targets and will be
installed in almost all US
The
remotely controlled chain gun system can fire as many as 180 25m rounds per
minute at targets as far as two kilometers.
The
new weapons systems are upgraded versions of the Mark 38 M242
"Bushmasters" that were removed from the vessels prior to its
turnover to the Philippines
http://www.pna.gov.ph/index.php?idn=1&sid=&nid=1&rid=552429
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