The Philippine Navy (PN) announced that installation of the two Mark 38 Model 2 25mm "Bushmaster" for the BRP Ramon Alcaraz (PF-16) is dependent on the availability of the U.S. Coast Guard armament team who will install the weapons.
The American team is expected to arrive before March, Navy officials said.
The weapons are already here and just waiting for technical team to install and calibrate the two Mark 38 Model 2 25mm automatic cannons.
The decision to seek U.S. Coast Guard aid in installing these automatic cannons came in wake of the high cost of having the guns installed by a private shipyard.
The guns were supposed to be installed before BRP Ramon Alcaraz's Nov. 22 commissioning but the cost of having it done here was just to expensive for the Navy.
PN officials hope that the weapons will be active before the end of March.
The weapon was commissioned by the U.S. 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
The remotely controlled chain gun system can fire as many as 180 25m rounds per minute at targets as far as two kilometers.
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