The BRP Ramon Alcaraz (PF-16), the country's second Hamilton-class cutter in service, will be fitted with her Mark 38 Model 2 "Bushmaster" 25mm automatic cannons before the end of 2014.
This was disclosed by Navy spokesperson Lt. Cmdr. Gregory Fabic in an interview with the Philippines News Agency.
The BRP Ramon Alcaraz will be getting two such weapons which will be mounted on her port (left) and starboard (right) side and will act as the ship's secondary armament.
Fabic declined to comment on the exact fitting date as this depends on the arrival of the US Coast Guard team.
The decision to seek US 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 too expensive for the Navy.
The weapon, commissioned by the US Navy following the terrorist attack on the USS Cole in 2000, 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.
http://www.pna.gov.ph/index.php?idn=1&sid=&nid=1&rid=628980
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