As the Philippine Army (PA) celebrates its 119th founding
anniversary Tuesday, PA commander Lt. Gen. Eduardo Ano lauded the country's
leaders for helping bring about the military services much-needed
modernization.
He was referring to President Benigno S. Aquino III, who was
the event's guest-of-honor, along with Defense Secretary Voltaire Gazmin and
Armed Forces of the Philippines
In line with this, Ano said the PA, in 2015, has already
received 56,844 R-4 carbine units, which were replacement of the Vietnam-era
M-16 automatic rifles, 124 additional armored vehicles, six armored personnel
carriers fitted with .50 caliber remote-controlled weapon systems, 60 field
ambulances and 300 light utility vehicles.
Ano said these additional equipment will make the PA more
responsive and capable in its security and disaster alleviation missions.
Aside from these, 2,000 assorted radio and communication
equipment were also acquired by the PA, giving it much effective
command-and-control over its various units.
For 2016, the PA chief said they are expecting the arrival
of additional infantry fighting and fire support vehicles, brand-new 155mm
howitzers, light utility vehicles, 60mm mortars, 40mm grenade launchers, rocket
launcher light units and 50-watt armored vehicle configured radios.
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