“Gagamba” is a British
made and modified Daimler Ferret scout, the armored vehicle was developed by
Steel craft Industries.
MX-7 as its other name, a low
cost vehicle suited for Philippine army. It was commissioned in the middle of
2000’s. MX-7 is an automatic transmission with 5 speeds. It has armored glass
for better visibility.
“Gagamba” is armed with 1x1
7.62mm single M60 gun with 6 smoke launchers to the front. Due to the release
of MX-8, parts of “Gagamba” were no longer in production. Does most of its components
were locally fabricated.
MX-7 Gagamba was used as AEV
(Armored Escort Vehicle) a two crew vehicle.
Compare to other models of MX-8,
Gagamba is merely cheaper. But the problem is on its maintenance, the longer
the years of service higher cost is much expected specifically on its
components that would cost half a value of the vehicle.
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