Philippine soldiers finally
receive their brand new assault rifles M4 that will to replace Vietnam era M16
rifles that was previously issued.
AFP (Armed Forces of the
Philippines) will conduct ceremonial giving out of 27,300 M4 units of brand new
5.56mm M4 rifles to Philippine Army and Philippine Marine Corps. This will be
marking a start of modernizing the fire power of AFP’s ground forces.
President Aquino III expected to
join Defense Secretary Gazmin, Chief of Staff of AFP, and General Catapang, Jr.
during the said ceremony, which will happen at AFP headquarters Camp Aguinaldo.
The firearms were part of the
50,629 M4 assault rifles acquired from American arms manufacturer, the Remington
Arms Company. This was in line with AFP modernization.
The first 100 units M4 assault rifle
was delivered July 5 and another 27,200 units July 31 remaining 23,329 units to
be delivered in December of2014.
According to Armed Forces of the
Philippines, the contract was estimated P1.9 billion sourced from AFP CUP (Capability
Upgrade Program) of 2012. US based Outdoor Company won the bidding last October
2013.
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