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The FIC Mk. 9 is a sub-machine gun designed by a private venture of Floro International Corporation (FIC) based in Tanay, Rizal Province in the Philippines.The weapon is marketed to local security forces as a low-cost alternative to imported submachine guns and is currently in limited use by the Philippines Marines and the Philippines Navy.
The Simba Light Combat Vehicle (LCV) was designed by GKN primarily for export market sales, originally meant to complement the GKN Saxon. [1] A prototype was first displayed in 1978 at the Aldershot Exhibition. [4] In June 1982, it was seen again with a 90mm Cockerill gun. [4]
3,000 acquired by Armed Forces of the Philippines in 2017, for issue to all service branches. Majority went to the Philippine Army. [ 101 ] [ 102 ] AFP ordered 60,000 units under AFP 0.45 caliber Hammer Fired Pistol acquisition project, majority expected to go to the Philippine Army.
AEC of Southall, England was a manufacturer of truck and bus chassis and its Matador artillery tractor was used for towing medium field and heavy anti-aircraft guns. The armoured car based on the Matador artillery chassis was developed initially as a private venture and a mock-up was shown to officials in 1941 at Horse Guards Parade in London, where it made a favourable impression on Winston ...
200+ Provided as a US government grant for MARSOG, delivery by June 2017. [26] Glock 17 Austria: Semi-automatic pistol: 9×19mm Parabellum: Glock 17 Gen 4 – (+5,000) Contract awarded to Glock Asia Pacific in September 2017 to supply 5,000 units to be issued to the Philippine Marines. [27] Submachine gun: Heckler & Koch MP5 Germany: Submachine ...
The company was known as the Arms Corporation of the Philippines (Armscor) until 2017. [ 1 ] The company has been headquartered in Marikina , Philippines since 1958 [ 2 ] and represented in the United States by its subsidiary Armscor International, Inc., located in Pahrump, Nevada with facilities in Stevensville, Montana .
Filipino guns have been smuggled and used in the United States of America and Japan, mostly in the hands of gangs. [ 1 ] [ 10 ] The most common ones sold are homemade Colt .45s and assault rifles. One infamous case occurred on November 29, 2019, when Yakuza leader Keiichi Furukawa of the Yamaguchi-gumi was gunned down by a splinter Kobe group ...
The AEC Matador was a heavy 4×4 truck and medium artillery tractor built by the Associated Equipment Company for British and Commonwealth forces during World War II.AEC had already built a 4×2 lorry, also known as the Matador (all AEC lorries received 'M' names) in 1931.