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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.
Most of these firearms end up being sold to private citizens, insurgents, and criminals. Syndicates in the Philippines have also taken advantage of the illegal firearm trade, with the Waray-Waray Gang being the most notable firearm trafficking group in the Philippines. [8] [9] Common illegally manufactured firearms in the Philippines include ...
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 .
PROGUN is the main gun lobby of the Philippines, which is an organization meant to protect Filipino gun rights as well as to endorse politicians who will do so. According to a 2014 study, there are 1,700,000 licensed firearms owners and 3,900,000 privately owned guns (legally and illegally) in the country.
The Floro PDW is a compact carbine that has been developed by the Floro International of the Philippines for conventional forces, as a replacement for their 9mm caliber sidearms and submachine guns. [ 1 ]
Philippines: assault rifle: 5.56×45mm NATO: M16A1 >30,000 Current standard-issue rifle, either made by Colt USA or Elisco Tool (Elitool) Philippines. 30,000 units were handed-over to the PNP on loan from the Armed Forces of the Philippines, several are with the PNP-SAF. Norinco CQ China: assault rifle: 5.56×45mm NATO: CQ-A5b 6000 [67] [68]
We know it’s going to happen soon enough. The 12-team playoff will expand to 14 or 16 schools, and probably 24 or 32 after that. It’s happened before.
Specifically, Section 12 of this Act mandates that "the government arsenal shall be utilized in the production of basic weapons, ammunition and other munitions for the use of the Armed Forces of the Philippines and the Philippine National Police (PNP), as well as for the sale and export of products in excess of AFP/PNP requirements." [4]