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The Sabrah light tank is series of armored fighting vehicles developed by Elbit Systems to cater to the Philippine Army's light tank/tank destroyer requirement. The tracked light tank configuration is based on ASCOD 2 platform, supplied by Spanish manufacturer GDELS - Santa Bárbara Sistemas. [2] The wheeled light tank configuration is based on ...
1,149 120 2. 651 units of KM-450 trucks were purchased by AFP in 2007 (603 for Army, the rest shared by General Headquarters and Philippine Air Force), and 137 units in December 2010. [ 44 ][ 45 ] 190 more were delivered in 2013. 60 units of KM-451 were purchased by AFP in 2012, of which 48 went to the Army.
This is a list of equipment used by the Philippine Navy, the branch of the Armed Forces of the Philippines that specializes in naval warfare. The service has made use of its existing equipment to fulfill its mandate while modernization projects are underway. Republic Act No. 7898 declares the policy of the State to modernize the military to a ...
An elevated water tank, also known as a water tower, will create a pressure at the ground-level outlet of 1 kPa per 10.2 centimetres (4.0 in) or 1 psi per 2.31 feet (0.70 m) of elevation. Thus a tank elevated to 20 metres creates about 200 kPa and a tank elevated to 70 feet creates about 30 psi of discharge pressure, sufficient for most ...
The difference between a cistern and a well is in the source of the water: a cistern collects rainwater where a well draws from groundwater. A cistern (from Middle English cisterne; from Latin cisterna, from cista 'box'; from Ancient Greek κίστη (kístē) 'basket' [ 1 ]) is a waterproof receptacle for holding liquids, usually water.
Formerly ship-mounted anti-aircraft guns, transferred to the PMC. Mounted on M35 2 + 1 ⁄ 2-ton trucks. [5] [40] M2 Browning United States: Heavy machine gun: Twin Naval Mk. 56 – Formerly patrol boat-mounted guns, either mounted on a naval gun tub fitted on an M35 2 + 1 ⁄ 2-ton trucks that tows the Bofors 40mm anti-aircraft gun trailers ...
Fort Drum, also known as El Fraile Island (Tagalog: Pulo ng El Fraile), is a heavily fortified island situated at the mouth of Manila Bay in the Philippines, due south of Corregidor Island. Nicknamed a "concrete battleship", [1] the reinforced concrete sea fort, shaped like a battleship, was built by the United States in 1909 as one of the ...
383 hp. Suspension. Hydropneumatic. Operational. range. 600 km (370 mi) Maximum speed. 110 km/h (68 mph) The VBTP-MR Guarani (Portuguese Viatura Blindada Transporte de Pessoal – Média sobre Rodas; "Armored Personnel Carrier Vehicle – Medium Wheeled Type" [2]) is a 6×6 armoured personnel carrier developed by Iveco and the Brazilian Army as ...