Philippine Army To Receive 114 Refurbished APCs From US

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The Philippine Army will receive 114 refurbished M-113A2 Armored Personnel Carriers (APCs)from the US Thursday.

The APCs have been acquired through the US Excess Defense Articles (EDA) last year, Philippine Army spokesperson Col. Benjamin Hao said in an interview Wednesday.

“The M113A2 vehicles will enhance our speed and our personnel protection and even our firepower," Hao said.

“The vehicles will be formally turned over to the Army's Mechanized Infantry Division (MID), which currently has about 350 assorted armored vehicles, in a ceremony in Tarlac,” he added. The first 77 units were shipped on December 9, 2015 while the remaining 37 units were delivered on December 14, 2015.

All weapons, radios and other equipment of these APCs are installed, making them mission-capable.

The MID has five mechanized battalion with the theoretical TOE of 36 armored vehicles each. The M-113A2 was developed to provide a survivable and reliable light tracked vehicle that allows troops to be brought forward under armor for dismounted operations.

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Philippines Officially Inducts 114 M-113A2 Tracked Armored Vehicles

Surplus armored vehicles received by Philippines - UPI.com

By Richard Tomkins | Feb. 8, 2016 at 3:30 PM

MANILA, Feb. 8 (UPI) -- The Philippine Army has formally received 114 armored personnel carriers donated to it by the United States.The APCs are M113A2 vehicles, variants of which have seen service since 1960.The tracked, amphibious vehicles weigh 13.6 tons, have an operational range of 300 miles and a land speed of 42 miles per hour.They were delivered in two batches to the Philippine Army's Mechanized Infantry Division headquarters in December, and then repaired and refurbished.A ceremony for their official receipt was held last week at a ceremony at Fort Bonifacio in the Manila area. The Philippines, a former U.S. Commonwealth, is battling Muslim separatists in the south of the country as well as a communist insurgency elsewhere. It is also locked in a sovereignty dispute with China over islands in the South China Sea.