Philippines are interested in Russian BMP-3F
20/06/2014
Military-Industrial Courier
Russia and the Philippines are discussing the possibility of delivery to the Asian country the Russian infantry fighting vehicle BMP-3F. The journalists at the International Salon of weapons "Eurosatory 2014" Deputy General Director of "Rosoboronexport" Igor Sevastyanov.
"We are working with the country on the BMP-3F. The specific results are reported later,"- he said.
Deputy director recalled that recently the Philippine government announced several rearmament programs, including for the protection of the country's coastline.
BMP-3F is a version of the basic machine, designed for the Marine Corps. It can also be used coastguards and border troops. BMP-3F is used to fighting in the coastal zone, on the coast, landing at sea.
In armament includes basic machine 100mm gun, twin 30-mm gun, anti-tank guided missile (ATGM), 7.62 mm machine gun. BMP-3F is served by a crew of three and can carry seven troops.
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Let's not waste our time alam mo naman pag sinabing "interested" walang patutunguhan. But of course why not diba but the army already has aquired the 100+M113s plus and another 28 upgraded. The upgraded M113 will be on here on 1st Q of 2015 and it will look like this