AFP Modernization in Full Swing

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Nice development.
Maayo unta ug mas ma enhance ni pani into CIWS grade ang Trident Remote gun system.
Dako kaayo ning tabang sa PN jud.

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June na! unsa na kaha update ani nga news for FA-50 fighter LIFT
PIA | Philippine Information Agency | DND finalizing TOR for acquisition of 12 fighter jets

[KlaytoN]

Guys naay special episode about korea's T-50 Black Eagle sa Arirang Channel. Me watching ryt now..

[Vino Kid]

BRP Ramon Alcaraz started its journey to the Philippines

[SioDenz]

aw suyaa nako sa Mapua. Ako nya ni isuggest pud sa USC CompE department na mu partner with the PN.

OT: Gamitan ra na ug EEPROM bro ug mga AND gates nya sa Breadboard

[hulagway]

OT: Gamitan ra na ug EEPROM bro ug mga AND gates nya sa Breadboard

pastilan..college days jud ni...hahhahaha

[7DMM]

back to topic guys

[ABORLAN]

BRP Ramon Alcaraz successfully testfires weapons system
By: InterAksyon.com
June 12, 2013 5:05 PM

WASHINGTON, D.C.—The BRP Ramon Alcaraz, the newest asset of the Philippine Navy, successfully test-fired its main weapons system off the coast of Florida Tuesday afternoon, the Philippine Embassy said.

“We have successfully test-fired our Oto Melara gun with a high degree of accuracy,” the Embassy quoted Capt. Ernesto Baldovino, the commanding officer of the Alcaraz as saying. “This weapons system is very reliable.”

In his report to Capt. Elson Aguilar, the defense and naval attache at the embassy, Captain Baldovino reported that the Alcaraz’s Italian-made Oto Melara, a rapid-fire cannon that can shoot as many as 80 76-mm rounds per minute, fired 15 rounds—three to calibrate the canon and 12 directed at floating targets two to three miles away.

“Captain Baldovino was more than satisfied with how the Oto Melara performed,” Captain Aguilar said, adding that the canon did not misfire during the test-firing done from 2 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.

According to Captain Aguilar, the test-firing of the Oto Melara took place in the Atlantic Ocean, three and a half hours after leaving Mayport, Florida, where it arrived early Tuesday to load ammunition.

Captain Aguilar said the Alcaraz is now proceeding to the Panama Canal, its next stop in its almost two-month journey to the Philippines.

The Alcaraz left Charleston, South Carolina, on Monday, more than a year after it was acquired from the US Coast Guard. Aside from Mayport and Panama, the Alcaraz will also stop in San Diego, Honolulu and Guam enroute to Manila.

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Manufacturer: 1963-2001 Oto-Melara / 2001 - Otobreda

Produced: Compact: 1964 / Super Rapid: 1988



Technical data:

Caliber: 3 inches (76,2 mm)

Barrel lenght: 186 inches (4,72 meters)

Weight: 17000 lbs (7,5 tons), empty

Shell: 76 x 900 mm / 12,34 kilograms

Elevation: - 15° to + 85°

Traverse: 360°

Rate of fire: Compact: 85 rpm / Super Rapid: 120 rpm

Muzzle Velocity: 925 m/s

Range: Compact: 22000 yards (20000 meters) / Super Rapid: 33000 yards (30000 meters)

Magazine: Compact: 80 rounds / Super Rapid: 85 rounds


In service with more than 50 Navy’s

see also: Mk-75 76mm gun (US Navy)

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wala ko kahibaw if mao bah ni same specs sa ato Alcaraz but just wanted to search out of curiosity unsa ang capability sa iya gun.

[elvandesantos]

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looks cute for a cannon. Yet it's accuracy is way far ahead than the overpowered battleships in WWII such as the YAMATO, can shoot a flying plane too.

[crisxahia]

YouTube Video Link: BRP Ramon Alcaraz (PF-16) Test Firing - YouTube