PNP Maritime Group’s HSTWs To Be Equipped With Rhinemetall MG3 Machine Guns

The 42 units of Rhinemetall MG3 7.62x51GP machine guns that was presented by the Chief, PNP PGEN ALBAYALDE on May 6, 2019 will be the new addition to the firepower of PNP Maritime Group’s HSTWs.

Maxdefense Philippines actually mentioned this about a week ago:

To clear, we confirm that these MG3 machine guns will be installed in the newly acquired High-Speed Tactical Watercrafts (HSTW).

If you would recall, there are 28 HSTWs in the PNP Maritime Group’s inventory:
– 7 from ALS Marine; and
– 21 from Propmech.

The MG3s will be installed on the 21 Propmech-made HSTWs only. Two (2) MG3s per boat.

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