This is a list of equipment used by the Philippine Marine Corps, a unit under the Philippine Navy that specializes in amphibious warfare. The marine corps has made use of its existing equipment conduct its operations while modernization projects are underway. The Republic Act No. 7898 declares the policy of the State to modernize the military to a level where it can effectively and fully perform its constitutional mandate to uphold the sovereignty and preserve the patrimony of the republic. The law, as amended, has set conditions that should be satisfied when the defense department procures major equipment and weapon systems for the marine corps.
| Picture | Model | Origin | Type | Variant | In Service | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| KAAV7A1 | 8[1] [2] | Produced by Hanwha Systems for the Amphibious vehicle requirement.[3] | |||||
| V-150 | 18 | Delivery starting 1975,[4] at least 18 known in service and 12 refurbished in 2007.[5] | |||||
| Armored personnel carrier & Fire Support Vehicle | V-300 APC V-300 FSV | 12 11 | Introduced in early 90s. 23 in service as of 2012, 1 FSV destroyed in enemy action. |
| Picture | Model | Origin | Type | Variant | In Service | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kia KLTV | Armored Tactical Vehicle | K151 | 1 | Donated by Kia Motors for evaluation for future Light Tactical Vehicle requirement. Currently used for convoy escort duties. 1 transferred from the Philippine Army. | |||
| M998A1 M1038A1 M1025A1 | unknown | Divided into several variants and series | |||||
| M1152 | 4 | 23 delivered to AFP in November 2011,[6] PMC received 4 units. | |||||
| MMPV | 8 | A 4x4 prototype utility vehicle used and manufactured by the PMC. The vehicle is rumored to be a heavily refurbished Mitsubishi Pajero while having a similar concept of the HMMWV. Tests were conducted within 2005–2006. 8 units were produced, while some units are equipped with the M40 recoilless rifle. | |||||
| M1777 | unknown | Divided into several variants and series, including short and stretched utility and armed variants, and modified variants for specialized units. | |||||
| 1/4-ton Light Utility Vehicle and Weapons Carrier | Standard | – | In Service, several carrying M40 106 mm recoilless rifle. | ||||
| Kia KM45 Series | 1 1/2-ton Utility Vehicle Field Ambulance | KM450 KM451 | <50 12 | 651 purchased by AFP on 2007, 61 units shared by Navy/Marines and Air Force[7] 60 km-451 field ambulance purchased by AFP in 2012, 12 assigned to the Marines. | |||
| Utility Truck | M2 106 Crew Cab | 6 | Hauler for Riverine Patrol Boat trailer, each with RPB trailer.[8] | ||||
| M35 | – | Divided into several variants and series. More delivered in 2013. | |||||
| Kia KM25 Series | 2 1/2-ton Utility Vehicle | KM250 | – | Several dozens received in multiple batches acquired by the Philippine Navy and the Armed Forces of the Philippines. | |||
| Heavy Utility Vehicle | M923 | – | Several delivered to AFP in 2013, several units for the Marines.[9] | ||||
| Kia KM50 Series | 5-ton Utility Vehicle | KM500 | 6 | 155mm Artillery prime mover, 6 units delivered in 2012. | |||
| Granite 4x4 Tractor | 8 | Tank transporter tractor for AAVs.[10] | |||||
| Amphibious Support Vehicle | LARC-V | 5 | Most refurbished in 2006. |
| Picture | Model | Origin | Type | Variant | In Service | Notesstyle="text-align: center; background:#acc; width:11%;" | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mortar | |||||||
| M75 mortar | M75 | unknown | Several hundred units were produced as part of the AFP Self-Reliance Defense Posture Program starting 1977, several distributed for the PMC.[11] | ||||
| M29 | unknown | In service.[12] | |||||
| EXPAL M-98 mortar | M-98 | – (+30) | Ordered as part of the RAFPMP Horizon 2 phase.[13] | ||||
| Field Artillery | |||||||
| M-71 | 6 | First batch delivered April 2017. Second batch delivered June 2017. In service. | |||||
| M101 | ~23 | Total 150 delivered to the AFP, majority with the Army. Delivered in 1957–1958. | |||||
| Mod 56 | ~20 | Total 120 delivered to AFP, majority went to the Army. Delivered in 1983.[14] | |||||
| Picture | Model | Origin | Type | Variant | In Service | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RQ-20A Puma AE | 2 systems | Initial 2 systems with 4 drones and 2 ground stations each,[15] delivered through US military assistance in 2021, with possibly more to follow. | ||||
| RQ-11B | 1 system[16] | Initial 1 system with 3 drones delivered on January 27, 2017, with possibly more to follow. | ||||
| MAG Aerospace Super Swiper II | Super Swiper II | 6 system[17] | Acquired under the Marine Forces Imaging and Targeting Support System (MITSS) project. Delivered starting 2017. | |||
| Picture | Model | Origin | Type | Variant | In Service | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Riverine Patrol Boat | 6 | Similar, but larger version of the SURC used by the US Marines produced by Silver Ships Inc., purchased under FMS worth $6.5 million and introduced in September 2013[18] | ||||
| CRRC | >25 | Similar to the CRRC used by the US Marines produced by Zodiac Marine. 25 units were handed over by the US military in June 2017[19] Prior to that several more already in service with PMC from previous acquisitions. | ||||
| Coastal craft | SOC | – (+16) | Similar, longer, but less gunned SOC-R used by the US Marines, being built locally and for delivery by 2019. For use by the Marine Special Operations Group (MARSOG) | |||
| Picture | Model | Origin | Type | Caliber | Variant | In Service | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pistol | ||||||||
| M1911 | unknown | Standard issue sidearm, mostly issued to officers. Majority are former EDA US Army stocks made by Colt, Springfield Armory, and Remington. Being replaced by TAC Ultra FS HC and Glock 17 Gen 4 as standard sidearm of the Philippine Army. Some pistols refurbished and upgraded by Government Arsenal. | ||||||
| TAC Ultra FS HC 45 ACP | unknown (+5,000) | 3,000 acquired by Armed Forces of the Philippines in 2017, for issue to all service branches. Majority went to the Philippine Army.[20] AFP ordered 60,000 units under AFP 0.45 caliber Hammer Fired Pistol acquisition project, around 5,000 units expected to go to Philippine Marines. | ||||||
| G21 SF | 200+ | Provided as a US government grant for MARSOG, delivery by June 2017.[21] | ||||||
| Glock 17 Gen 4 | – (+5,000) | Contract awarded to Glock Asia Pacific in September 2017 to supply 5,000 units to be issued to the Philippine Marines.[22] | ||||||
| Submachine gun | ||||||||
| MP5A3 MP5A5 | unknown | Issued to Force Reconnaissance Battalion.[23] | ||||||
| Assault rifles, Battle rifles | ||||||||
| A1 A1 (enhanced) A1 Dissipator A2 | unknown | Standard issue rifle, either made by Colt USA or Elisco Tool Philippines. Government Arsenal refurbishing M16A1-standard rifles to M16A1 (enhanced). Being replaced by the Remington R4A3 as standard-issue rifle | ||||||
| PVAR | Unknown | A variant of the Armalite AR-15 and M16 rifle, using a Pneumatic Valve and Rod system. Used by the Special Operations Command. | ||||||
| NFWS | unknown | Introduced in 2004, developed by the PMC based on M16A1 rifle after experiences in the MSSR. Used by MARSOG. | ||||||
| Colt M4 & M4A1 Remington R4A3 | unknown ~7,412 | Remington R4A3 to replace the M16A1 as the PMC's standard rifle. 6,443 units were ordered for the PMC by the AFP.[24] More expected from additional orders made by AFP. 969 more units from residual orders. Colt M4s are used by MARSOG. | ||||||
| Mk.18 Mod.0 | unknown | Granted by the US government, delivered in June 2017. Used by MARSOG. | ||||||
| CQB14.5 5.56 | 300 | Granted by the US government, delivered in June 2017. Used by MARSOG. Similar to New Zealand Defence Force's MARS-L rifle. | ||||||
| D10RS D14.5RS | unknown | Used by MARSOG.most of the time uipt with a peq 2 and a red dot sight and a m320 grenade launcher[25] | ||||||
| M653 M653P | unknown | Used by MARSOG. | ||||||
| SR88A | 10 | Donated by Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas to Philippine Marine Corps.[26] Formerly from the inventory of the BSP's Security Services Department. Initial transfer of 10 units as rifles are phased out of BSP inventory. | ||||||
| M14 | unknown | Standard battle rifle, several were installed with optics and used as designated marksman rifles. | ||||||
| unknown | Used for ceremonial purposes. Others distributed to ROTC units armed and trained by the Philippine Marine Corps. | |||||||
| Designated marksman rifles & Sniper rifles | ||||||||
| M21 | unknown | |||||||
| MSSR 4th Gen MSSR 5th Gen | unknown | Introduced in 1996, developed by the PMC based on M16A1 rifle. Primary sniper rifle of PMC Scout Snipers. | ||||||
| M40A3 M40A5 | unknown ~100 | Introduced the M700P in 2004, modified by the PMC to M40A3 standard to suit their requirements.[27] [28] 148 units of M40A5 ordered by the Philippine Navy in 2016, 85 were delivered in February 2017,[29] the rest were delivered before end of 2017. Marines received majority of the sniper rifles. | ||||||
| Anti-material sniper rifle | M95 | unknown | Used by Marine Scout Snipers. | |||||
| Anti-material rifle | M93 | unknown | Donated to the PMC by a private entity, in limited numbers. | |||||
| Machine guns | ||||||||
| Minimi | 76 | In limited service.[30] | ||||||
| System Defence MFR56 | MFR56 | 160 | Acquired to replace FN Minimi as standard 5.56mm squad automatic weapon. Public bid won by System Defence of Turkiye.[31] [32] Initial order delivered in 2023. | |||||
| M60E3 M60E4 M60E6 | unknown 230 unknown | Standard general purpose machine gun. 230 new M60E4 (Mk. 43) delivered in 2014. Several older M60E3 were refurbished to M60E4 standards by Government Arsenal. US provided several units of new M60E6 delivered in June 2017 for MARSOG. | ||||||
| M1919A4 M1919A6 | unknown | Used for static/base defense, mounted on vehicles, including gun trucks, and training of auxiliary and reserve units.[33] [34] | ||||||
| M2 M2A1 | unknown | Standard heavy machine gun. Either on tripod or vehicle mounted. Several more units received in 2021. | ||||||
| M134D | 4 | Delivered in June 2017. | ||||||
| Grenade launchers | + | |||||||
| Grenade launcher | 40 mm | M203 M203A1 M203EXPIC LMP300L360 | unknown 720 200 | M203s are attached with M16A1 rifles, while M203A1 are attached with M4 rifles. 720 units of M203EXPIC grenade launchers acquired in 2015, and are attached with the Remington R4A3 rifles. 100 LMT LMP300L3260 grenade launchers donated by the US government and delivered to MARSOG in June 2017, and attached to LMT CQB 5.56mm rifles. | ||||
| Grenade launcher | 40 mm | M320 | unknown | M320 stand-alone. Attached to HK416 carbine. Several units are in stand-alone system. | ||||
| Grenade launcher | 40 mm | M79 | unknown | |||||
| Milkor MGL | Grenade launcher | 40 mm | M32A1 | unknown | In limited numbers.[35] [36] | |||
| STK 40 AGL | Automatic grenade launcher | 40 mm | Standard | 8 | 8 ordered in 2014.[37] | |||
| Picture | Model | Origin | Type | Caliber | Variant | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 40mm | Arsenal ATGL-L | On 14 April 2021, 702 units of 40 mm ATGL-L rocket launcher plus associated accessories and ammunition were delivered by Bulgaria's Arsenal JSCo under a contract worth Php514.8 million.[38] | ||||
| 67mm | Armbrust AT | Sourced from Singapore, in limited numbers as an alternative to recoilless rifles.[39] | ||||
| 66mm | unknown | In limited service with the Force Reconnaissance Battalion. | ||||
| 105mm | M40 | Vehicle mounted, mostly on M151 or MMPV vehicles. | ||||
| 90mm | M67 | Standard shoulder-mounted assault and anti-tank weapon. | ||||
| Picture | Model | Origin | Type | Variant | In Service | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Towed Anti-Aircraft Guns | ||||||
 Sweden/ | Single Naval Mk. 3 Twin Naval Mk. 16 | 16+ | Formerly ship-mounted anti-aircraft guns, transferred to the PMC. Mounted on trailer carriages.[40] More being planned as the navy transfers more gun mounts to the PMC. | |||
 Switzerland/ | Single Naval Mk. 10 | No more than 127 units | Formerly ship-mounted anti-aircraft guns, transferred to the PMC. Mounted on M35 -ton trucks. | |||
| Twin Naval Mk. 56 | – | Formerly patrol boat-mounted guns, either mounted on a naval gun tub fitted on an M35 -ton trucks that tows the Bofors 40mm anti-aircraft gun trailers, or on trailer mounts. | ||||
| Self-Propelled Anti-aircraft Weapon | ||||||
 Philippines/ | M35 20mm SPAA(Equipped with an Mk 4 20mm cannon on a Mk 10 series mount) M35 Twin 50 caliber(Equipped with an Mk 56 Mod 0 Twin .50 caliber machine gun turret) | 2+[41] | Constructed by the Philippine Marines based on the M35 Military Truck. Only 2 were supposedly made, however, reports also surfaced for additional 2 or more units due to the many pictures surfacing from these SPAA trucks. | |||
| Picture | Model | Origin | Type | Variant | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RF-5800H-MP | Introduced in 2004. 15 units received in 2005, more units delivered in 2008[42] and 2011.[43] | ||||
| RF-5800V-HH | Introduced in 2004. 103 units received in 2005, More units delivered in 2008 and 2011. | ||||
| Picture | Model | Origin | Type | Variant | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M914A | |||||
| – | |||||
| Night Optics Argus D-740 | D-740 | used on Night Fighting Weapon System Rifles[44] | |||
| Night Optics Gladius D-760 | D-740 | used on Night Fighting Weapon System Rifles | |||
| Litton M845 | M845 Mk.II | used on Night Fighting Weapon System Rifles | |||
| Target Pointer/ Illuminator/ Aiming Light | – | ||||
The Official Website of the PHILIPPINE NAVY
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