Zero_wing
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aren't those rifles are actually old? those rifle are mainly covered by wood and wooden buttstock. Phil military forces are still using it?
Sir nufix sorry being Semana Santa a holy holiday here my PC time is very limited so about the M1 and the M14 most of them are modernized the rest are old yes but they can still fire in fact the M1 and M14 according to my solders are better than M16 because its hard to maintain and fix while M1s and M14 are so easy to Maintain and excellent in jungle fighting about the M16s we have we are upgrading the A1s according to the DND and my sources the old M16 A1s (most were made in the Philippines by company that when under in the 90s called Elisco Tool Manufacturing, Co.) are being modernized to the A2 and A3s and adding more service life to given in to normal solders the rest are being put on stocks the rest redistributed to the CAFGUS with limited modernization just to add more service life info is sketchy but that's the best i can do for now, Anyway the Government by the Government Arsenal (i know you know about them you posted some article about the GA) is planing to our own version of M16 i think this from the bill that was sign to boost their capabilities and does equipment we bought from other countries especially from Canada something called GA (Government Arsenal) 5.56 rifle with three variants one for standard rifle base on the M16 with one is this Recon/SOF model: Barrel: 14.5 inch standard contour heavy barrel with 1:7 RH twist and cut down for a grenade launcher, and our own invention GA muzzle brake, flattop upper receiver with a fixed cartridge case deflector, forward bolt assist, Picatinny rail with standard 1913 STANAG 4694 compliant rail spaces; detachable carry handle with A2 sights, flip up front sights; and rail adaptor system Others categories include Recon type its basically like A SOPMOD (Special Operations Peculiar Modification) of the Americans and other a Sniper or (Designated Marksman Rifle/Special Purpose Rifle) is base on our MSSR (Marine Scout Sniper Rifle) its basically an modified Semi auto M16 with longer barrel and telescope that looks like if you mix an M16 and Barrett M82 but still 5.56 because its more cheap to modify a M16 then buying the standard Barrett and Remington S700 which almost a company of marines worth that's the government for you anyway moving on the last variant is the Service Rifle model with a 16 inch standard contour barrel with the heavy end forward of the round A2 handguards and 1:7 RH twist, bayonet lug and our own made GA muzzle brake; fixed carry handle and A2 sights on upper receiver with forward bolt assist, standard A2 front sights, telescopic buttstock; provision or grenade launcher; semi and select fire which will be a replacement even to the modernized M16A1. But again this old news about 2 years old no news yet but knowing the man in-charge (its led by Major General Jonathan C Martir AFP Philippine Marine Corp who was a former Marine) it will happen very soon
This a great development my hats off to the the Ret. General Martir he really made some great changes from packing of ammo using plastic ammo carton boxes placed in vacuum-sealed plastic bags with silica gel packs (the first in the world to do it on Ammunitions) then placed in plastic crate with carton fillers. to buying more equipments for the Arsenal to going around foreign defense companies trying to buy guns or getting licenses for guns or buying more equipment for the arsenal.
here some links: Comrade thanks for your continued questions and support.
Official website of the Government Arsenal
http://www.arsenal.mil.ph/images/bullet-in-oct11.pdf