October 2, 2022 | 12:00am
COTABATO CITY, Philippines — The artillery property of the Army’s sixth Infantry Division (ID) obtained a lift in firepower with the arrival of eight models of Autonomous Truck-Mounted Howitzer System or ATMOS 2000 from Israel on Friday.
The navy gear arrived on the Makar Port in Normal Santos Metropolis on Thursday.
“These are absolutely efficient artillery gear,” Maj. Gen. Roy Galido, sixth ID commander, stated. ”ATMOS is the most important gun within the Army arsenal to this point.”
”This new functionality will likely be utilized in opposition to members of terrorist teams who at the moment are on the run due to our relentless centered navy operations,” he added.
Galido stated the weapons supply excessive accuracy and ”shoot and scoot” that may function on present street networks and bridges and even on rugged terrain.
Performing protection secretary Jose Faustino Jr. stated the artillery models can be a “game-changer” within the navy’s combat in opposition to terrorist teams in Central Mindanao, significantly in opposition to the Dawlah Islamiya and the Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters.
Lt. Gen. Alfredo Rosario, Western Mindanao Command chief, stated the brand new weapons can be operated by the tenth Subject Artillery Battalion of the Army Artillery Regiment based mostly at Camp Lucero in Carmen, Cotabato.
The artillery models had been procured underneath Horizon 2 of the revised Armed Forces of the Philippines Modernization Plan.
