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By Prashanth Parameswaran
The Philippine military gets armored personnel carriers from its ally.
This month, the Philippines is receiving 114 armored vehicles from its ally the United States as the Southeast Asian state seeks to modernize its military.
According to a statement by the U.S. embassy in Manila, the U.S. government transferred 77 units of M113A2 Armored Personnel Carriers (APCs) to the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) on December 9. A second shipment with the remaining units was scheduled to arrive later in the month.
The APCs are being transferred via the Excess Defense Article (EDA) program, which grants excess military equipment from the United States without cost to qualified allied countries. Manila did have to pay 67.5 million pesos ($1.4 million) to cover transport costs, however.
Read the full story at The Diplomat
NOTE: The “US Government Transfers 114 M113A2 Armored Personnel Carriers to Armed Forces of the Philippines Under the USG Excess Defense Article Program” Link in the above was added by PacificSentinel for clarity & context.