Wednesday, November 6, 2013

BRP Gregorio del Pilar (PF 15) Firepower

The Philippine government spent more than P400 million to acquire BRP Gregorio Del Pilar under the US defense excess article program.


U.S. Coast Guard at Canada Place
  • Type: Frigate
  • Displacement: 3,250 tons
  • Length: 115 m
  • Beam: 13 m
  • Draft: 2.67 m
  • Propulsion: (CODOG) arrangement
    2 × Fairbanks-Morse 38TD8-1/8-12 12-cylinder diesel engines
  • Speed: 29 knots (54 km/ h)
  • Range: 14,000 mi (22,531 km)
  • Endurance: 45 days
  • Complement: - 80
  • Processing systems:
    • Raytheon/Furuno AN/SPS-73
    • Navigation and surface search radar
    • Sperry Mk. 92 Mod. 1 Fire Control System
  • Armament:
    • One OTO Melara  76 mm dual purpose gun
    • Mk. 38 Mod 0 chain gun
    • 2 × Mk. 16 20mm Oerlikon autocannons
    • 6 × M2 Browning 12.7mm/50 calibermachine guns
    • 2 × Loral Hycor Mk.36 6-barrelled Super Rapid Blooming Offboard Chaff (SRBOC) decoy launchers
  • Aircraft: 1 × BO-105C to replace with  AWS109 Helicopter
Armament is subject for upgrade such as
  • Mk 38 Mod 2 25mm stabilized remote-controlled gun systems
  • ASW Warfare
  • Anti-ship Missile

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