Multipurpose Assault Craft
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The Multi-Purpose Assault Craft is a type of fast attack assault craft developed for the Philippine Navy. Originally designed to transport troops at a high speed and then land them on the beach, they
A PN MPAC Mk3 craft docked on shore.
An MPAC Mk 2 making a beach landing on Panguan Island, Tawi-Tawi
An MPAC Mk 3 intercepts a twin-engine speed boat used by Abu Sayyaf resulting in the death of 7 militants near Parang, Sulu. Photo taken from AgustaWestland AW109 helicopter of Philippine Air Force on November 3, 2020
An MPAC Mk 1 designed to deploy up to 16 troops
Spike (missile)
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Spike is an Israeli fire-and-forget anti-tank guided missile and anti-personnel missile with a tandem-charge high-explosive anti-tank warhead. As of 2024, it is in its sixth generation. It was develop
Multipurpose Assault Craft
…similarly as the Mk 3 version. In May 2018, the DND revealed that they are studying a plan to arm the Mk 1 and Mk 2 versions of the MPAC with the same Spike ER missiles that are used on the Mk 3 version. However this plan was changed by February 2020 as the Philippine Navy announced that the Mk 1 and Mk 2 versions will…
Spike ATGM Command & launcher unit (CLU) with mock-up Spike LR missile mounted on a tripod at Singapore Army Open House 2007
Cut away diagram of Spike ATGM.
Cut away photo of Spike ATGM.
Frontal close-up of the Spike missile's Command & launch unit (CLU) with thermal-imaging sight, tripod mount and an attached dummy missile canister.