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Paltik is a Filipino term for a homemade gun. [1] It is usually manufactured using scrap metal and angle iron. [2] These homemade weapons are usually manufactured in Danao, Cebu, [3] where the production of replicas of known firearms is a cottage industry. [4]
The company was known as the Arms Corporation of the Philippines (Armscor) until 2017. [ 1 ] The company has been headquartered in Marikina , Philippines since 1958 [ 2 ] and represented in the United States by its subsidiary Armscor International, Inc., located in Pahrump, Nevada with facilities in Stevensville, Montana .
The Philippines under U.S. Sovereignty (1898–1935) Image Face Value Technical parameters Description Total Mintage [13] Years of Issue [14] Obverse Reverse Diameter Thickness Mass Composition Edge Obverse Reverse 1/2 centavo: 17.5 mm 2.59 g Bronze Plain Figure of a man seated beside an anvil holding a hammer and Mt. Mayon
Regular soldiers of the Philippine Revolutionary Army stand attention for an inspection.. The Philippine Revolution, also called the Tagalog War by the Spaniards, [1] was a revolution and subsequent conflict fought between the Katipunan, later the Philippine Revolutionary Army, and the Spanish colonial government.
A strain insulator is an electrical insulator that is designed to work in mechanical tension (strain), to withstand the pull of a suspended electrical wire or cable. They are used in overhead electrical wiring, to support radio antennas and overhead power lines. A strain insulator may be inserted between two lengths of wire to isolate them ...
The .38 Special was designed and produced in 1898 to be a higher-velocity round, with better penetration properties than the .38 Long Colt that was in government service in the Philippines during the Spanish–American War.
The 7.62×37mm Musang [a] is an assault rifle cartridge introduced in 2012 developed and manufactured in the Philippines by the Government Arsenal for use by the military in special operations and close quarter battle. [1] The 7.62×37mm Musang round is unrelated to the Soviet 7.62×39mm M43-round.
PROGUN is the main gun lobby of the Philippines, which is an organization meant to protect Filipino gun rights as well as to endorse politicians who will do so. According to a 2014 study, there are 1,700,000 licensed firearms owners and 3,900,000 privately owned guns (legally and illegally) in the country.