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GA Personal Defense Weapon

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Place of origin
  
Philippines

Designed
  
2011

In service
  
Under Development

GA Personal Defense Weapon

Type
  
Personal defense weapon

Designer
  
Government Arsenal (Philippines)

Manufacturer
  
Government Arsenal (Philippines)

The 10" Personal Defense Weapon (PDW) is a proposed automatic rifle made by the Government Arsenal of the Philippines, based on the M4 carbine/M16 rifle. It cycles full automatic with specially developed 7.62×37mm Musang subsonic and supersonic rounds.

The weapon is under development with 50 prototypes undergoing field testing and evaluation with Special Operations units of the Armed Forces of the Philippines.

Development

Designed to replace the MP5 submachine gun and 5.56mm carbines used by the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) in close combat use, its design objectives included increased lethality over subsonic 9mm and 5.56mm cartridges, improved controlability, reduction in size and weight, and a maximum effective range of 300 meters.

References

GA Personal Defense Weapon Wikipedia