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Mauritius Coast Guard Maritime Air Squadron (MAS) arms its HAL Do-228 MPA with machine gun pods

Sarah Lesedi by Sarah Lesedi
October 4, 2018
in Aerospace
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The Mauritius Coast Guard Maritime Air Squadron (MAS) has fixed  a pair of 7.62 mm machine gun pods onto its fleet of HAL Do-228 maritime patrol aircraft (MPA).

The small island nation which has been experiencing a steady rise in criminal activities over the years has been revamping its maritime capabilities.

Mario Nobin, the police commissioner said during the country’s 28th anniversary celebration of the Maritime Air Squadron (MAS), one of the units of the National Coast Guard. He disclosed that he was satisfied with the evolution of this unit, stating that the “MAS has increased its operational capabilities and resources.”

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Mauritius Do-228 MPAs fitted with two 7.62mm machine gun pod on each wing.

The Mauritius Coast Guard Maritime Air Squadron (MAS) possess three Do-228s (MP-CG-4) which was purpose-built for the MAS by HAL and entered service in 2016.

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The newest of the fleet is fitted with an Elta EL/M-2022A surveillance radar that has accumulated about 500 hours. Two other 228s (CG-1 and CG-3) were taken into service in 1990 and 2004. The MAS hopes to add a fourth Do-228 in the nearest future.

The 7.62 mm machine gun pods will be used to combat illegal activities near the country’s coastlines.

Mauritius has no air force, but there is a Police Helicopter Squadron, which uses the same base as the MAS and flies three Chetaks (HAL-built Alouette IIIs), a HAL Dhruv, and an AS 555SN Fennec 2 with a chin-mounted Honeywell RDR-1500B radar.

 

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