These soldiers of the Philippines carry the locally constructed M16
which is built here under contract. Also not the wide variety of headgear
and apparent lack their of.
The Philippine Marine Corps. Are some of the best soldiers in the Philippine army. Note in this picture the wide range of weaponry. M16s, an M14 and two M16s. An excellent english language source is Gallant Warriors From The Sea; by Franz Tinio Lopez more info. here: http://members.tripod.com/~pmcmssr/gw.html
M1 garands and other weapons captured from Moro rebels are inspected by Filipino soldiers. Moro rebels often wear captured government uniforms which makes battlefield confusion more likely.