What is the Coast Guard against pirates?

Personal weapons, heavy machine guns, gunboats and sound weapons are tools for the Coast Guard to deal with pirates.

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The police equipment of the police in each country is regulated differently according to the laws of the host country. In the picture is the Hida-class patrol ship PL 51 of the Japanese Coast Guard.The main weapon of the ship consists of 1 40mm cannon, 1 20mm cannon.Several other large patrol vessels are equipped with 35mm guns with 20mm or 30mm cannons and 20mm guns.Small patrol boats use 20mm cannon.In addition to the above-mentioned heavy weapons, the Japanese Coast Guard also uses personal weapons and water cannon to stop or attack pirates when they intend to attack commercial ships.This force also has the support of helicopters to help their anti-piracy activities become more effective.(Photos: Wikipedia)

The Strait of Malacca is a quite painful area of ​​piracy.Therefore, the Coast Guard's anti-piracy mission around the straits, including the Singapore Coast Guard, is quite heavy.Their equipment is mainly high-speed small patrol boats.The largest weapon is the 25mm cannon and two 12.7mm heavy machine guns mounted on the Mako Shark class patrol ship.The PH class patrol boats fitted 20mm guns with 2 M2 12.7 mm heavy machine guns.Patrol boats under 20 tons use 7.62mm multi-purpose machine guns.Personal weapons include MP5 submachine guns, M16 rifles, Glock 19 pistols and some other non-destructive weapons.(Photos: Wikipedia)

Malaysia Maritime Law Enforcement Agency (MMEA), also known as the Malaysian Coast Guard, is responsible for implementing maritime law enforcement activities in the country's exclusive economic zone.Malaysia is adjacent to the Malacca Strait so anti-piracy is one of their heavy duties.MMEA established a STAR task force specialized in counter-terrorism and rescue and hostage rescue.This unit will be the first force to deal with the threat from pirates before the support of the navy or police.Most of the MMEA small patrol vessels were not armed, some medium-sized patrol boats fitted with a caliber gun of up to 57mm, some of them used 30mm guns.Personal weapons include, Glock 19 pistol, Remington 870, MP5 submachine, UMP rifle, assault rifle M16A1, M4A1 carbine (only for STAR), Steyr AUG, SIG 553 (only for STAR).(Photo: Themalaysianinsider)

Indian Coast Guard (ICG) is part of the Indian armed forces.The agency operates under the management of the Ministry of Defense, working closely with the navy in maritime law enforcement tasks, especially against piracy.The ICG was equipped with very powerful weapons, including six Samar class patrol boats fitted with 76mm gunboats, and three Vishwast-class patrol boats with 30mm gunboats.5 Vikram patrol boats use 40mm or 30mm guns.Some small patrol boats under 300 tons installed 30mm guns.Personal weapons are similar to other units of the Indian army except for some types that only equip the task force.(Photo: Spedia)

The largest weapon on the Korean Coast Guard patrol boats is the dual 40mm gun for large ships and 20mm guns.Small patrol boats use 20mm cannon.Types of patrol boats can attach heavy machine guns.Personal weapons can be used as assault rifles K2, M16, submachine K1A, M60D multi-purpose machine guns.Non-destructive weapons such as water cannon, sound weapons are also effective tools to prevent suspicious vessels.(Photos: Wikipedia)

Russian sea police have very powerful weapons.They had six patrol boats converted from the Krivak-class frigates, which mounted gunboats of up to 100mm.Some ships converted from the Grisha-class corvettes use 57mm guns.Rubin class patrol ship installed a 30mm gunboat.About personal weapons include assault rifles belonging to the AK-47 family and some other weapons.Water hoses are an indispensable tool for marine law enforcement activities.(Photos: Wikipedia)

US Coast Guard (USCG) is the leading equipped force in the world.USCG has about 1,400 large and small vessels of all kinds.Some patrol boats of Hamilton class mounted a 76mm gunboat combined with 25mm cannon and a close-range Phalanx 20mm defense system.The most modern type is the Legend class using 57mm automatic gunboats, a 20 mm Phalanx system, 4 12.7mm machine guns, and 2.62mm machine guns.Small patrol boats fitted weapons from 12.7-25mm depending on the amount of water expansion.The USCG also has about 210 types of aircraft for maritime patrol activities.Some ships have installed long-range sound weapons systems LRAD to prevent cross-border ships or pirates.USCG personal weapons include, pistol M9, P229R-DAK, assault rifle M16A2, M4 carbine, sniper rifle M14, Mk11, M107, M203 grenade launcher.(Photos: Wikipedia)