odysseus1980, eswube : thanks
Ayutthaya Coast Guard cooperation with Ayutthaya Navy, Port Authority of Ayutthaya, The Customs Department, Immigration Bureau and Marine Police Division. The duty of Ayutthaya Coast Guard are provided through the following
- Dealing with Unlawful Acts by Foreign Oceanographic Research Vessels
- Maritime traffic management
- Countermeasures against Smuggling and Illegal Immigration
- Countermeasures against Piracy (Regional Cooperation Agreement on Combating Piracy and Armed Robbery against Ships in Asia-ReCAAP)
- Surveillance of Illegal Operations by Foreign Fishing Vessels
- Security against Maritime Conflict
- patrols Ayutthaya's territorial seas and Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) (cooperation with Ayutthaya Navy)
but some services still working by the navy.
- Search and rescue
- Hydrographic and oceanographic surveying
- Patrolling and Guarding the Waters
- Counter Terrorism
All coast guard vessels use only manual gun(not over 40mm) because she wasn't the warship, until 2013 the goverment approve to use gun director with the main gun. Pairwa Class install oto 76/62 gun because she is the navy reserve. i'm drawing Pairwa Class base on HTMS Pattani Class, the secondary gun area fit for small gun.
this is the Ayutthaya Ira Class 2016, refit by install Bofors 40 Mk4 gun, Selex SASS electro-optical director, Link11 and TIRA S MK.1 Combat Management System (3 Multi-function consoles)