The pirates utilize all the heavy weapons they can muster (it doesn't get heavier for a speedboat in that part of the world, barring self-guided derka derka suicide boats, but that's not their aim); RPG-7s (70mm and up), RRs (usually 73mm and up), DShKs (12.7mm HMG) and various small arms -- none of these can do much against a merchant vessel.
However, put several bursts of 12.7mm of API on a speedboat and that's all she wrote.
The Spaniards [and everyone else] of the past are crying at the yellow-belly nature of current international shipping.
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