Heavy Industries Taxila
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Native name
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Urdu: ہیوی انڈسٹریز ٹیکسلا |
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| State owned enterprises | |
| Industry | Defence |
| Founded | 1971 |
| Headquarters | Taxila Cantonment Taxila Punjab, Pakistan |
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Area served
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Pakistan |
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Key people
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Lieutenant-General Muhammad Naeem Ashraf (chairman) Col (R) Aqeel Ahmed, Si(M) Secretary HIT Board |
| Products | Ammunitions Artillerys Combat vehicles |
| Services | R&D |
| Website | www.hit.gov.pk |
Heavy Industries Taxila (Reporting name: HIT), is a major defence, military contractor, engineering conglomerate, and military corporation located in Taxila, Punjab, Pakistan.[1]
HIT is noted as being one of the largest defence contractor[2] The HIT promotes, markets, engineers, develops, and undertakes heavy engineering works for Pakistan's military and for the civilian law enforcement agencies.[3] Leadership in HIT is provided through the appointments made in the GHQ by the chief of army staff who approves the appointment to its chairmanship.[4]
Besides developing the heavy works, HIT also provides military gears for Pakistan's military, building krytron and developing technology involving the solid-state lighting.[3]
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Production[edit]
Former[edit]
- Type 69-II – Main battle tank produced under license.
- Type 85-IIAP – Main battle tank produced under license.
- M113 – Armoured personnel carrier produced under license.
Current[edit]
Main battle tanks (MBT)[edit]
Artillery[edit]
- MKEK Panter towed howitzer.
Armoured personnel carriers (APC)[edit]
- Talha – APC based on M113 chassis with 5 road wheels, accommodates 11 fully equipped troops. 250 delivered to the Pakistan Army by 2006.[5]
- Saad – APC based on the Talha design. Modified with extended hull and 6 road wheels, 14.5 mm machine gun, improved armour protection and a more powerful engine supplied by Germany's MTU. Accommodates 13 fully equipped troops.
- Sakb – Armoured command vehicle based on Talha APC.[5]
- Al-Hamza – Infantry fighting vehicle (IFV) based on the Saad APC, fitted with 25 mm automatic cannon, an export product not in service with the Pakistan Army.[5]
- Armoured guided missile carriers:
- Maaz – Based on the Talha APC, armed with the Baktar-Shikan anti-tank guided missile (ATGM) launcher and operated by a crew of 4. There is capacity for 8 extra rounds and the missile firing unit on the roof is retracted into the cabin for reloading.[5]
- Mouz – Based on the Talha APC, armed with either the RBS 70 or Anza I/II air-defence missile systems. The missile firing unit on the roof is retracted into the cabin for reloading.[5]
- Auxiliary armoured vehicles:
- Al-Hadeed – Armoured recovery vehicle (ARV) based on Saad APC.[5]
- Al-Qaswa – Armoured logistics vehicle (ALV) based on the Talha APC.[5]
Armoured cars[edit]
- Mohafiz – armoured security vehicle based on the Land Rover Defender.
Under development[edit]
- 155 mm Self-propelled artillery gun – Project revealed at IDEAS 2002 defence exhibition.[6]
- Al-Khalid II – Under development.
- Burraq MRAP vehicle – Under development.[7]
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ Contacting HIT. "Contacting HIT". Contacting HIT. Retrieved 24 December 2014.
- ^ History of HIT. "History of HIT". History of HIT. Retrieved 24 December 2014.
- ^ a b Products of the HIT. "Products of the HIT". Retrieved 24 December 2014.
- ^ Associate Press of Pakistan. "Defence Production Minister visits Heavy Industries Taxila". Associate Press of Pakistan.
- ^ a b c d e f g ARG. "Talha Armored Personnel Carrier". Military-Today.com. Retrieved 22 March 2012.
- ^ "Highlights from IDEAS 2002". Acig.org. Retrieved 22 March 2012.
- ^ Ansari, Usman (19 March 2013). "Pakistan To Unveil MRAP Vehicle". Defense News. Retrieved 16 August 2013.
External links[edit]
- Official website
- Heavy Mechanical Complex Official Website
- HITEC (Heavy Industries Taxila Education City – official website
- Heavy Industries Taxila (HIT) brochure
- Heavy Industries Tenders
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