Heavy Industries Taxila

Heavy Industries Taxila
Native name	HIT
Type	State owned enterprises
Industry	Defence
Founded	1971
Headquarters	Taxila, Pakistan
Key people	Maj General Syed Aamer Raza, HI(M).; Chairman HIT Board; Colonel Aqeel Ahmed ®, SI(M).; Secretary HIT Board;
Products	Ammunition; Artillery; Combat vehicle; tank
Services	R&D
Parent	Ministry of Defense Production (MoDP)
Website	hit.gov.pk

Heavy Industries Taxila (Reporting name: HIT), (Urdu: صنعت ہائے سنگین ٹیکسلا‎) is a Pakistani state-owned defence, military contractor, engineering conglomerate, and military corporation located in Taxila, Punjab, Pakistan.[1]

HIT promotes, markets, engineers, develops, and undertakes heavy engineering works for Pakistan's military and for the civilian law enforcement agencies.[2] 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.[3]

Besides developing the heavy works, HIT also provides military gears for Pakistan's military, building krytron and developing technology involving the solid-state lighting.[2]

Production

Main battle tanks (MBT)

Al-khalid II (under development)
Al-Khalid/Al-Khalid I
Al-Zarrar

Infantry fighting vehicles (IFV)

Viper IFV – The prototype IFV was showcased in IDEAS 2018. The IFV is based on APC Saad/M113 chassis with 6 road wheels, weighs 16 tons, and has appliqué armour. Viper can accommodate 13 fully equipped troops; and has a modified Turra 30 remotely controlled weapon station (RCWS) armed with a Slovak-made Shipunov 2A42 30 mm automatic cannon, Kalashnikov PKT 7.62 mm medium machine gun (MG), two ready-to-use 9M113 Konkurs (AT-6 'Spandrel') anti-tank guided missiles and smoke dischargers.[4]
Al-Hamza – IFV based on APC Saad, fitted with 25 mm automatic cannon, an export product not in service with the Pakistan Army.[5]

Armoured personnel carriers (APC)

APC Saad – Armoured personnel carrier based on the APC Talha design. Modified with extended hull and six 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.
Dragoon II – Armoured multi-role vehicle built under joint venture with DUMA Engineering.
APC Talha – Armoured personnel carrier based on M113 chassis with five road wheels, accommodates 11 fully equipped troops. 250 delivered to the Pakistan Army by 2006.[5] Possibly replaced by the APC Saad.

Reconnaissance vehicles

Maaz – Anti-tank/Air defense missile carrier Based on the APC Talha, armed with the Baktar-Shikan anti-tank guided missile (ATGM) launcher and operated by a crew of four. There is capacity for eight extra rounds and the missile firing unit on the roof is retracted into the cabin for reloading. Its Mouz variant is armed with either the Anza or RBS 70 air-defence missile systems. The missile firing unit on the roof is retracted into the cabin for reloading.[5]
Sakb – Armoured command vehicle based on APC Talha.[5]
Al-Qaswa – Armoured logistics vehicle based on APC Talha, an export product not in service with the Pakistan Army.[5]

Engineering & support vehicles

Al-Hadeed – Armoured recovery vehicle based on APC Saad.[5]

Armoured light utility vehicles

Mohafiz series – Internal security vehicle
- Mohafiz-II – Based on the Land Rover Defender.[6]
- Mohafiz-III (Protector) – Based on the Land Cruiser 79.[6]
- Mohafiz-IV (Interceptor) – Upgraded variant of Mohafiz (vehicle) series based on the Land Cruiser 79.[6]

Weapons

125mm Smooth bore tank gun – for Al-Khalid & Al-Zarrar tanks.
155mm Self propelled (SP) gun – for M109A2 (overhauled) self-propelled howitzer.

Former products

Type 69-IIMP – Main battle tank produced under license.
Type 85-IIAP – Main battle tank produced under license.
M113 – Armoured personnel carrier produced under license. (APC rebuild facility is still running)

References

Contacting HIT. "Contacting HIT". Contacting HIT. Retrieved 24 December 2014.
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. Archived from the original on 23 September 2015.
ARG. "Pakistan's HIT unveils Viper IFV". Janes.com. Retrieved 21 December 2018.
ARG. "Talha Armored Personnel Carrier". Military-Today.com. Retrieved 22 March 2012.
http://www.hit.gov.pk/commercial-tab.php

External links

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[Contacting_HIT-1] Contacting HIT. "Contacting HIT". Contacting HIT. Retrieved 24 December 2014.

[Products_of_the_HIT-2] Products of the HIT. "Products of the HIT". Retrieved 24 December 2014.

[Associate_Press_of_Pakistan-3] Associate Press of Pakistan. "Defence Production Minister visits Heavy Industries Taxila". Associate Press of Pakistan. Archived from the original on 23 September 2015.

[viper-4] ARG. "Pakistan's HIT unveils Viper IFV". Janes.com. Retrieved 21 December 2018.

[auto-5] ARG. "Talha Armored Personnel Carrier". Military-Today.com. Retrieved 22 March 2012.

[hit.gov.pk-6] ttp://www.hit.gov.pk/commercial-tab.php

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