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Heavy Industries Taxila

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Heavy Industries Taxila
Company typeState owned enterprise
HIT
IndustryDefence
Founded1971; 53 years ago (1971) in Taxila, Punjab
FounderMinistry of Defence
Headquarters
Taxila
,
Pakistan
Key people
Chairman: Lt-Gen. Shakir-ullah Khattak
ProductsVehicular
OwnerMinistry of Defence Production
Websitehit.gov.pk

Heavy Industries Taxila (Reporting name: HIT), (Urdu: ہیوی انڈسٹریز ٹیکسلا) is a state-owned enterprise and a defense contractor located in Taxila, Punjab, Pakistan.[1][2]

The HIT is wholly owned owned and sponsored by the Ministry of Defence Production and its programs are managed by Army GHQ who approves its corporate appointments.[3] The HIT promotes, markets, engineers, develops, and undertakes heavy engineering works for Pakistan's military and for the civilian law enforcement agencies. It has extensive experience in the overhaul and upgrade of tracked armored fighting vehicles for the Pakistan Armed Forces.[1][4]

Production

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Main Battle Tanks (MBT)

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Infantry Fighting Vehicles (IFV)

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  • Viper - Launched during IDEAS-2018 exhibition.
  • Al-Hamza - Based on APC Talha chassis.
  • Lazar 2 - License produced Serbian IFV.
  • Al-Fahd - License produced Saudi IFV.

Armoured Personnel Carriers (APC)

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  • Talha - Based on M113 chassis.
  • Talha 1 - Upgraded variant of APC Talha.
  • Saad - Based on M113 & APC Talha.
  • Raad - Light armoured personnel carrier.
  • Lazar 3 - Under Transfer of Technology.
  • Faaris - Recently launched during IDEAS-2024 expo.

Infantry Mobility Vehicles (IMV)

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Mine Resistant Ambush Protected Vehicles (MRAPS)

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  • Hamza 6 - Jointly produced by Heavy Industries Taxila & Cavalier Group Pakistan.
  • Hamza 6 MK.2 - Jointly produced by Heavy Industries Taxila & Cavalier Group Pakistan.
  • Hamza 8 - Jointly produced by Heavy Industries Taxila & Cavalier Group Pakistan.
  • Cougar - Based on Emirati MRAP. produced by HIT & Streit Group Pakistan.
  • Hisaar - Recently launched during IDEAS-2024 expo.

Pickup Trucks & Utility Vehicles

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Self Propelled Howitzers (SPH)

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  • M109 - License produced 3 different variants.
  • SH-1 - Under transfer of technology.
  • SH-15 - Under transfer of technology.
  • Unknown - Indigenous artillery under development.

Multiple Rocket Launchers (MLRS)

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  • Fatah-1 - produced by HIT & GIDS.
  • Fatah-2 - produced by HIT & GIDS.
  • Fatah-3 - produced by HIT & GIDS.
  • Fatah-4 - produced by HIT & GIDS.
  • KRL-122 - produced by HIT & KRL.
  • A-100E - Transfer of Technology.
  • Azar - based on Chinese Type-83.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b Heavy Industries Taxila (HIT) GlobalSecurity.org website, Retrieved 28 September 2021
  2. ^ Samuel Cranny-Evans (31 July 2020). "Pakistan Army inducts first batch of Al-Khalid-I MBTs (main battle tanks)". Janes.com website. Retrieved 29 September 2021.
  3. ^ Associate Press of Pakistan. "Defence Production Minister visits Heavy Industries Taxila". Associate Press of Pakistan website. Archived from the original on 23 September 2015. Retrieved 29 September 2021.
  4. ^ Jon Grevatt (3 September 2019). "Pakistan to corporatise Heavy Industries Taxila". Janes.com (defence weekly magazine - UK). Retrieved 29 September 2021.
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