COAS attends Al Khalid-1 handing over ceromony as CG at HIT - ISPR

[Philip the Arab]

pakistan have produce many IFVs by HIT they will be sure active

the jewel of crown is viper made by paksitan

and hamza IFV

Instead of Konkurs, imagine fire and forget missile with 4km range like GAM-102.

 

[Imran Khan]

No IFVs though? If you can remember correctly M2 Bradley IFVs killed more tanks in Iraq than Abrams did.

yeah they have this in thier minds

we have tons of missile loaded APCs/IFVs

 

[Jinn Baba]

Finally! Something!! Kuch toh naya nazar aaya.

 

[KaiserX]

Pakistan needs to give a big boost to its local defence industry. If our defence budget is 10+ billion USD we should be investing 80% of that into the local economy. This would stimulate the economy and provide millions of jobs. Infact if you do the math over a 10 year period Pakistan has the potential to make defence production the next CPEC when it comes to job creation and tech innovation we just need proper planning for the future and a strong political leadership .At best any foreign purchases should require that a large portion should be built in Pakistan using our own resources. If one looks at the PA then you see it has a requirement of

-500 Al-khalid-1- Used in plains of punjab or deserts of sindh, truly all purpose
-500 Light tanks (vt-4)- To be used in the northern regions and afghan border areas
-350 Heavy tanks (55+ tons-Altay?)- Heavy tank is best suited for the flat plains of punjab, where the most intense tank battles have always taken place.

With regards to the 1.2 billion usd deal with the turks for attack helis. We can use those funds to purchase a large amount of altays while the turks develop their own engines. HIT used to have a maximum capacity of 100 tanks per year but that has decreased due to failures of previous govt.

IK should focus on increasing HITS production rate to double and maximizing effeciencies. If possible privatize HIT via state credit to the largest domestic defence manufacturer you can find. I myself have seen amazing 4x4 & 8x8 IFVs made by Pakistani companies. They should be able to expand and take over failing state enterprises in the defence production field. The defence sector in all honestly should be privitized as much as possible as we have seen the technology gained by the defence sector spending throughout history ie internet, gps navigation, aeroplan engine technology, space rocket tech, nuclear tech etc all these technologies would have never came to light for civilian use if it were not for defence spending. When you are willing to spend billions then you should spend it on innovation esp when your life depends on it!

With the turks we can use COTS purchase with TOT of critical technologies to bolster future al-khalid variants. The chinese would be more than happy to also give us a production line for light tanks which can alter the geopolitical sceneario for us in gilgit-kashmir and also the wakkhan corridor with afghanistan. All technologies gained should be applied to domestic production.

 

[blain2]

no rws
no active protection

two key areas relevant now a days

Active protection etc. can always be employed on the tank. It's an upgrade but you are right I that increasingly it is becoming a necessity. However better infantry/armor employment can help decrease the risk.

That's very low

That is the equivalent of 8 armored regiments worth of tanks which equates to roughly 3 divisions worth of armor. Add the T-80UDs and you have a pretty good number of tanks for offensive armor operations.

Pakistan needs to give a big boost to its local defence industry. If our defence budget is 10+ billion USD we should be investing 80% of that into the local economy. This would stimulate the economy and provide millions of jobs. Infact if you do the math over a 10 year period Pakistan has the potential to make defence production the next CPEC when it comes to job creation and tech innovation we just need proper planning for the future and a strong political leadership .At best any foreign purchases should require that a large portion should be built in Pakistan using our own resources. If one looks at the PA then you see it has a requirement of

-500 Al-khalid-1- Used in plains of punjab or deserts of sindh, truly all purpose
-500 Light tanks (vt-4)- To be used in the northern regions and afghan border areas
-350 Heavy tanks (55+ tons-Altay?)- Heavy tank is best suited for the flat plains of punjab, where the most intense tank battles have always taken place.

With regards to the 1.2 billion usd deal with the turks for attack helis. We can use those funds to purchase a large amount of altays while the turks develop their own engines. HIT used to have a maximum capacity of 100 tanks per year but that has decreased due to failures of previous govt.

IK should focus on increasing HITS production rate to double and maximizing effeciencies. If possible privatize HIT via state credit to the largest domestic defence manufacturer you can find. I myself have seen amazing 4x4 & 8x8 IFVs made by Pakistani companies. They should be able to expand and take over failing state enterprises in the defence production field. The defence sector in all honestly should be privitized as much as possible as we have seen the technology gained by the defence sector spending throughout history ie internet, gps navigation, aeroplan engine technology, space rocket tech, nuclear tech etc all these technologies would have never came to light for civilian use if it were not for defence spending. When you are willing to spend billions then you should spend it on innovation esp when your life depends on it!

With the turks we can use COTS purchase with TOT of critical technologies to bolster future al-khalid variants. The chinese would be more than happy to also give us a production line for light tanks which can alter the geopolitical sceneario for us in gilgit-kashmir and also the wakkhan corridor with afghanistan. All technologies gained should be applied to domestic production.

The exact opposite is the case (for most militaries). That is, 80% is spent on operational expenditures and the remaining 20% is left for capital purchases and R&D.

 

[KaiserX]

Active protection etc. can always be employed on the tank. It's an upgrade but you are right I that increasingly it is becoming a necessity. However better infantry/armor employment can help decrease the risk.

That is the equivalent of 8 armored regiments worth of tanks which equates to roughly 3 divisions worth of armor. Add the T-80UDs and you have a pretty good number of tanks for offensive armor operations.



The exact opposite is the case (for most militaries). That is, 80% is spent on operational expenditures and the remaining 20% is left for capital purchases and R&D.

80% is wayyyy to high, that amount can easily be cut in half if luxury spending by officers and innaficiencies are reduced.

 

[Dazzler]

Already shared AK-1's interior pics here. I have many more as I sat in the thing for a little while.


https://defence.pk/pdf/threads/mbt-modernization-program-a-step-in-the-right-direction.660224/

Is it equivalent to T-90 or T-85 ?

Should be equal to MS, comfortably better than 85.

 

[I S I]

Might be the first time I have seen a really good quality video with so many camera angles being released by ISPR

I'm more happy for the camera improvements than the tanks themselves.
Hopefully this quality will stay that way moving forward.

 

[blain2]

80% is wayyyy to high, that amount can easily be cut in half if luxury spending by officers and innaficiencies are reduced.

If all the so called "luxury" incentives allowed to officers and men are curtailed, that won't even amount to $10-20M USD.
The answer isn't simply one of cutting back. Technology is expensive. Capital acquisitions cost an arm and a leg. The only answer is to increase the size of the national kitty so more can be diverted to national defense among other things. Tax more, open up services and other industries, and did I say tax more?

 

[Mrc]

rumour has it that depleted uranium has been added to frontal arc....

 

[HaMoTZeMaS]

@Dazzler

Correct me if i am wrong..

Same people who are crying here, were also crying over JFThunders
And the world has witnessed what nightmare they brought to the enemies.

 

[ghazi52]

 

[Amavous]

That is Lt. Gen Bilal Akbar sitting right behind Gen. Bajwa (at 39th second). Last week Indian Gen Bakshi was spreading the fake news that he is under arrest with few other generals for differences with Gen. Bajwa also Foreign minister Qureshi is under arrest in CMH.

All bakths were creating the storm about it on twitter, shameless basta*ds all of them especially that mad dog gen bakhshi.

 

[ghazi52]

 

[HammerHead081]

We need AFVs and MRAPs more than this tank, our soldiers are dying on border due to absence of these!