Joint venture Agreement signed between HIT and German companies

[Sulman Badshah]

PR No. 74
PRESS RELEASE
GERMAN DEFENCE MINISTER PRAISES PAKISTAN’S ROLE FOR REGIONAL SECURITY
Islamabadecember 8, 2015

Mrs. Ursula van der Leyen, German Minister for Defence along with her delegation called on his counterpart Defence Minister Khawaja Muhammad Asif here in his office in Islamabad today. The visiting delegate will hold key meetings during her two-day stay in Pakistan in her first meeting with Khawaja Asif, German Defence Minister Ursula van der Leyen praised Pakistan’s role in peace initiatives in the region, particularly on Eastern and Western Borders. German Defence Minister appreciated the positive trajectory of Pak-German Relations and emphasized further enhancement of ties especially in the field of defence. Minister for Defence Khawaja Asif gave an overview of improved security situation in Pakistan. He briefed the visiting dignitary on successes of Zarb-e-Azb and salient features of National Action Plan.

Minister Khawaja Asif emphasized that Pakistan and Germany have cooperation areas in defence and would like to further enhance the scope of ties. Pakistan has the capacity of producing ammunition, communication equipment, Heavy Machinery and Aircrafts, which the German side greatly appreciated.

German Defence Minister appreciated the agreement on joint venture signed between HIT and German companies. She welcomedPakistan’s fruitful participation in Munich Security Conference held in February 2015. She appreciated the peace efforts vis a visAfghanistan and the level of cooperation extended by Pakistan to bring peace and stability to the region. She said “Pakistan has done quite a lot to bring peace to the region. It has welcomed the new Government in Afghanistan and has fully supported it. She added that cooperation at defence and military level with Afghanistan is commendable however, it is most necessary that peace efforts are backed and supported by all stake holders”.

Both sides termed the meeting as fruitful. At the end of the meeting a dinner in honour of the visiting delegate was hosted by Khawaja Asif and attended by Secretary Defence Lt. General (Retd) Muhammad Alam Khattak and other very senior military officials. Secretary Defence welcomed the delegate hoping that Pakistan and its efforts for maintaining peaceful balance in the region will be understood and appreciated. He said “Pakistan the fulcrum of Security for South Asia and all players must realize and work towards betterment of the region”.

The German Defence Minister will be meeting other senior officials on the 2ndand last day of the visit.

 

[Sulman Badshah]

Pakistan, Germany agree to boost defence cooperation



Pakistan and Germany have agreed to further increase defence cooperation.

This understanding was reached during a meeting between Defence Minister Khawaja Muhammad Asif and his German counterpart Ursula von der Leyen in Islamabad on Tuesday.

Views were exchanged on Afghanistan and overall situation in the region, Daish, situation in Middle East, and the issue of Syrian refugees.

Later, addressing a joint press conference, Khawaja Asif termed his talks with his German counterpart as positive. He said the issue of Afghan refugees was also discussed with the German Minister.

Speaking on the occasion, Ursula von der Leyen said Germany is standing with Pakistan in war against terrorism. She said Pakistan is playing an important role for the stability in the region.

The German Minister said inauguration of the Heart of Asia Conference by Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and Afghan President Ashraf Ghani is significant.

 

[RAMPAGE]

WTF is it???

 

[Sulman Badshah]

WTF is it???

official press release didn't mention name of weapon ... that's all they have mnetioned

 

[rockstar08]

WTF is it???

HIT is teasing us

 

[WaLeEdK2]

WTF is it???

Probably an APC. Maybe Puma?

Would love to see this in the PA.

 

[Muhammad Omar]

seedha seedha q ni btate hain yeh loog....

ab hum har wqt guess hi krte rhein????

 

[That Guy]

WTF is it???

My guess? An APC, which has been rumored for quite a while now. Who really knows? Pakistan tends to keep quiet about these things until they have something substantial to show for their efforts. Right now, only an agreement has been signed, but nothing to show for it.

Personally, I think there is more to this than meets the eye. The Germans have, for quite sometime, been positioning themselves to gain a big chunk of Pakistan's foreign defense procurement, and with the PA looking to replace their current standard battle and assault rifles, the Germans may be trying to win that (absolutely huge) contract. Who knows, if that succeeds, we may even see the revival of the U-214 contract.

One thing is for certain, the Germans want to convince Pakistan that they're a reliable weapons supplier (not that they need to do a lot of convincing).

 

[Zarvan]

My guess? An APC, which has been rumored for quite a while now. Who really knows? Pakistan tends to keep quiet about these things until they have something substantial to show for their efforts. Right now, only an agreement has been signed, but nothing to show for it.

Personally, I think there is more to this than meets the eye. The Germans have, for quite sometime, been positioning themselves to gain a big chunk of Pakistan's foreign defense procurement, and with the PA looking to replace their current standard battle and assault rifles, the Germans may be trying to win that (absolutely huge) contract. Who knows, if that succeeds, we may even see the revival of the U-214 contract.

One thing is for certain, the Germans want to convince Pakistan that they're a reliable weapons supplier (not that they need to do a lot of convincing).

Pakistan often signs agreement after already starting work

 

[Zarvan]

@kaonalpha and @Icarus @balixd Any idea guys what is this contract for ?

 

[That Guy]

Pakistan often signs agreement after already starting work

Regardless, they don't announce anything major until they have something to show. That's why they've kept quiet about this

 

[ConcealCarry]

The agreement is between HIT and German Companies, so probably its about APC / IFV / MBT related equipment. I think its about time for POF to sign some agreements with HK for local manufacture of new small arms if PA has any plans to replace G3 and MP5 in the next 10 years.

 

[Muhammad Omar]

Yeh na ho APC krte krte Engine aaya ho Al-Khalid ka 1500 Hp Ka

 

[RAMPAGE]

My guess? An APC, which has been rumored for quite a while now. Who really knows? Pakistan tends to keep quiet about these things until they have something substantial to show for their efforts. Right now, only an agreement has been signed, but nothing to show for it.

Personally, I think there is more to this than meets the eye. The Germans have, for quite sometime, been positioning themselves to gain a big chunk of Pakistan's foreign defense procurement, and with the PA looking to replace their current standard battle and assault rifles, the Germans may be trying to win that (absolutely huge) contract. Who knows, if that succeeds, we may even see the revival of the U-214 contract.

One thing is for certain, the Germans want to convince Pakistan that they're a reliable weapons supplier (not that they need to do a lot of convincing).

Pakistan cannot afford German equipment. They are ridiculously overpriced.

You can get topnotch armoured vehicles, rifles and more from Turkey at considerably lower costs.

For example, MKEK MPT 76 will cost us around 2k vs HK 417's market price of 10k.

Similarly, you can get Tulpar IFV for $3 million vs $8-9 million for German Puma.

Yeh na ho APC krte krte Engine aaya ho Al-Khalid ka 1500 Hp Ka

Subsystems are a more likely possibility.

 

[DESERT FIGHTER]

My guess? An APC, which has been rumored for quite a while now. Who really knows? Pakistan tends to keep quiet about these things until they have something substantial to show for their efforts. Right now, only an agreement has been signed, but nothing to show for it.

Personally, I think there is more to this than meets the eye. The Germans have, for quite sometime, been positioning themselves to gain a big chunk of Pakistan's foreign defense procurement, and with the PA looking to replace their current standard battle and assault rifles, the Germans may be trying to win that (absolutely huge) contract. Who knows, if that succeeds, we may even see the revival of the U-214 contract.

One thing is for certain, the Germans want to convince Pakistan that they're a reliable weapons supplier (not that they need to do a lot of convincing).

PA has been looking for a SPM Carrier since long.

1500 HP engine for AKII - Germans & Korean engines.

The U boat is dead.. Unless the Germans allow Pakistan to modify them to launch SLCMs!


New infantry rifle to replace G-3 is also in the works.. HK could be selected for that.
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Meanwhile ;

Pakistan requests German weapons for anti-terrorism