STUDY AREA REPORT

HEAVY INDUSTRIES TAXILA

2016

SOHAIL AHMED
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AREA STUDY REPORT

HIT HEAVY INDUSTRIES TAXILA

INTRODUCTION

Heavy Industries Taxila was envisaged in the early seventies and its first production unit i.e.
Heavy Rebuild Factory (T-Series) went into production in1980. This was followed in the early
nineties by a number of other factories and today HIT has grown into a military industrial
complex which consists of Six Major Production Units, Support Facilities and Administrative
Establishment.

HIT Background

Heavy Industries Taxila was envisaged in the early 70's and its first production unit i.e. Heavy
Rebuild Factory (T-series) went into production in 1980. This was followed in the early 90's by a
number of other factories and today HIT has grown into a military industrial complex which
consists of Six Major Production Units, Support Facilities and Administrative Establishment.
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Mission:
 Manufacture, Rebuild, Upgrade & Develop Tanks, Tank Guns & APCs.
 Utilize surplus capacity of factories to meet requirements of civil sector and friendly
countries.
Organization:

HIT is governed through a Board and its Headquarters comprise of following three Main
Directorates, Rebuild Facilities/Factories, Manufacturing Facilities/Factories and Allied
Facilities:-
Three Main Directorates:
 BUDGET MARKETING AND PROCUREMENT DIRECTORATE
 ADMINISTRATION DIRECTORATE
 TECHNICAL DIRECTORATE
Rebuild Facilities/Factories:
 HEAVY REBUILD FACTORY (T-Series)
 HEAVY REBUILD FACTORY (M-Series)
 ADVANCE SYSTEMS REBUILD FACTORY (ASRF)
Manufacturing Facilities/Factories:
 APC FACTORY
 GUN FACTORY
 TANK FACTORY
Allied Facilities:
 ADVANCED RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT AND INFORMATION
CENTRE (ARDIC)
 DEVELOPMENT, ENGINEERING SUPPORT AND COMPONENTS
MANUFACTURE (DESCOM)

PRODUCTS:

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.

Main battle tanks (MBT)

Al-Khalid

Al-Khalid I

Al-Zarrar
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Artillery

MKEK Panter towed howitzer.

Armoured personnel carriers (APC)

Talha - APC based on M113 chassis with 5 road wheels, accommodates 11 fully equipped
troops. 250 delivered to the Pakistan Army by 2006.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Auxiliary armoured vehicles:

Al-Hadeed - Armoured recovery vehicle (ARV) based on Saad APC.

Al-Qaswa - Armoured logistics vehicle (ALV) based on the Talha APC.

Armoured cars

Mohafiz — armoured security vehicle based on the Land Rover Defender.

Under development

155 mm Self-propelled artillery gun - Project revealed at IDEAS 2002 defence exhibition.

Al-Khalid II - Under development.

Burraq MRAP vehicle - Under development.

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TECHNICAL DIRECTORATE
Technical Directorate is responsible for industrial output, Training, Quality Assurance and
Internship programme. Industrial units are divided into Manufacturing Factories, Armoured
Rebuild Facilities, Engineering Support Facilities, AARDIC (Advance Armour Systems
Research and Development, Information and Integration Centre.

MARGALLA TECHNICAL INSTITUTE (MTI)

● Margalla Technical Institute carries out the fol tasks
● Skill development and skill enhancement courses for HIT employees.
● To conduct promotion cadres for tech employees of HIT in different grades.
●. To plan and co-ordinate on job training
● Training in various technical trades for dependants of HIT employees as a welfare measures.
● Machine Shop Training.
● Tool & Die Manufacturing.
● Electronic Lab.
● Computer Lab.
● Demonstration of Tank Engine.

QUALITY ASSURANCE
HIT follows the total quality management (TQM) concept for ensuring the quality output. The
final product is subjected to the most difficult trials on the HIT test track. HIT has also acquired
ISO Certification for 3 of its factories. The others are also in the process of achieving this
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landmark.

FACTORIES
HEAVY REBUILD FACTORY (T-Series)
It is designed to rebuild and modernize
tanks/ARV's of Chinese/East European origin.
With its vast experience and expertise, the factory
has contributed immensely in achieving self- TANK FACTORY
reliance with high quality and cost effective A modern outfit with latest tank manufacturing
products exceeding productivity beyond its facilities which includes seven axis CNC
designed capacity. machines for heavy duty flexible machining
operations and a complete infrastructure for hull
HEAVY REBUILD FACTORY (M-Series) and turret manufacture.
Heavy Rebuild Factory (M-Series) has the ASRF
expertise of carrying out quality rebuild of tracked ASRF factory has been recently established to
vehicles of US origin. The experience acquired carry out rebuild of Hi Tech Opto electronics
over the last decade is reflected in the standards systems employed in the armoured vehicles of
achieved. The factory specializes in M113 Series Pakistan army to include tanks T-80UD, Al-
vehicles which are given new life after rebuild Khalid, Al-Zarrar, T-85 IIAP and T-69 IIMP.
strictly in accordance with OEM specifications.
DESCOM
APC FACTORY This production facility has been established to
The most M113 family of vehicles are provide engineering support to all factories of
manufactured in this factory using state-of-the art HIT. Equipped with CNC machines it undertake
CNC machines, CAD/CAM system and manufacture of components, assemblies, tools,
manufacturing technology unique in the world on dies, gauges and arranges development of spare
MIG and TIG aluminum welding, radiographic parts through the vendor industry. It also provides
inspection chemical cleaning, coating and painting repair/maintenance support to
accordance to military specifications. machinery/equipment installed in HIT.

GUN FACTORY ARDIC

Gun Factory has the capability of producing ARDIC is the center of excellence for advanced
barrels ranging 105mm to 203mm caliber. It has a systems to handle future challenges of
long standing experience in manufacture of manufacturing and applied R&D.
105mm Gun Barrel for upgraded T-59 & T-69
IIMP tanks and 125mm Guns/Barrels for the
ongoing programmes of Tank Al-Khalid and Al-
Zarrar. The auto frettaged barrels are
manufactured from very high quality electro slag
refined steel. Each barrel is processed through
precision machining operations and subjected to
stringent quality control parameters.
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SERVICES

LAB TESTING TRAINING

HIT is equipped with expensive, hi-tech and

sophisticated lab equipment. HIT extends a
HIT provides opportunity for training on
variety of Lab Testing to the manufacturers
highly modern machines.
in the field of Mechanical, Electrical and
Civil Engineering.

EXTENDING ENGINEERING
INTERNSHIP
FACILITIES

HIT is equipped with expensive, hi-tech and

sophisticated lab machinery in the shops.
HIT extend variety of engineering works
facilities to the manufacturers in the field of
mechanical, Electrical and Civil
Engineering
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