Heavy Industries Taxila. Heavy Industries Taxila (Reporting name: HIT), () is a state-owned enterprise and a defense contractor located in Taxila, Punjab, Pakistan.

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. 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.

Production

Main battle tanks (MBT) 

Haider –  (under development) – 3rd+ generation main battle tank. Pakistani modernized variant of VT-4, jointly developed with Norinco of China.
Al-Khalid – 3rd generation main battle tank. Jointly developed with Norinco of China, entered service in 2001.
Al-Khalid I – Upgraded variant of Al-Khalid, entered service in 2020.
Al-Khalid II –  Modernized Al-Khalid successor, status unclear, probably replaced by Haider. 
 Al-Zarrar – 2nd generation main battle tank. Heavily upgraded Type 59 tank, entered service in 2004.

Infantry fighting vehicles (IFV) 
 Viper – The prototype was showcased in IDEAS 2018.  The IFV is based on APC Saad 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.
 Al-Hamza – The IFV is based on APC Saad, fitted with 25 mm automatic cannon. It was developed as an export product and is not in service with the Pakistan Army.

Armoured personnel carriers (APC) 
 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.
 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 with a supervision and support of DUMA Engineering of Belgium.
 Mohafiz series – Internal security vehicle
 Mohafiz-II – Based on the Land Rover Defender.
 Mohafiz-III (Protector) – Based on the Land Cruiser 79.
 Mohafiz-IV (Interceptor) – Upgraded variant of Mohafiz (vehicle) series based on the Land Cruiser 79.

Fire support vehicles 
 Maaz – 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.
 Mouz – Based on the APC Talha, 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.
 Sakb – Armoured Command-and-Control vehicle based on the APC Talha.

Engineering & support vehicles 
 Al-Hadeed – Armoured recovery vehicle based on APC Saad.
 Al-Khalid AVLB – Armoured vehicle-launched bridge based on Al-Khalid tank.

Armoured utility vehicles 
 Al-Qaswa – Armoured logistics vehicle based on APC Talha.

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

See also
 Defence Science and Technology Organization
 Pakistan Armed Forces
 Pakistan Ordnance Factories

References

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Defence companies of Pakistan
Manufacturing plants in Pakistan
Military research of Pakistan
Technology companies established in 1971
Government-owned companies of Pakistan
Pakistani companies established in 1971
Mechanical engineering companies of Pakistan