Heavy Industries Taxila

BACKGROUND


The Heavy Industries Taxila was envisaged in the seventies and its first production unit i.e. Heavy Rebuild Factory (T-Series) went into production in 1980. 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 establishments.

 

MISSION

 

The HIT mission is :

  • Rebuild, upgrade and modernize Armoured Vehicles of both Eastern and Western origin.
  • Progressive manufacture of Main Battle Tanks, Armoured Recovery Vehicles, Armoured Personnel Carriers and Guns.

ORGANIZATION

 

HIT has a work force of about 6,000 consisting of dedicated engineers and highly skilled persons, which includes 30% uniformed personnel. As an organization HIT is very lean on manpower which contributes to its cost effectiveness.

 

HEAVY REBUILD FACTORY T-SERIES

 

It is designed to rebuild and modernize Tanks / ARVs of Chinese / east European origin. With its vast experience and expertise, the factory has contributed immensely in achieving self-reliance with high quality and cost effective products exceeding productivity beyond its designated capacity.

 

HEAVY REBUILD FACTORY M-SERIES

 

Heavy Rebuild Factory (M-Series) has the expertise of carrying out quality rebuild of tracked vehicles of US origin. The experience acquired over the last decade is reflected in the standards achieved. The factory specializes in M113 Series vehicles, which are given new life after rebuild strictly in accordance with OEM specifications.

 

APC FACTORY

 

The most famous M113 Family of vehicles are manufactured in this factory using state-of-the-art CNC machines CAD / CAM system and manufacturing technology unique in the world on MIG and TIG aluminum welding, radiographic inspection, chemical cleaning, coating and painting according to military specifications.

 

GUN FACTORY

 

Gun factory has the capability of machining barrels ranging from 105 mm to 203 mm caliber. It   has a longstanding experience in the manufacture of 105 mm gun barrels for upgraded T-59 & T-69 IIMP tanks from steel of very high quality using Electro Slag Refining (ESR). Each barrel is autofrettaged and subjected to high precision work on state of the art machines.

 

 

TANK FACTORY

 

A modern outfit with latest tank manufacturing facilities which includes seven axis CNC machines for heavy duty flexible machining operations and a complete infrastr4ucture for hull and turret manufacture.

 

 

DEVELOPMENT, ENGINEERING SUPPORT AND COMPONENTS MANUFACTURE (DESCOM)

 

This production facility has been established to provide engineering support to all the factories of HIT. Equipped with CNC machines, it undertakes manufacture of components, assemblies, tools, dies, gauges and arranges development of spare parts through the vendor industry. It also provides repair / maintenance support to machinery / equipment installed in HIT.

 

 

EVALUATION, TRAINING AND RESEARCH ORGANIZATION (ETRO)

 

This is a supporting organization which undertakes Quality Assurance of finished product of HIT ably assisted with modern quality assurance laboratories which test physical and chemical properties of production materials, Calibration facilities are available to ensure accuracy of tools and gauges used in rebuild and manufacturing processes.

 

 

RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT

 

HIT has undertaken R&D projects on required basis wherein it has carried out successful R&D in the following areas :

§   Tank Designing

§   Tank Modernization

§   Infantry Fighting Vehicle

§   Improved Fire Control System

 

Products and Services

  • AL-ZARRAR
  • TANK T-59MII
  • ARV W-563
  • SP GUN M109A2/M110A2
  • AL-KHALID
  • APC M113 A1 / A2
  • 125 mm Tank Gun Barrel
  • APC M113 A2 MK - 1
  • TANK T - 69IIMP
  • TANK T - 85IIAP
  • (DESCOM)

    Contact Address

    ''Taxila Cantt''
    tech_dte@micro.net.pk

    Phone No. +92-596-9314130-7
    Fax No. +92-596-9314151