List of military equipment manufactured in Pakistan explained

This article is a collection of military equipment manufactured in Pakistan.

Small arms and light weapons

Rifles

Battle Rifles

• H&K G3 - 7.62 mm calibre battle rifle produced under license. Variants produced:
  • G3A3
  • G3P4
  • POF PK-8^[1]
  • POF PK-7

Sniper rifles

• Azb DMR MK1 - 7.62×51mm NATO semi-automatic Designated marksman rifle/sniper rifle
• Light Sniper Rifle - 7.62×51mm NATO bolt-action sniper rifle
• PSR-90 - 7.62 mm calibre sniper rifle, a variant of the HK MSG-90, produced under license

Machine guns

General purpose machine guns

• Rheinmetall MG 3 - 7.62 mm calibre general purpose machine gun, produced under license
• Type 54 - 12.7 mm machine gun, produced under license.^[2]
• HMG PK-16 - 12.7×108mm Heavy machine gun

Submachine guns

• HK MP5 - 9 mm calibre sub-machine gun produced under license. Variants produced:
  • MP5P3
  • MP5P4
  • MP5P5

Handguns

• POF PK-9 - 9 mm calibre pistol
• POF PK-10
• POF PKL-30 - 7.62×25 mm calibre pistol

Special Purpose

• POF Eye - Special-purpose hand-held weapon system similar in concept to the CornerShot

Land systems

Tanks

Main Battle Tanks (MBTs)

• Haider MBT
• Al-Khalid
• Al-Khalid 1
• Al-Khalid 2
• Al-Zarrar

Armored vehicles

Infantry fighting vehicles (IFVs)

• Viper IFV
• Al-Hamza IFV

Armored personnel carriers (APCs)

• Talha APC
• Saad APC
• Dragoon 300 – produced under license

Mine-resistant ambush protected vehicles (MRAPs)

• Hamza 6×6 MRAP
• Hamza 8×8 MRAP

Infantry Mobility Vehicles (IMVS)

• Mohafiz
• Uqaab
• Interceptor
• Predator SOV

Air systems

Military aircraft

Fighter aircraft

• CAC/PAC JF-17 Thunder - 4th generation all weather multi-role fighter aircraft. The latest variant (JF-17 thunder block 3) being 4.5 generation fighter jet. ^[3]

Trainers

• PAC Super Mushshak - Trainer aircraft. Upgraded version of Saab Safari
• MFI-17 Mushshak - License built Saab Safari
• K-8 Karakorum - Variant of Hongdu JL-8

Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs)

• NESCOM Burraq - Combat drone developed by NESCOM
• Selex ES Falco - Co-produced Selex Galileo built under license at PAC^[4]
• GIDS Shahpar - developed by GIDS.^[5]
• GIDS Shahpar-2 - Upgraded variant of GIDS SHAHPAR by GIDS
• Jasoos (Reconnaissance Drone), developed by SATUMA.^[6]
• Mukhbar (Short Range Reconnaissance Drone), developed by SATUMA.

Naval systems

Surface ships

Frigates

• F-22P Zulfiquar class frigate - 1 ship built based on Type 053H3 frigate

Corvettes

• PN MILGEM class corvette

Mine Countermeasure Vessel

• Munsif-class - 1 ship assembled with French assistance

Fast Attack Crafts

• Azmat-class - 3 ships built based on Type 037II Houjian-class missile boat.

Multi-Purpose Patrol craft

• Jalalat II class missile boat
• Jurrat class

Auxiliary Vessels

• PNS Moawin (A39) – Fleet tanker
• PNS Kalmat & PNS Gwader - Coastal Tankers
• PNS Madadgar & PNS Rasadgar - Small Tanker Cum Utility Ship

Submarines

• Agosta 90B class submarine - 2 submarines built with French assistance
• Hangor-class submarines

Missiles systems

See main article: articles and List of missiles of Pakistan.

Notes and References

1. "Pakistan tests assault rifle" Jane's Defence Weekly (page 31), 07 March 2007 (can be viewed at URL: https://www.scribd.com/doc/6987074/Janes-Defence-Weekly-Mar1007?__cache_revision=1234856118&__user_id=-1&enable_docview_caching=1)
2. http://www.pof.gov.pk/, Homepage, Pakistan Ordnance Factories, Retrieved 23 October 2016
3. Web site: Iddon . Paul . A traditional Russian ally snubbed Moscow's latest fighter jets for competitors from Pakistan and Turkey . 2024-03-26 . Business Insider . en-US.
4. Web site: Falco Tactical Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) . Airforce Technology . 2011-06-15 . 2012-09-28.
5. Web site: GIDS Shahpar . gids.com.pk . 2012-12-09 . 2012-12-09.
6. Web site: :..Welcome to [SATUMA]..: |publisher=Satuma.com.pk |accessdate=2012-06-29 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120910024030/http://www.satuma.com.pk/Detail.aspx?ProdID=2 |archivedate=2012-09-10 ].