Talha is an armoured personnel carrier (APC) designed and manufactured in

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by APC Factory of Heavy Industries Taxila (HIT). The vehicle is based on the M113-A2-Mk.1 APC. The

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plans to deploy 2,000 Talha APCs by year 2010. TALHA is an all terrain, amphibious infantry support vehicle with 12.7 mm machine gun as its main armament. Adequate crew compartment space provides excellent crew comfort. Survivability is enhanced through use of external fuel tanks. Various forms of bolt-on armour can be added to increase armour protection of the vehicle.

History

The decision to develop the Talha was made after U.S. sanctions imposed on Pakistan made it impossible for HIT to continue manufacturing the M113. The Talha's design is based on the M113, one notable difference being the positions of the engine and driver station."Talha Series of Tracked Armoured Vehicles"
jedsite The Al-Talha is being marketed for export and was displayed at the IDEAS 2002 defence exhibition,

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, in 2002. In November 2004 an

Iraq Iraq,; ku, عێراق, translit=Êraq officially the Republic of Iraq, '; ku, کۆماری عێراق, translit=Komarî Êraq is a country in Western Asia. It is bordered by Turkey to Iraq–Turkey border, the north, Iran to Iran–Iraq ...

i delegation ordered 44 Talha APCs.

Engine

There is a flexibility in the design that the Engine compartment can accommodate power pack with 275 HP Detroit Diesel 6V53T turbocharged engine or 330 HP UTD-20, a Ukrainian engine

Operators

Current operators

; *

: 400+ in Service; Total 2,000 planned to be deployed. ; *

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: 44 delivered by

in 2006.

Civilian operators

; *

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: 40 delivered by Wah Ordnance Factory in 2012.

Variants

* Maaz - Fitted with

Baktar-Shikan The HJ-8 or Hongjian-8 and Baktar Shikan (Pakistani version) () is a second generation tube-launched, optically tracked, wire-guided anti-tank guided missile, anti-tank missile system which was originally deployed by China's People's Liberation Ar ...

anti-tank missile firing unit * Mouz - Fitted with

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surface-to-air missile firing unit * Sakb - Command post vehicle *

Al Qaswa Al-Qaswa is an armoured personnel carrier (APC) variant of the APC Talha. Designed for logistics roles, the vehicle can carry 6 tonnes of military supplies in its cargo compartment across all types of cross-country terrain (see Geography of Pakist ...

- Logistics & cargo vehicle

APC Saad

APC Saad is a stretched 6 road wheel variant of Talha. Further variants of Saad: * Al-Hadeed - Armoured recovery vehicle * Al-Hamza - Infantry fighting vehicle

References

External links

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