COAS’s visit to the Heavy Industries Taxila
Rawalpindi, 28 July 2020: General Qamar Javed Bajwa, Chief of Army Staff (COAS) visited Heavy Industries Taxila (HIT), today. COAS was the chief guest at the handing over ceremony of Tank Al Khalid-I to Armoured Corps Regiment.
Tank Al Khalid-I is a joint venture with friendly countries China and Ukraine. During the ceremony Tank, Al Khalid-I displayed some of its outstanding capabilities including mobility, speed, Bi-axis gun stabilization of the control system, and use of the smokescreen to mask movement.
Al Khalid-I will be handed over to formations, which have a critical and decisive role during the war. Major General Syed Aamer Raza, Chairman HIT highlighted the ongoing projects, achievements of HIT, and its contribution in the defense industry by pursuing self-reliance.
COAS expressed his confidence, satisfaction, and appreciation for HIT’s state of the art products and capabilities. COAS lauded the efforts of HIT towards the attainment of self-reliance and manufacturing of world-class indigenous defense products, direly needed in an evolving security environment.
Reiterating the need for bolstering defense and operational preparedness, COAS said that our defense preparation and operational readiness is to ensure peace within and peace without. However, if provoked we shall respond and respond with all our might.
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