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It is a removable piece, can be added or removed as needed. No idea where you got this idea, the ME variant has significantly more powerful engines than the original Z-10K and Z-10M variants. Exhaust nozzle direction can’t just make the engine less powerful, especially not by an amount that...

No it doesn’t. It simply changes the cause of the crash. There are still no conspiracies. As for pulling out of UN missions, I don’t think that’s a fair point either, not because I disagree with you about this not being our fight, it definitely isn’t and in an ideal world we wouldn’t breed the...

Yes. I just saw the thread. https://defence.pk/pdf/threads/pa-aviation-puma-heli-crash-un-mission-congo.738559/

Scratch that, it wasn’t an accident, it was indeed shot down.

That’s one of the reasons we see so many troops for developing countries like India, Pakistan and BD on these missions; it pays well, more so than the same soldiers would be earning at home, that’s why they’re willing to take up these appointments.

Was likely not shot down, crashed. I get your sentiment, but let’s not give into conspiracies over normal occurrences. Inna-lillahi-wa-inna-illihi-rajioon.

The MMWR is good, PA has those as a requirement for its next gunship.

Another example would be the massive scandals that occurred with the PNs Agosta 90B program… but then it allowed PN to be the first in the region to deploy AIP submarines and they have been pivotal in PNs capability against the IN since induction. Given how little attention the PN got in the...

The VT-4 is offered with a hard kill active protection system called the GL-5 but the PA has not bought it. I’ve heard they tested the system and liked it, but they haven’t bought it, probably because of cost issues, those systems are very expensive and PAs first priority is to retire it’s...

Doubt mirages will be gone so soon. Though their numbers might decrease (starting with the ones that weren’t upgraded in the ROSE program) F7P and PG likely and hopefully will be gone by 2025. The mirages are still useful, they serve specific roles and serve them very well, mainly CAS, ground...

I know this is probably a very basic thing that most of the people on this thread so far are very aware of, but to the members who aren’t as well versed with the two countries doctrines, this basically points to the fact that due to Pakistans geography (long and thin), our forces and reserves...

I did not forget that distinction, I simply meant that it may not matter as much as you think. One-shot systems are obviously cheaper than multi-shot ones and the capabilities are similar. It’s more a doctrinal decision. It costs a lot more to introduce a new system, even if it’s better, than to...

AK-1 has rather poor overall armor, the AK series in general does. It has decent base armor (HHS steel+composites) but outdated ERA and an extremely poor design. This means that while it’s frontal arc is pretty well protected, anything even slightly to the side will go right through it like...

…ALCOTAN has penetration in excess of 700MM against targets with ERA. That’s nearly double what the Carl Gustaf or M72 LAW are capable of and also more than the tandem charge PG7VR RPG-7. It will go through a T72s front armor like butter, even with ERA. It also has a computerized FCS that the...

Discussion seems to have died a while ago but I’d like to clarify that Al-Zarrar and the Type 59, 69 series do not count as light tanks, they don’t have the advantages of light tanks owing to their poor mobility.

PA already employs large numbers of Alcotan 100 launchers.

India cannot produce Entirely T90S locally in case of a war, it will need to import parts of it from Russia. While Pakistan doesn’t entirely produce Al-Khalid either, the power pack being the biggest exemption, it’s clearly been seen that they’re moving to a Chinese powerpack from the Ukrainian...

No proof of procurement so far, but definitely interest shown. We will likely see HJ-10 enter service first because those will be bought alongside Z-10ME and will hence likely end up in general army service as well.

No idea. We’ll only hear more about it once the army starts showing more interest in that and towed howitzer procurement in general. I’ll be visiting HIT soon however, I’ll see if I get anything related to that project out of the visit.

The HD version of the parade uploaded by ISPR on their channel after the fact has comparatively good camera quality for a Pakistan day parade, especially compared to the previous years, watch that if you want to look at anything specific.