Italy delivering surplus self-propelled howitzers to Pakistan Army

[bananarepublic]

Doesn't Pakistan upgrade the m109 locally at HIT ??

 

[AMG_12]

Loc and Punjab border

None at LOC, mainly Punjab and Sindh.

 

[Zibago]

None at LOC, mainly Punjab and Sindh.

Heard after snipers big guns were the order of the day did the policy change?

 

[Zarvan]

Heard after snipers big guns were the order of the day did the policy change?

On LOC we have big Guns but Towed Ones not SP ones

 

[Zibago]

On LOC we have big Guns but Towed Ones not SP ones

I read somewhere howitzers were moving in on loc hot points to deter India after they did the same

 

[Reichsmarschall]

I read somewhere howitzers were moving in on loc hot points to deter India after they did the same

they meant towed Howitzers not SPGs

 

[Muhammad Omar]

M109L

Under a contract dated 30 June 2015, Pakistan Army is receiving surplus M109L self propelled howitzers from Italy since last year. The data has been collected from pak.eximtradeinfo.com website, which maintains an import database. The exporter has been reported as Leonardo Defence Systems.

Deliveries reported:

10x M109L arrived on 13 May 2017

9x M109L arrived on 27 May 2017

20x M109L arrived on 6 November 2017

26x M109L arrived on 28 March 2018

How many more are we getting???

 

[AMG_12]

Heard after snipers big guns were the order of the day did the policy change?

On LOC, we have only field guns and towed howitzers deployed. They're usually at the rear HQs but in case of tensions, moved to forward locations. Tracked SPGs have mobility issues in mountainous terrain. Wheeled SPG covers that up but we don't have any in service.

 

[Zarvan]

I read somewhere howitzers were moving in on loc hot points to deter India after they did the same

Yes Towed Artillery Guns are on LOC. If India brings Artillery we would respond with Artillery

 

[Shiji]

Nothing is free.

"Free" statement might be technically right.
Not disclosing anything else these came almost dirt free but lacked some aspects that were catered for locally. Nevertheless a much needed addition of strength.

 

[Areesh]

That is actually a very good procurement by PA. Nice work without spending a lot.

Now only if we can do some upgrades and improvements to these guns. It would add a lot of punch to PA fire power.

 

[HAIDER]

This gun has lots of modification and specially improvement of precision strike . A huge sum of money Italian spent for the improvement of these guns. Its an excellent deal for PA. Evey army try to adopt the equipment which is already in use. Otherwise induction of these toys are very expensive.

 

[Cool_Soldier]

Good addition in inventory.

 

[Super Falcon]

These are american guns how italy is delivering it and what happend to wheeled guns tender

 

[HAIDER]

These are american guns how italy is delivering it and what happend to wheeled guns tender

Italian adopting new howitzer and selling or giving away. They been in service for long time. Plus, good deal, they all modified with European parts.