Italy delivering surplus self-propelled howitzers to Pakistan Army

[Gryphon]

Pakistan has Freshly acqiired batch of 31 M109L 155mm SPA from Italy.
Total no of M109L acquired in past two years has reached 96! (122 as per some sources)
These all units will be upgraded later on.
Despite of induction of K9 Vajra [emoji1128], [emoji1191] still enjoy dominance in domain of SPA https://t.co/SBL8d69pYT
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122x M109L delivered.

And 41x M109A4+ acquired from Canada, though the fate of these pcs is unclear.

 

[HRK]

as per the following source Pakistan was negotiating for 100 M-109L at 40,000 EURO each

http://espresso.repubblica.it/attua...arri-armati-1.204774#gallery-slider=undefined

but as @Gryphon has reported [click here] another batch of 31 delivered to Pakistan which make the number of M-109L in PA inventory 122 which further mean the deal was for larger number of M-109L than the reported 100 units as mention above, initially the same source reported total 132 M-109L were on offer but other sources were reporting that the entire fleet of M-109L SPH of Italian Army was on offer

 

[Path-Finder]

as per the following source Pakistan was negotiating for 100 M-109L at 40,000 EURO

View attachment 536742
http://espresso.repubblica.it/attua...arri-armati-1.204774#gallery-slider=undefined

but as @Gryphon has reported [click here] another batch of 31 delivered to Pakistan which make the number of M-109L in PA inventory 122 which further mean the deal was for larger number of M-109L than the reported 100 units as mention above, initially the same source reported total 132 M-109L were on offer but other sources were reporting the entire M-109L of Italian Army was on offer

there are alot of goodies in the tank yard!!

 

[HRK]

there are alot of goodies in the tank yard!!

I don't think Leo-1 tank will attract our interest beside this M-109L and VCC-1 and 2 are already acquired by PA, I am more interested to know about cost of upgrades for this SPH.

 

[Path-Finder]

I don't think Leo-1 tank ill attract our interest beside this M-109L and VCC-1 and 2 are already acquired by PA, I am more interested to know about cost of upgrades for this SPH.

There are so many M113 in their stock.

 

[HRK]

There are so many M113 in their stock.

yes ..... but we have already acquired 600+ VCC-1 and 2 APC which are version of M113

 

[ziaulislam]

122x M109L delivered.

And 41x M109A4+ acquired from Canada, though the fate of these pcs is unclear.

Are they functional or for spares ?

 

[Zulfiqar]

as per the following source Pakistan was negotiating for 100 M-109L at 40,000 EURO each

View attachment 536742
http://espresso.repubblica.it/attua...arri-armati-1.204774#gallery-slider=undefined

but as @Gryphon has reported [click here] another batch of 31 delivered to Pakistan which make the number of M-109L in PA inventory 122 which further mean the deal was for larger number of M-109L than the reported 100 units as mention above, initially the same source reported total 132 M-109L were on offer but other sources were reporting that the entire fleet of M-109L SPH of Italian Army was on offer

40,000 euros. That is a bargain. Costs less than the value of shells it could fire.

Itne main to v 8 land cruiser nahi aati Pakistan main.

PA should buy the whole lot and everything in between.

 

[HRK]

40,000 euros. That is a bargain.

If those were put in maintenance in Italy before the delivery than it must have cost some extra amount lets assume total per unit acquisition cost is something around 80-100K euro ....

 

[Rafi]

If those were put in maintenance in Italy before the delivery than it must have cost some extra amount lets assume total per unit acquisition cost is something around 80-100K euro ....

Still a bargain, the land formations have increased their strength, by leaps and bounds at limited cost.

 

[Theparadox]

SPH is core to any strike force and if IA is neglecting it then they may pay heavy price for it in any future war.

IA won't buy more than 150 of K-9 while PA will have 325+245= around 570 of tracked SPH almost 5 times of IA. But we will have 1000s of towed, 1000s of truck MGS and 1000s of Light artillery but not tracked SPG. Reasons are simple, geography and our doctrine.

 

[Rafi]

NS

 

[CriticalThought]

NS

Ummmm?

 

[Rafi]

Ummmm?

Was going to say something, then thought it was best not to, NS ie nuff said.

 

[CriticalThought]

Was going to say something, then thought it was best not to, NS ie nuff said.

I was thinking, most certainly MRO would need to be setup at HIT. Would that divert resources from Al-Khalid?

Also, tactics and training would take time. Now seems to be a good time to join Artillery because they will need to induct more people.