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MVRDE's Dragon EMP uses two sets of ploughs the tines of which dig out buried mines and roll them away from the tank.

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Pakistani Anti-mine vehicle 'Troll Anti-Mine' which is developed by the Military Vehicle Research Defence Establishment (MVRDE)


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Old optic products by Armament Research & Development Establishment (ARDE) ..

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Absolutely, G3 is an ideal platform for DMR. PTR 91's are ideal example of the same. Blow back seals are almost as good as bolt seal.

My guess is that the blow back pad is connected to the buttstock with springs to absorb the shock.
 
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My guess is that the blow back pad is connected to the buttstock with springs to absorb the shock.
@Horus If you are standing at 500 meters away and I want to shoot you in head with AZB DMR How good it is for that ?
 
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Some one has told me that the MP5 semi-auto being sold by POF has a fault. It can be converted to auto. Some have been sold already.
 
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My guess is that the blow back pad is connected to the buttstock with springs to absorb the shock.

Yup, shock absorption and better precision and firing angle. The weapon doesn't drift due to ballistic impact.
 
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Pakistan’s growing defence industry looks to export

While Pakistan has yet to break into exports, the extent to which domestic producers are supplying the country’s armed forces is far greater than previously thought, writes Farhan Bokhari

Pakistan’s biennial International Defence Exhibition and Seminar (IDEAS) ended in Karachi on 4 December without a longed-for major arms export order to give its emerging arms industry a lift.

On display were items such as the JF-17 Thunder fighter, Al-Khalid and Al-Zarrar main battle tanks and a variety of small- to mid-sized domestically produced defence systems. For years officials have hoped a major export order for one of these would put the country on the list of the world’s emerging arms exporters.

There are small rays of hope, however. Senior Pakistani officials at IDEAS told IHS Jane’s that Nigeria was due to finalise plans to buy 15 to 30 units of the Sino-Pakistani manufactured JF-17 in what would be the fighter’s first export.

“The JF-17 is a very capable and a very affordable aircraft,” Air Chief Marshal Tahir Rafique Butt, chief of staff of the Pakistan Air Force (PAF), told IHS Jane’s . “A good plane costs USD100 million these days. This costs much less.”

However, while the country is still waiting to break into the big ticket defence export market, senior Pakistani officials have revealed previously unannounced details illustrating the extent to which domestic producers supply equipment to the country’s armed forces.

“We have substituted imported defence equipment worth USD1.5 billion, which for us is a huge bonus,” said one senior government official. “That is a lot of savings on foreign exchange.”

The locally built materiel, according to the official, includes kit worth around USD1 billion from the PAF-run Pakistan Aeronautical Complex (PAC) at Kamra, north of Islamabad, and another USD500 million worth of supplies from other production facilities that meet the needs of the army and navy.

‘We have substituted imported defence equipment worth USD1.5 billion ... a huge bonus’
The PAC also has facilities to overhaul PAF fighters and is the location where the JF-17 is manufactured. Eventually, the PAF plans to purchase up to 250 JF-17s and use them as its main second-line fighter, backed by a smaller number of more advanced fighters.

Other state-owned defence manufacturers near Islamabad, in Punjab province, include Heavy Industries Taxila, which builds the Al-Khalid and Al-Zarrar tanks along with armoured personnel carriers; and the Pakistan Ordnance Factories, which is the main source of manufacturing for small arms and medium-sized weapon systems for Pakistan’s armed forces.

In Karachi, meanwhile, the Pakistan Navy’s (PN’s) main manufacturing facility, Karachi Shipyard and Engineering Works, has been able to expand its technical capabilities following the navy’s purchase of three Agosta 90B submarines from France in the 1990s and four F-22P frigates from China in the past decade.

Nevertheless, while Pakistan has gained self-sufficiency in producing arms for its 500,000-strong armed forces, Western defence officials who attended IDEAS noted that it has yet to significantly step up investments in a sector that is primarily run by the government.

“Pakistan is a large defence spender. If it was to allow the private sector to bring in investments and innovation, I am sure it can make faster progress,” one official noted.

Pakistani officials dispute such suggestions, however, on the grounds that success in areas like manufacturing the JF-17 and tanks for the army would not have been possible without the close involvement of the armed forces. Both of these systems were developed through close co-operation with China.

The decision to produce a fighter with Beijing was taken after Washington imposed sanctions in 1990 under the Pressler amendment, which barred US military transfers to Pakistan on the grounds that Islamabad was working to produce nuclear weapons. Pakistan conducted its first nuclear tests in 1998, just three weeks after India.

While domestic production is important, Pakistan is seeking to fill gaps in key areas through overseas purchases. These include a frontline fighter to counterbalance India’s planned purchase of 126 Dassault Rafales and a PN requirement for more submarines.

IHS Jane’s reported in November that the PAF had begun discussions with China to purchase the Shenyang FC-31 stealth fighter. The PAF subsequently confirmed the report, although officials have not commented on the number of platforms under discussion. IHS Jane’s understands from sources in Pakistan’s defence establishment that Islamabad is seeking to purchase 30 to 40 FC-31s.

At IDEAS senior PN officials confirmed that discussions for the purchase of new submarines from China were continuing, but declined to give further details.

For the moment, Pakistan’s defence planners are primarily focused on the threat from India. While Pakistan’s defence spending is easily overshadowed by India’s much larger spending

– driven mainly by Delhi’s economic progress – Pakistani leaders say domestic defence production is playing a decisive role in maintaining the military balance.

Such thinking was evident in the closing remarks at IDEAS of Rana Tanvir Hussain, Pakistan’s minister of defence production. “We have achieved self-sufficiency in many areas of defence production,” he said. “We cannot lower our guard against the threat from our adversaries.”

Farhan Bokhari is a JDW Correspondent, reporting from Karachi
 
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Defence Report 2014.

A tough year could also be looming for Pakistan, which finally began a much-delayed campaign against its own branch of the Taliban in North Waziristan in June. On 14 November Major General Asim Saleem Bajwa, director general of the Inter Services Public Relations Directorate, said 170,000 troops had so far cleared the main population centres and peripheral areas and were moving on to the border region with Afghanistan.

Notably, Maj Gen Bajwa said the two countries had instituted a “border security mechanism” including liaison at ground posts, surveillance systems, and some data sharing: a striking example of co-operation given longstanding Afghan enmity towards Pakistan over its perceived support for the Afghan Taliban.

Meanwhile, Pakistan continues to expand military relations with China. In mid-November IHS Jane’s reported that Islamabad was in talks to buy “30 to 40” FC-31 fighter aircraft: Beijing’s twin-engined F-35 lookalike-on-a-budget. Whether these talks come to fruition hinges on the ongoing stability of Pakistan and the government’s ability to manage internal security and so free up funds for external defence requirements. On a more positive note the air force received a squadron of former Jordanian F-16s, which were put to use in the North Waziristan campaign, while the Sino-Pakistani-produced JF-17 Thunder fighter continues to evolve and enter Pakistani service, although the hunt for an export customer has yet to pay off.
 
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