APC-Talha
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APC-Talha | |
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Type | Armoured personnel carrier |
Place of origin | Pakistan |
Service history | |
Used by | Iraq, Pakistan |
Production history | |
Designer | Heavy Industries Taxila |
Designed | 1998[1] |
Manufacturer | Heavy Industries Taxila |
Produced | 2002[1] |
Specifications | |
Weight | 12 |
Length | 5.55 |
Width | 2.54 |
Height | 2.52 |
Crew | 8 |
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Armor | ? |
Primary armament |
12.7 mm machine gun |
Secondary armament |
none |
Engine | Diesel |
Power/weight | ? |
Suspension | torsion bar |
Operational range |
320 |
Speed | ? |
APC-Talha is an armoured personnel carrier designed and manufactured by the Pakistani Heavy Industries Taxila (HIT) using Ukrainian made engines. The vehicle is a modernised American M113-A2-Mk1.
There are several provisions for firing ports and periscopes. The army of Pakistan plans to deploy 2,000 of these by year 2010.
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[edit] History
The Talha APC had been seen in the IDEA 2002 exhibition in Karachi in 2002 after it was produced.[2]
[edit] Iraqi Interest
In November 2004 an Iraqi defence delegation paid a visit to Pakistan and showed interest in the vehicle and ordered 44 of them.[3]