{"id":24756,"date":"2025-10-01T03:53:49","date_gmt":"2025-10-01T03:53:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gsrra.com\/?p=24756"},"modified":"2025-10-01T03:53:52","modified_gmt":"2025-10-01T03:53:52","slug":"pakistan-promotes-new-network-enabled-mortar-carrier","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gsrra.com\/?p=24756","title":{"rendered":"Pakistan Promotes New Network-Enabled Mortar Carrier\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Reflecting the Pakistani military\u2019s broader aims to further digitize and network its warfighting capabilities, Heavy Industries Taxila (HIT) has begun promoting its new Advanced Infantry Mortar System (AIMS), a self-propelled mortar launching platform.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Developed in collaboration with the private Pakistani defence company Comcept, the AIMS provides a wide range of capabilities centered on the goals of rapid deployability and precision-targeting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The AIMS offers automated mortar laying, multi-caliber support for 81 mm and 120 mm shells, an integrated ammunition carrier, sustained fire capability, a digital fire control system (DFCS), and network-connected systems, such as command-and-control (C2) integration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While presented with a lightly armoured pick-up truck, HIT stressed that the AIMS can be configured into a range of 4\u00d74 vehicle options, including heavier and better-protected platforms. Without carrying the mortar ammunition, the AMIS system weighs 700 kg.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The AIMS is likely the outcome of a requirement dating back to 2016 when&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/quwa.org\/daily-views\/pakistan-spend-12-billion-arms-2016-2024\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Pakistan reportedly earmarked up to $1.5 billion USD for a new self-propelled mortar system<\/a>. It is unclear if the Pakistan Army (PA) is still planning to invest as much in such a system, but commissioning a homegrown program implies that AIMS was borne from a substantial PA requirement, i.e., with enough scale to justify a local program.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Thus, the capability goals of the AIMS \u2013 i.e., the rapid deployability and precision-targeting \u2013 likely weigh more into the requirements of the PA rather than solely market trends.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Reference Link:- https:\/\/quwa.org\/pakistan-army-news\/pakistan-promotes-new-network-enabled-mortar-carrier\/; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Reflecting the Pakistani military\u2019s broader aims to further digitize and network its warfighting capabilities, Heavy Industries Taxila (HIT) has begun promoting its new Advanced Infantry Mortar System (AIMS), a self-propelled mortar launching platform. 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