Pakistani Guns

G3 - Pakistan Army Standard Assault Rifle by MJK on February 26, 2008 (Author: Blogger Hamza Khan) Today i am going to explain the general description of the Assault rifle used by the Pakistan Army i.e G3. The G3 was originally produced by the German Company Heckler and Koch (HK). Due to its simplicity and cheap manufacturing, it was adopted as the standard assault rifle by more than 50 countries including Pakistan, Iran, Greece, Turkey, Mexico. It is licensed produced in Pakistan, Turkey and Iran. Technical Description The G3 works on the mechanism of ” Roller Locked Delayed Blowback”. In simple words the pressure generated by the firing cartridge pushes back the bolt which ejects the cartridge and loads a new round. The receiver of this gun is made up of stamped sheets made up of steel. It is a select fire rifle i.e it has an option of firing in single shots and fully automatic mode. It has iron sights for aiming. Early versions had wooden butts and handgaurds, but the new ones have plastic handgaurds and butts. This rifle is chambered for 7.62×51mm Nato cartridge (energy genreated by this round is approximatley 2980-3340 EO, Joules).

Wah Cantonment Pakistan Ordnance Factories (POF) Uranium Conversion Facility

The Wah Cantonment Ordnance Complex consists of three nearby armament facilities in Wah (Pakistan Ordnance Factories - POF), Kamra (Air Weapon Complex - AWC), and Taxilia (Heavy Industries Taxila -HIT). The Taxilia facility is devoted to land combat systems, and is an unlikely candidate for nuclear weapons development work. The Air Weapon Complex at Kamra is devoted to air-to-surface munitions, among other activities, and would probably have at least some connection with the development of air-delivered nuclear weapons. Pakistan Ordnance Factories (POF)

The Pakistan Ordnance Factories (POF), responsible for conventional weapons production, is located in Wah Cantonnement . The Pakistan Ordnance Factories is a complex of arms and ammunition manufacturing factories employing more than 40,000 personnel. POFs provided the weapons and ammunitions to the Pakistan Army and all their foreign clients. However, since POF can not produce the complete inventory of the Pakistani Army's armament needs, a high content of the Armed Force requirements are imported. The Pakistan Ordnance Factories organization has fourteen large complexes at Wah: Weapons Factory Machine Gun Factory Small Arms Ammunition Factory Tank Ammunition Factory Medium Artillery Ammunition Factory Heavy Artillery Ammunition Factory Brass Mill Steel Foundry Tungsten Carbide Factory Tungsten Alloy Factory Explosives Factory Propellants Factory Filling Factory Clothing Factory for Uniforms

The two main subsidiaries -- Wah Industries Ltd., and Wah Nobel Ltd. -- were established to utilise spare capacities of Factories for commercial applications. Subsequently Hi-Tech Plastics Ltd., Wah Nobel Chemicals Ltd., Wah Nobel Detonators Ltd., and Attock Chemicals Ltd., were set up to meet the requirement of civil market. POF produce approximately 70 major products for supply of Army, Navy and Air Force. The main products include automatic rifle; light medium and heavy machine guns, complete range of mortar and artillery ammunitions, aircraft ammunition and anti-aircraft ammunitions, tank ammunition and anti-tank ammunitions, bombs, grenades, land mines, pyrotechnics and signal stores etc. Starting form raw materials, all other inputs needed for the manufacture of arms and ammunition such as brass, gilding metal clad steel, steel products carbide and tungsten alloy products, fuzes all types of gun, rocket and artillery propellants, and all types of explosives are produced in POF. During the 1990s there was a massive influx of new technologies which permitted an upgrade of production technology. This involves the use of modern equipment e.g. robotics, CNC machines, microprocessor - controlled processes, and automation. Major investments were made in CNC machines and computerisation of management and control systems. To augment the product and tool & gauge designing facilities, a modern CAD system was installed. Quality control, proof firing and inspection are carried out by the inspection and Technical Development Directorate of General Headquarters. Uranium Conversion Facility According to some reports, a Uranium enrichment plant is under construction in Wah, possibly with Chinese assistance. This facility may [or may not] be the otherwise un-attested "Uranium Conversion Facility, Islamabad" that was cited in the 1998 Entity List. Photographic Evaluation Report High resolution imagery is available from two sources, including declassified CORONA imagery. As of 04 June 2000 Russian 2-meter resolution KVR-1000 imagery coverage was not available via the SPIN-2 service on TerraServer. As of 04 June 2000 archival Space Imaging IKONOS 1-meter imagery available on the CARTERRA™ Archive included two cloud-free scenes acquired on 12 March 2000. The location of these scenes is almost certainly consistent with the Wah/Kamra/Taxila area of interest, although the metadata appears corrupt, and thus the orientation of the browse images is uncertain. Consequently, it is not possible to correlate the three entities in this area with the several large complexes that are evident in the images. Sources and Resources Pakistan's Nuclear-Related Facilities Monitoring Proliferation Threats Project Pakistan: Nuclear Infrastructure NON-PROLIFERATION Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

Darra Adam Khel  Gun workshop. Darra Adam Khel (Urdu/Pashto: درہ آدم خیل) is a town in the North-West Frontier Province of Pakistan, located between Peshawar and Kohat, very close to the Federally Administered Tribal Areas. It is inhabited by Pashtuns of the Afridi clan, the Adam Khel. The town consists of one main street lined with shops, with some alleys and side streets containing workshops.Contents [hide] 1 Economy 2 Tourism 3 References 4 External links

Darra Adam Khel From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Gun workshop. Darra Adam Khel (Urdu/Pashto: درہ آدم خیل) is a town in the North-West Frontier Province of Pakistan, located between Peshawar and Kohat, very close to the Federally Administered Tribal Areas. It is inhabited by Pashtuns of the Afridi clan, the Adam Khel. The town consists of one main street lined with shops, with some alleys and side streets containing workshops.Contents [hide] 1 Economy 2 Tourism 3 References 4 External links

 Economy Darra Adam Khel is devoted entirely to the production of ordnance. Located in between Kohat and Peshawar, a wide variety of firearms are produced in the town, from anti-aircraft guns to pen-guns. Weapons are handmade by individual craftsmen using traditional manufacturing techniques, usually handed down father-to-son. The quality of the guns is generally high and craftsman are able to produce replicas of almost any gun. Guns are regularly tested by test-firing into the air. Darra is controlled by the local tribesmen.

Tourism Darra Adam Khel is devoted entirely to the production of ordnance., A wide variety of firearms are produced in the town, from anti-aircraft guns to pen-guns. Foreigners were once allowed to visit the town if they had a permit, obtainable from the Home Office in Peshawar (permits are no longer issued due to 'security concerns', however it is possible to take the Peshawar-Kohat bus and get off at the town, which will usually also involve being sent back by the local tribal police called 'khasadars'). Some 'fixers' in Peshawar offer to arrange a visit for a considerable sum. In this case a bodyguard will accompany visitors whilst they are in the town, and it may be possible to test-fire weapons for a small fee. Technically visitors can buy guns, though they will usually be confiscated by guards as the sellers inform them. Difficulties can only sometimes be avoided by judicious use of 'baksheesh' (bribes). As of early 2008 Darra Adam Khel has been the site of skirmishes between militants and the army, making visits by Westerners highly dangerous endeavors.[citation needed] Michael Palin visited the town as part of his Himalaya television series, as did Ethan Casey in his travel book Alive and Well in Pakistan while Australian film director Benjamin Gilmour's feature drama Son of a Lion set in Darra Adam Khel premiered at the Berlin International Film Festival 2008.