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HAMZA first 8x8 MRAP vehicle in the world developed in Pakistan by the Company Blitzkrieg 12211161.


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IDEAS 2016 Online Show Daily News and Web TV International Defense Exhibition Karachi Pakistan
 
Army Recognition
IDEAS 2016 Official Online Show Daily News and Web TV
International Defense Exhibition and Conference
22 - 25 November 2016
Karachi, Pakistan
 
Blitzkrieg at IDEAS 2016
 
 
HAMZA first 8x8 MRAP vehicle in the world developed in Pakistan by the Company Blitzkrieg
The Pakistani Company Blitzkrieg Defense Solutions unveils a new 8x8 armoured vehicle in the category of MRAP, the HAMZA 8x8 at IDEAS 2016, the International Defense Exhibition in Karachi, Pakistan. This is the first MRAP vehicle in the world based on a 8x8 chassis offering a large internal volume to carried a total of 14 military personnel.
     
The Pakistani Company Blitzkrieg Defense Solutions unveils a new 8x8 armoured vehicle in the category of MRAP, the HAMZA 8x8 at IDEAS 2016, the International Defense Exhibition in Karachi, Pakistan. This is the first MRAP vehicle in the world based on a 8x8 chassis offering a large internal volume to carried a total of 14 military personnel. New 8x8 MRAP vehicle HAMZA developed and designed by the Pakistani Company Blitzkrieg unveiled at IDEAS 2016, International Defense Exhibition in Karachi, Pakistan.
     

The HAMZA 8x8 is a new vehicle fully designed and developed by the Pakistani Company Blitzkrieg to response to the new needs of Pakistani army. The vehicle showed at IDEAS 2016 is the second prototype and the HAMZA will be tested on the field in the next few months.

The hull of the HAMZA 8x8 provides standard protection Level 4 STANAG 4569, with ballistic protection against firing of small arms 14.5 mm caliber and mine blast of 10 kg of TNT under the wheels. The vehicle can be fitted with an armour package to increase the protection to Level 5 STANAG 4569.

The HAMZA 8x8 has weight of around 30 tons with a payload capacity of 15 tons. The vehicle is motorized with a 600hp engine offering a power to weight ration of over 20Hp/tons combined with fully independent suspension.

At IDEAS 2016, the HAMZA 8x8 is showed with a one-man turret mounted in center part of the roof armed with a 30mm cannon and one coaxial 7.62mm machine gun. According to Syed Muhammad Haroon, Defense Program Director at Blitzkried the HAMZA 8x8 is able to be fitted with a combat turret armed with a cannon up to 105mm.

At IDEAS 2016, the HAMZA 8x8 was presented in armoured personnel carrier variant but the vehicle can also be configured as riot control vehicle, IFV (Infantry Fighting Vehicle), fire support vehicle with 90 or 105 mm cannon, air defense vehicle or self-propelled mortar carrier.
     
The Pakistani Company Blitzkrieg Defense Solutions unveils a new 8x8 armoured vehicle in the category of MRAP, the HAMZA 8x8 at IDEAS 2016, the International Defense Exhibition in Karachi, Pakistan. This is the first MRAP vehicle in the world based on a 8x8 chassis offering a large internal volume to carried a total of 14 military personnel.
 

 

 

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