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Pakistan's third-generation-plus main battle tank, built in collaboration with China's Norinco.
The Haider is a third-generation-plus Pakistani main battle tank (MBT) built by Heavy Industries Taxila (HIT) for the Pakistan Army in collaboration with China's Norinco. It is an indigenously manufactured variant of the Chinese VT-4 MBT.
Quick Facts
- Type
- Armor; Equippable gear
- Franchise
- System Shock (1994) and System Shock 2 (1999)
- Function
- Reduces incoming damage to the player
- Equip slot
- Armor (single slot, swappable)
- Setting
- Citadel space station (SS1); Von Braun space station (SS2)
- Player role
- Hacker
Lore & Background
The tank was first shown in the UAE's IDEX defense exhibition in 2023, which was displayed on the pavilion of Pakistan, and it was officially unveiled in a rollout ceremony at HIT in 2024.
Reader's Guide
The Haider MBT has a conventional design with the driver seated at the front center of the hull, the turret in the middle, and the engine in the rear. It has a crew of three: driver, commander, and gunner. The main armament is a 125 mm smoothbore gun, with a 7.62 mm coaxial machine gun and a 12.7 mm heavy machine gun in a remotely operated weapon system (ROWS) on the turret roof. The base armor is welded steel and composites, with explosive reactive armor (ERA) on the hull and turret. The torsion suspension system has six road wheels on each side with the first and former wheels mounted on hydraulic shock absorbers. The fire control system includes thermal imaging sight, laser rangefinder, panoramic commander's sight, and a ballistic computer.
Did You Know?
- The Haider MBT was unveiled on 6 March 2024 at Heavy Industries Taxila.
- Senior officials including Chief of Army Staff (COAS) and Chief of Defence Forces (CDF) Field Marshal Asim Munir participated in the unveiling ceremony.
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