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Pakistan Ordnance Factories
The Pakistan Ordnance Factories (commonly abbreviated as POF) is a state-owned weapons manufacturer headquartered in Wah Cantt, Punjab, Pakistan. POF is the largest defence manufacturer in Pakistan employing over 27,000 people. POF is often described as the "Force Behind the Forces".
The POF produces commercial and military products including automatic rifles, pistols, bolt-action rifles, machine guns, mortars, artillery ammunition, aircraft ammunitation, anti-aircraft ammunition, tank amuunitation, anti-tank ammunition, bombs, grenades, land mines, pyrotechnics, ammunition, rockets, missiles, explosives, propellants, detonators, chemicals and military tactical gear. The POF produces multiple weapons under license from other defense manufacturers such as Heckler and Koch, Beretta, NORINCO as well as having its own extensive R&D. The POF produces ammunition & armaments that meet requirements set by NATO specification.
The POF is owned and sponsored by the Government of Pakistan, via the Ministry of Defence Production. The corporate leadership of POF comes on secondment by General Headquarters, Rawalpindi. POF is usually commanded by a Lieutenant General from Pakistan Army. The current incumbent chairman is Lt. Gen. Syed Tahir Hameed Shah, HI(M).
The POF primarily serves the ammunition needs of Pakistan Armed Forces, Civil Armed Forces, law enforcement agencies, private security markets, as well as exporting to 40 countries worldwide. As per the directives of Ministry of Interior, only POF has the right to produce prohibited-bore weapons in Pakistan.
During their colonial rule, the British built sixteen ordnance factories in the British Raj, most of which were inherited by India. Pakistan's first Prime Minister, Liaquat Ali Khan, issued a directive within four months of the formation of Pakistan to establish an ordnance factory in collaboration with British Royal Ordnance Factory to manufacture 0.303 calibre rifles. On 28 December 1951 Pakistan's Second Prime Minister, Khawaja Nazimuddin, inaugurated the first four POF workshops in the small town of Wah Cantonment.
The Pakistani Ordnance Factory at Wah Cantt received the machinery from ROF Fazakerley in the UK to produce the Lee Enfield No.4 rifle. These rifles operated on the 0.303 calibre cartridges. In 1967 the Pakistan's Army adopted the G3 rifle and the Lee Enfiled No.4 rifles in service began to be phased out over time. However, during the Indo-Pakistani war of 1971, the majority of the units were still armed with Lee Enfiled No. 4 rifles, the majority of them produced at Pakistan Ordinance Factories.
A stamp was also issued by Pakistan Post on the occasion of the golden jubilee of POF (Dt. 28 December 2001) to honour the country's largest defence manufacturing unit's services.
The POF produces commercial and military products including automatic rifles, pistols, bolt-action rifles, machine guns, mortars, artillery ammunition, aircraft ammunitation, anti-aircraft ammunition, tank amuunitation, anti-tank ammunition, bombs, grenades, land mines, pyrotechnics, ammunition, rockets, missiles, explosives, propellants, detonators, chemicals and military tactical gear. The POF produces ammunition & armaments that meet requirements set by NATO specification.
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Pakistan Ordnance Factories
The Pakistan Ordnance Factories (commonly abbreviated as POF) is a state-owned weapons manufacturer headquartered in Wah Cantt, Punjab, Pakistan. POF is the largest defence manufacturer in Pakistan employing over 27,000 people. POF is often described as the "Force Behind the Forces".
The POF produces commercial and military products including automatic rifles, pistols, bolt-action rifles, machine guns, mortars, artillery ammunition, aircraft ammunitation, anti-aircraft ammunition, tank amuunitation, anti-tank ammunition, bombs, grenades, land mines, pyrotechnics, ammunition, rockets, missiles, explosives, propellants, detonators, chemicals and military tactical gear. The POF produces multiple weapons under license from other defense manufacturers such as Heckler and Koch, Beretta, NORINCO as well as having its own extensive R&D. The POF produces ammunition & armaments that meet requirements set by NATO specification.
The POF is owned and sponsored by the Government of Pakistan, via the Ministry of Defence Production. The corporate leadership of POF comes on secondment by General Headquarters, Rawalpindi. POF is usually commanded by a Lieutenant General from Pakistan Army. The current incumbent chairman is Lt. Gen. Syed Tahir Hameed Shah, HI(M).
The POF primarily serves the ammunition needs of Pakistan Armed Forces, Civil Armed Forces, law enforcement agencies, private security markets, as well as exporting to 40 countries worldwide. As per the directives of Ministry of Interior, only POF has the right to produce prohibited-bore weapons in Pakistan.
During their colonial rule, the British built sixteen ordnance factories in the British Raj, most of which were inherited by India. Pakistan's first Prime Minister, Liaquat Ali Khan, issued a directive within four months of the formation of Pakistan to establish an ordnance factory in collaboration with British Royal Ordnance Factory to manufacture 0.303 calibre rifles. On 28 December 1951 Pakistan's Second Prime Minister, Khawaja Nazimuddin, inaugurated the first four POF workshops in the small town of Wah Cantonment.
The Pakistani Ordnance Factory at Wah Cantt received the machinery from ROF Fazakerley in the UK to produce the Lee Enfield No.4 rifle. These rifles operated on the 0.303 calibre cartridges. In 1967 the Pakistan's Army adopted the G3 rifle and the Lee Enfiled No.4 rifles in service began to be phased out over time. However, during the Indo-Pakistani war of 1971, the majority of the units were still armed with Lee Enfiled No. 4 rifles, the majority of them produced at Pakistan Ordinance Factories.
A stamp was also issued by Pakistan Post on the occasion of the golden jubilee of POF (Dt. 28 December 2001) to honour the country's largest defence manufacturing unit's services.
The POF produces commercial and military products including automatic rifles, pistols, bolt-action rifles, machine guns, mortars, artillery ammunition, aircraft ammunitation, anti-aircraft ammunition, tank amuunitation, anti-tank ammunition, bombs, grenades, land mines, pyrotechnics, ammunition, rockets, missiles, explosives, propellants, detonators, chemicals and military tactical gear. The POF produces ammunition & armaments that meet requirements set by NATO specification.