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Current Pak army vs historical super powers

Baburfromsarmarkand

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I wanted to know how our current forces would measure up against the following:

1940 Nazi Germany
1970 - 1980 Soviets
1950- 60 USA
1990's China
Napoleonic France
Was wondering about how far behind we are or in which era we can claim parity.
 
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its an interesting but a weird question
how can you even judge something like that- if you know what I mean?

we have some systems from 80s, some modern
 
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Plenty of metrics for most -
Ground forces are on par with 80s Soviet army with some if the 60s US Army operating style.
But that is a very broad and shallow statement because it isn’t apples to oranges or even fruits as such from the same planet.


In terms of perks and lifestyle - I cannot comment
 
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PA has limited offensive capability once in enemy terrain and cannot operate much farther from main bases. In relation, Wehrmacht, Soviets, Americans and even Chinese can operate much farther from their bases as seen in WW2 and afterwards till now.

All the forces you mentioned have in-house manufacturing capability, where as PA lags behind, having one major manufacturing factory, designs/components which have been modified from original to suit own needs and the production numbers are very low. Back in 1930s and 1940s, Germany had own trucks, tanks, APCs, and other vehicles. Pakistan still imports weapon systems, which is good and bad, both. Then ammunition production capacity of PA is very low, there is one major facility only.

The formation numbers of PA are also very low. The total PA formations today, stood for one WW2 field Army (American/German/Soviet), of 22-25 Divisions and all of those countries had many field armies in WW2, e.g Germany alone had 25 or so field armies. PA lacks a dedicated Airborne/Air Assault Division sized regular formation (not SF). The low numbers of helicopters in PA also hampers operations when Vietnam war is considered. along with subsequent wars

PA has long range surface to surface missiles and tanks (and other armored vehicles) with better armor, better gun, better reach than older armies, but quantity wise, logistics wise, production capacity wise, PA is far behind.
 
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