Pakistan Army Information

[zeeshanaayan07]

i will also try it on next monday...?

 

[fatman17]

estimate of an indian think-tank in 2010


PAKISTAN


Army 550,000 Reserves 513,000

Strategic assets National Command Authority (for control of nuclear weapons)

Equipment by Type

Strategic Missiles 176
Hatf 1/1A
Abdali Hatf 11
Ghaznavi Hatf 111
Shaheen-1 Hatf 1V
Ghauri Hatf V
Ghauri Hatf VA
Shaheen-1 Hatf V1
Babur Hatf V11
Ghauri-111 Hatf V111
M-11
Shaheen 111

Forces By Role
Army 9 Corps Headquarters (Mangla, Multan, Lahore, Karachi, Rawalpindi, Peshawar, Quetta, Gujranwalla, Bahawalpur) Northern Area Command (Gilget)

Armoured 2 Divisions; 7 (independent) Brigades
Mechanized 1 (independent) Brigade
Infantry 18 Divisions; 1 (area) Command; 6 (independent) Brigades
Special Forces 2 Groups (3 Special Forces Battalions)
Artillery 9 (corps) Brigades; 5 Brigades
Engineers 7 Brigades

Aviation 1 (VIP) Squadron; 5 Composite Squadrons
Helicopters 10 Squadrons

Air Defense 1 Command; 3 Air Defense Groups (total; 8 Air Defense Brigades)

Equipment By Type

Tanks 2,461
320 T-80UD MBT
600 Al Khalid
Type 85IIAP
320 Al Zarrar 3
250 Type 69IIAP (Chinese T-59 Upgrade)
100 T-63 & T-60 Light Tank
1200 Type 59

Armoured Personnel Carriers 1,266
Hamza Infantry Fighting Vehicle
Al Fahd Infantry Fighting Vehicle
Talha APC
Saad APC M-113
BTR-70
Mohafiz Light
Scorpion Light Jeep

Artillery 4,291+
Self Propelled
155mm M-109/M-109A2
203mm M-110/M-110A2

Towed
105mm M-101
M-56
122mm D30(PRC)
Type 54 M-1938
130mm Type 59-1
155mm M114/M-148
M-198
203mm M-115

MRL
122mm Azar Type-83

Mortars
80mm
120mm AM-50, M-61

Anti-Tank 10,500
HJ-8/TOW recoilless
75mm Type-52
106mm M-40A1

Rocket Launchers 3mm
RPG-7 Knout
89mm
M-20 Guns
85mm
Type 56 (D-44)

Aircraft Reconn/Observation
Cessna O1E Bird-Dog
Cessna 421
Y-12(II)
Saab 91 Safari

Helicopters Anti-Tank
AH-1F Cobra
Mi-24 Hind

Support
SA330 Puma
Mi-8
Mi-17 (Mi-8MT)
Bell-412
Bell-AB205A
Bell-206b JetRanger
SA315B Lama
SA319 Alouette
UH-1H Iroquois

Training
Bell 47G
Hughes 300C

UAV Bravo, Jasoos, Vector

Air Defense SAMs (MANPADS) 2,990+
ANZA
ANZA MK1/MK2
FIM92A Stinger
HN5
HN5A
Mistral
RBS70

Guns 1,900+
14.5mm
35mm Towed GDF
GDF002/005
37mm Towed
Type-55(M-1939)
Type-65
40mm Towed
50L/60
57mm Towed
Type-59(S-60)
85mm Towed
Type-72(M-1939)
KS-12

Radar Land
AN/TPQ-36 FireFinder (Artillery, Mortar)
RASIT (Vehicle Artillery)

Missiles Tactical SSM
Hatf-1
Hatf-3(PRC-M-11)
Hatf-5 Ghauri
Hatf-4 Shaheen

NAVY 22,000 (including 1,400 marines and 2,000 Maritime Security Agency)

Submarines 8
SSK
Hashmat (French Agosta 70 with 4x1 533mm ASTT each with FI7P HWT/UGM 84 Harpoon tactical USGW)
Khalid (French Agosta 90B each with 1x533mm ASTT each with SM-39 Exocet tactical USGW)
MG110 (SF Delivery)

Principal Surface Combatants
Frigates FFG 6
Tariq (UK Amazon)(capacity 1 Lynx utility Helicopter) each with 2 single each with TP45 LWT; 2 MK-141 Harpoon twin each
with 1 RGM-84D Harpoon tactical SSM; 1 114mm gun;
Tariq (UK Amazon)(capacity 1 Lynx utility Helicopter)(D184)(D186) each with 2 triple 324 mm ASTT(6 effective)
each with MK46 LWT; 1 sextuple (6 effective) with LY60(Aspide)SAM;1 114mm gun;
FF 1
Zulfiqar (UK Leander)(capacity 1 SA319 AlouetteIII Utility helicopter) with 3 MK10 Limbo; 2 114mm Gun.
Patrol & Coastal Combatants 8
PCC 2 Larkana; Rajshahi
PFM 4 Jalallat II each with 2 twin (4 effective) each with 1 C-802A(CSS-N-8) Saccade tactical SSM;
PBF 2 Kaan 15
Mine Warfare 3 French Munsif (Eridan)
Logistics & Support 10
AORH 2 1 Fuqing with 1 SA319 AlouetteIII utility helicopter; 1 Moawin with 1 Seaking MK45 ASW helicopter;
AOT 3 1 Attock, 2 Gwadar
AGS 1 Behr Paima
YTM 4
Facilities
bases Karachi, Ormara, Gwadar

Marines 1,400
Commando 1 Group

Naval Aviation Aircraft 16 combat capable
MP 16 3 Atlantic (also ASW)
3 F-27 MK200 MPA
10 P-3C Orions (operated by Air Force)

ASW 9 2 SA-319B Alouette III
4 SA-316 Alouette III

Missile Anti-Ship AM-39 Exocet


AIR FORCE 45,000 (10,000 reserves)

Forces by Role

Regional Commands Northern (Peshawar)
Central (Sargodha)
Southern (Faisalabad)

Fighter 2 Squadrons with Mirage IIIEP/OD(MirageIIID)
1 Squadron with F-16A Fighting Falcon/F-16B
5 Squadrons with F-7P Skybolt
2 Squadrons with F-7PG (F-7MG) Airguard

Fighter Ground Attack 1 Squadron with Mirage IIIEP(Mirage each with AM-39 Exocet tactical ASM)
2 Squadrons with A-5C(Q-5III) Fantan
2 Squadrons with Mirage 5PA3; Mirage 5PA2/Mirage 5PA

Elint/ECM 1 Squadron with 2 DA-20 Falcon

Reconn 1 Squadron with Mirage IIIRP

SAR 6 Squadrons with SA-316 AlouetteIII
1 Squadron with Mi-17I (SAR/Liaison)

Transport 2 Squadrons with An-26 Curl; B-707;Beech 200 Super King;C-130/C-130B Hercules; Y-12
CN-235; F-27-200 Friendship (1 with Navy); Falcon 20; L-100 Hercules; Beech F-33 Bonanza.

Training 12 Squadrons with K-8; MFI-17B Mushshak;FT-5 (MiG-17U) Fresco; FT-6 (MiG-19UTI) Farmer;T-37C Tweet.
SAMs 1 battery with 6 CSA-1(SA-2) Guideline; SA-16 Gimlet; 6 batteries each with 24 Crotale.

Equipment by Type

Aircraft 383 combat capable
Fighter 233
FC-1/JF-17 Thunder (150 on order);Mirage IIIEP; F-7PG(F-7MG) Airguard; F-7P Skybolt; F-16A/F-16B
Fighting Falcon (all to be given mid-life update); F-16C/F-16D (on order)

Fighter Ground Attack 104
A-5C (Q-5CIII) Fantan; Mirage 5PA3 (ASuW); Mirage 5PA/Mirage 5PA2; Mirage IIIEP with AM-39 Exocet tactical ASM.
Reconn 15
Mirage IIIRP
Elint/ECM 2
DA-20 Falcon

Transport 25
An-26 Curl; B-707; Beech 200 Super King Air; C-130B Hercules/C-130E Hercules; CN-235; F-27-200 Friendship;
Falcon 20; L-100 Hercules; Y-12; Beech F-33 Bonanza.

Training 183
FT-5 (MiG-17U) Fresco; FT-6 (MiG-19UTI) Farmer; K-8; FT-7 (JJ-7); MFI-17B Mushshak; Mirage 5DPA
Mirage 5DPA2; Mirage IIIB (Training); Mirage IIIOD(Mirage IIID); T-37C Tweet;

Helicopters 19
Mi-17I; SA-316AlouetteIII

Missiles 144+
Towed Crotale; CSA-1 (SA-2) Guideline
MANPAD SA-16 Gimlet

Radar - Land 51+
AR-1 (AD Radar low level); Condor (AD Radar High Level); FPS-89/100 (AD Radar High Level);
MPDR 45/MPDR60/MPDR90(AD Radar low level); TPS-43G(AD Radar High Level); Type514 (AD Radar high Level).
Anti-Ship Missiles
AGM-65 Maverick; AM-39 Exocet

Air-to-Air Missiles
AIM-9L Sidewinder; AIM-9P Sidewinder; R-Darter Super 530

Unmanned Aerial Vehicle
MQ-1 Predator; Baaz, Ababeel
Facilities
4 radar air control sectors
7 radar control and reporting sectors

PARAMILITARY 304,000 active

Coast Guard
Patrol & Coastal Combatants 5
PB 1
PBF 4
Misc.boats/crafts 23


Pentagon Security International, 01-Jan-2010 - National security - 376 pages
Pentagon's South Asia Defence and Strategic Yearbook is now in its fourth year of publication. It covers relevant issues of defence and security, military affairs and military technology written by experts and academicians themselves

 

[fatman17]

Armour Corps Armoured Regiments

■4th Cavalry
■5th Horse
■6th Lancers
■7th Lancers
■8th Cavalry
■9th Horse
■10th Cavalry (Guides Cavalry)
■11th Cavalry
■12th Cavalry
■13th Lancers
■14th Lancers
■15th Lancers
■16th Horse
■17th Lancer
■18th Horse
■19th Lancers
■20th Lancers
■22nd Cavalry
■23rd Cavalry
■24th Cavalry
■25th Cavalry
■26th Cavalry
■27th Cavalry
■28th Cavalry
■29th Cavalry
■30th Cavalry
■31st Cavalry
■32nd Cavalry
■33rd Cavalry
■34th Lancers
■37th Cavalry
■40th Horse
■41st Horse
■42nd Horse
■52nd Cavalry
■53rd Cavalry
■54th Cavalry
■56th Cavalry
■57th Cavalry
■58th Cavalry


At the time of independence of the country in August 1947, Pakistan Army inherited six armoured regiments from the British Indian Army. For training of officers and men of Pakistan Armoured Corps, the Armoured Corps Centre and School was established at Nowshera in 1947 which also had a School Wing under it. With the passage of time, more armoured regiments were raised. A total of nine Armoured Regiments saw significant combat experience in the 1965 War with India, while at least thirteen Armoured Regiments saw action in the 1971 War with India. These combat records identify a total 15 Armoured Regiments.

A number of armoured regiments in the British Army retain the historic cavalry designations of Hussars, Dragoons, Dragoon Guards or Lancers. Both the Indian and Pakistan Armies maintain armoured regiments with the titles of Lancers or Horse dating back to the nineteenth century. The term 'Cavalry' and 'Lancer' are retained by Pakistan, even though all raisings are Armoured Regiments (AR).

As of 2008 the Pakistan Army had about 2,200 tanks. If each Armoured Regiment typically had 55 tanks, this would imply the existence of 40 Armoured Regiments, which is in fact the reported number of Regiments. Some of the Pakistani Armour Regiments are rumored to be understrength, as a result of milking them to raise additional regiments along with bleeding the attrition reserve tanks. The Pakistani Army has taken some Armoured Regiments and grouped them into independent Armoured Brigades. Some of these are placed near the Indian Border to enhance readiness if the Corps had the heavy equipment already in place. Seven Corps each have one attached Armoured Brigade, except for V Corps at Karachi which may have two Armoured Brigades, and XII Corps at Quetta which has one independent Brigade of unknown type. A total of about eight Armoured Brigades would amount to 7-8 armoured regiments and might explan why Pakistan has so many independent armoured brigades.

This could be in:

■2 X Armoured Divisions = 2 X (2 X 3) = 12 Armoured Regiments
■8 X Independent Armoured Brigdes = 8 X 3 = 24 Armoured Regiments
■4 X Infantry Divisions = 4 X 1 = 4 Armoured Regiments.

The distribution of tanks in an Indian Army Armoured Regiment is: 30 Tanks; 15 Training tanks (which are fully operational during combat; and 10 tanks as reserves (mechanical and attrition). The Pakistani Army Armoured Regiments have 41 tanks, with another 10-15 tanks was mechanical and attrition reserve. These tanks are not directly with the regiments, but are are held at various ordinance depots. But in general each Pakistani Armoured Regiment has between 50-56 tanks.

As of 2008 the Indian Army had 61-63 armoured regiments, each typically with 45 tanks. The total of about 3,700 tanks [sufficient for over 80 Armoured Regiments] would be divided between about 2,800 assigned to Regiments, and about 900 assigned to other formations. If the same 3-to-1 ratio between Regimental and non-Regimenal tank assignments were found in Pakistan, this would imply the existence of about 30 Armoured Regiments.

Another calculation assumes an upper figure of 2,350 tanks to be correct, which along with a lower figure of 50 tanks per Regiment would constitute 47 regiments. This could be in:

■3 X Armoured Divisions = 3 X (2 X 3) = 18 Armoured Regiments
■7 X Independent Armoured Brigdes = 7 X 3 = 21 Armoured Regiments
■8 X Infantry Divisions = 8 X 1 = 8 Armoured Regiments.

By this calculation, nine of the infantry divisions would not have armoured regiments. These would probably be the Peshawar, Quetta and Skardu based divisions. Their armoured regiments would have been consolidated into 3 independent Armoured Brigades





GSOrg

 

[fatman17]

Pakistan develops APC variants

Joshua Kucera JDW Staff Reporter

Karachi


Pakistan has continued its development of armoured personnel carrier (APC) variants, producing engineering and infantry fighting vehicles for domestic use and potential export.

Heavy Industries Taxila (HIT) has mounted the Baktar Shikan anti-tank guided weapon on a modified M113A1 and designated the vehicle 'Maaz'. It will be used by the Pakistan Army's mechanised units while light infantry battalions will continue to use the Baktar Shikan mounted on light utility vehicles.

HIT has modified the shape of the M113A1, extending its nose slightly and adding additional diesel fuel tanks on the back. The company expects good export potential for the Maaz, in particular to countries that already field the Baktar Shikan, said HIT chairman Major General Israr Ahmad Ghumman.

The company has also begun production of the Al Hadeed, a recovery vehicle based on a Talha APC with a crane, 15-tonne hydraulic winch, mill, lathe and other tools to fix and recover vehicles in the field. It weighs 12,521kg and has armour similar to that of the M113P APC, according to company data. The Al Hadeed will probably not be exported.

Gen Ghumman said that Saudi Arabia is keen to acquire the Saad, an APC also based on the M113 that can carry 14 soldiers. Saad has a Ukrainian 3TD 500hp engine and a maximum speed of 75kph. It weighs 13.5 tonnes fully loaded.

HIT has also begun full production of the Al Humza infantry fighting vehicle, Al Qaswa logistics vehicle and Sakb command post vehicle (similar to the US M577 vehicle) for the Pakistan Army. Gen Ghumman declined to say how many the army was procuring.

The Sakb and the Al Khalid and Al Zarrar main battle tanks are all being equipped with the Integrated Battlefield Management System (IBMS), a system to track friendly and enemy positions similar to the US Army's Blue Force Tracking.

The IBMS uses VHF and UHF communications and each vehicle can act as a relay. The integration of the systems is already under way and is scheduled to be finished by December, said Mohsin Rahmatullah, director of business development for the Centre for Advanced Research in Engineering, which developed the IBMS together with HIT. The hardware from the system may be exported, most likely first to the United Arab Emirates, Rahmatullah said.

'HIT's vehicle showcase' (JDW 25 September 2002)
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Read more: http://www.****************/forums/...lefield-management-system-2980/#ixzz2d9YFJYrs

 

[fatman17]

ATGW - American systems

An older American system is the BGM-71 Tube-launched, Optically-tracked, Wire-guided (TOW) missile. While it is potentially man-portable, its bulk means it is generally mounted on vehicles like the HMMWV, Bradley or Stryker. Raytheon has manufactured more than 660,000 missiles to date, with the latest types being the TOW 2A (BGM-71E) with tandem HEAT warhead and TOW 2B (BGM-71F) with top-attack capability. There is also the TOW Bunker Buster (BGM-71H) and TOW 2B Aero that the US Army ordered in 2004. The latter’s range extends to 4.5km. A wireless TOW 2B Aero version is also in production. US Army and US Marine Corps (USMC) units stationed in the region possess TOW systems, as does Taiwan (mainly on M1045A2 HMMWVs). Japan, Singapore, South Korea and Thailand also operate the TOW, while Pakistan received some 3,300 TOW 2A missiles in 2006.

The Chinese HJ-8 has been produced under license by Kahuta Research Laboratories in Pakistan as the Baktar-Shikan since the late 1990s. Up till 2010, Pakistan had manufactured some 20,350 missiles. This system has been mounted on Pakistani APCs and helicopters, plus the Muslim country has exported it to Bangladesh, Malaysia and Sri Lanka

Asian Defence News

 

[fatman17]

Pakistan

Cruise Missiles.

Across the border, Pakistan has, with Chinese help, obtained a stockpile of nuclear-capable Hatf-7/Babur land-attack cruise missiles, which were developed in response to events in India, and assisted by the recovery of two nearly intact Tomahawks in southern Pakistan in 1998. Work began in the 1990s and serial production commenced in October 2005.

Launched by a solid fuel rocket booster, the Babur is powered by a turbojet engine giving a speed of Mach .8. Guidance is via a combination of INS/terrain contour matching and GPS. The weapon can be launched from land, sea or submarines. Strike range is 500-700 km.

Pakistan’s National Engineering and Scientific Commission (NESCOM) has also developed the Ra’ad/Hatf 8 air-launched cruise missile. It is not an air-launched version of Babur but a new design capable of carrying nuclear or conventional warheads. The first announced test launch took place in August 2007 aboard a Mirage IIIEA, with several test firings taking place over the next three years. Range is estimated to be around 350 km, against land and ship targets. Guidance is believed to be via GPS and infrared using terrain matching techniques

Asian Defence News

 

[aghakhan]

excellent work done by the author of this post.

 

[aghakhan]

i like your idea and information about the Pakistan army.

 

[fatman17]

The RBS-70

Man-portable, sorta

Unlike competitors such as Raytheon’s FIM-92 Stinger, MBDA’s Mistral, or KBM’s SA-18 Igla, the RBS-70 is an ‘unjammable’ laser beam-riding missile with no seeker head at the front. The RBS-70 is a bit heavy for shoulder firing, and is handled from a tripod. The system can be carried in its component parts by 3 infantry soldiers. Target acquisition includes an IFF (Identification, Friend or Foe) phase, but once fired, the missile locks on and vents its propulsion exhaust through the mid-section. This allows the laser beam riding system to fit in the tail, where it is extremely difficult to jam.

Its GlobalSecurity.org entry adds that the RBS-70 Mk 2 uses the Linear Quadratic Method based on the Kalman Theory for missile guidance, whereupon it delivers a 1-2 punch using a shaped charge surrounded by more than 3,000 tungsten pellets.

The Bolide missile is an RBS 70 Mk 2 upgrade that is faster (Mach 2 vs Mach 1.6), with a range up to 8 km (4.8 miles), an adaptable proximity fuse that gives it full effectiveness against a wider variety of targets, and new reprogrammable electronics. The 4th generation system incorporates the BOLIDE all-target missile, BORC clip-on thermal imager, a digital IFF Interrogator, a PC-based training simulator, and an external power supply for training. These improvements reportedly allow the RBS-70 Bolide to be deployed against surface targets as well, which makes it an especially interesting choice for naval use given the proliferation of small fast attack boat threats.

In a complete air defense system configuration, up to 9 RBS-70 firing tripods can be connected to a surveillance radar like Ericsson’s Giraffe 75, enabling all C3I functions. If the missile firing positions are set 4 km apart, the resulting networked VSHORAD (Very SHOrt Range Air Defense) battery protects an area of 175 square kilometers. A number of radar options are available for the RBS-70, including automatic threat evaluation, autonomous operations, et. al.


Beyond Sweden, RBS-70 sales have been made over the years to Argentina, Bahrain, Brazil, Indonesia, Iran, Republic of Ireland, Norway, Pakistan, Singapore, Tunisia, and the United Arab Emirates. All together, Saab says that more than 16,000 missiles have been produced over 4 product generations.

DID

 

[airomerix]

Any word on the SAAD APC scandle? Which were used in karachi ops few years back?

 

[Inception-06]

Any word on the SAAD APC scandle? Which were used in karachi ops few years back?

They were also used during the election 2013, why should it be a scandle ?

 

[Hammad Bin majid]

nice work dear

 

[airomerix]

They were also used during the election 2013, why should it be a scandle ?

The scandle related to their armour being substandard. Getting damaged by 7.62mm rifle fires.

Here's the link

Bullet-proof cars became death traps in May 2012 operation - thenews.com.pk

 

[Inception-06]

The scandle related to their armour being substandard. Getting damaged by 7.62mm rifle fires.

Here's the link

Bullet-proof cars became death traps in May 2012 operation - thenews.com.pk

Thala is a Bullet-proofM113 series and that is a tracked vehicle. Muhafiz is wheeled. The Mohafiz did make the scandal, and Thala has is "own problems" according to the article ! But what problems the Thala vehicle could have ?

Bullet-proof cars became death traps in May 2012 operation - thenews.com.pk

 

[fatman17]

Sub-divisions of the army


Corps: A Corp in the Pakistani Army usually consists of two or more Divisions and is commanded by a lieutenant general. Currently the Pakistani Army has 9 Corps.

Division: Each division is commanded by a major general, and usually holds three Brigades including infantry, artillery, engineers and communications units in addition to logistics (supply and service) support to sustain independent action. It, however, does not include any armoured units. Those are attached once the need arises. The most major of all ground force combat formations is the infantry division. Such a division would primarily hold three infantry brigades. There are 19 Infantry divisions, 2 Armored Divisions and 1 Artillery Division in the Pakistani Army.

Brigade: A Brigade is under the command of a brigadier and comprises of three or more Regiments of different units depending on its functionality. An independent brigade would be one that primarily consists of an artillery unit, an infantry unit, an armour unit and logistics to support its actions. Such a brigade is not part of any division and is under direct command of a corps.

Regiment: Each regiment is commanded by a lieutenant colonel (in some cases a colonel) and has roughly 600 to 900 soldiers under his command. This number varies depending on the functionality of the regiment. A regiment comprises of either four batteries (in case of artillery and air defence regiments - generally named Papa, Quebec, Romeo, and Sierra) or four companies (in case of infantry regiments - generally named Alpha, Bravo, Charlie, and Delta - and other arms excluding armored units that are organized into squadrons) each under the command of a major and comprising of individual subunits called sections (which are further divisible into platoons and squads).

Arfan Hashmi, 23 August 2006