I have seen a lot of people on this forum implying that FC is not equipped well enough.
Can anybody tell me what equipment can we give to FC on a smaller scale to improve their combat effectiveness?
@PanzerKiel @Desert Fox 1 @iLION12345_1
I personally don’t think the FC lacks any equipment that they could be given on a short notice. They are rather well equipped compared to what they were just 6-7 years ago.
They have MRAPs and Helicopters available and they use both too. They just had a successful OP in which they rescued 5 hostages.
However I do strongly feel that the equipment isn’t being used to the max. Despite having MRAPs soldiers are still dying due to IEDs on patrols. We received hundreds of MRAPs from the US but for some reason they are in service with the PAF and the PA in locations where there’s no IED threat and are not all deployed in Ex-FATA and Baluchistan to replace Hiluxs for the FC. PA is trialing a few APC platforms for urgent aquistion to deploy in these areas and trials take time but I still feel they’re too slow, especially with how rapidly attacks have been picking up in the last couple of months.
They have helicopters and the army has so many drones, but they’re not being used as much as they should be to give ample air cover and air support
The reason we’re seeing so many casualties recently is simply because the attacks have picked up a lot. There are alot of emotional people on this forum who think giving the FC an MRAP and a drone will suddenly mean they are invincible, when the reality is that these things will have little effect to stop attacks that are so well planned to specifically attack the FC when they’re at their weakest, even a highly armored IFV will not stop an SPG-9 or an AP RPG round. Air cover can’t do much when you have to infiltrate caves and buildings where hostages are. And these terrorists recently have just been attacking outposts and lone vehicles, which in my opinion is failure of doctrine and planning on our part, knowing such attacks are possible and still putting out troops in such situations.
US forces in Afghanistan had similar casualties to Pakistani forces despite having all the equipment in the world.
The fact that the enemy can pull those off shows how much funding and planning they’re getting, but a dog fights the hardest when it’s about to die, these guys are getting desperate as they know they’re on their final legs.
Regardless, I am all for giving the FC literally every equipment possible. They should at least not be riding around in Hiluxs, that is utter incompetence on the part of higher ups. Better drone and Air cover is needed as well. They already have all the equipment. They just need to use it better.
