GK - PAKISTAN ARMY General Information Founded 14th August 1947

Size Almost 6,00,000 active troops with 5,00,000 reserves

Headquarter GHQ Rawalpindi

Training Academy Pakistan Military Academy, Kakul

Motto Arabic: Iman, Taqwa, Jihad fi Sabilillah

English: A follower of none but Allah, the fear of Allah, Struggle for Allah.

Anniversary 6th September (Defense Day)

Highest Military Rank Nishan e Haider

Engagements 1947 Indo-Pakistan War, 1965 Indo-Pakistan War, 1971 Bangladesh Liberation War,

1971 Indo-Pakistan War, Grand Mosque Seizure 1979, Soviet-Afghan War 1979-89,

Siachen conflict 1984, Kargil War 1999, Global War on Terror, Siege of Lal Masjid 2007,

Operation Rah e Nijat 2009, Operation Rah e Rast 2009, Operation Zarb e Azb 2014.

Websites Inductions: www.joinpakarmy.gov.pk

General: www.pakistanarmy.gov.pk

Chief of Army Staff General Raheel Sharif

Rank Structure There are total 11 ranks as commissioned officer in Pak Army.

1. 2nd Lieutenant: O-1, BPS-17

Abbreviated as: SLt

2. Lieutenant: O-1, BPS-17

Abbreviated as: Lt

3. Captain: O-3, BPS-17

Abbreviated as: Capt

4. Major: O-4, BPS-18

Abbreviated as: Maj

5. Lieutenant Colonel: O-4, BPS-19

Abbreviated as: Lt. Col

6. Colonel: O-5, BPS-19

Abbreviated as: Col

7. Brigadier: O-6, BPS-20,

1 Star Officer

Abbreviated as: Brig

8. Major General: O-7,

BPS-21, 2 Star General

Abbreviated as: Maj. Gen

9. Lieutenant General: O-8, BPS-22, 3 Star

General

Abbreviated as: Lt. Gen

10. General: O-9, BPS Apex,

4 Star General

Abbreviated as: Gen

11. Field Marshal: O-10, BPS Apex, 5 Star General

Abbreviated as: FM

Sub Divisions 1. Arms: Armored, Infantry, Artillery, Air Defense, Engineers, Signals, Aviation, Airborne and Chemical

2. Services: Army Services Corps (ASC), Military Police (MP), Military Intelligence, Electrical and Mechanical

Engineers (EME), Army Medical Corps (AMC), Ordnance, Army Dental Corps (ADC), Remount Veterinary and

Farms, Information and Computer Technology (ICT), Army Education Corps (AEC), Clerical and JAG Branch.

Field Formations Following are the field formations of Pak Army.

Division: An Army Division is an intermediate between a Corps and a Brigade. It is the largest striking force in

the army. Each Division is headed by General Officer Commanding (GOC) in the rank of Major General. It

usually consists of 15,000 combat troops and 8,000 support elements. Currently, the Pakistani Army has 29

Divisions including 20 Infantry Divisions, 2 Armored Divisions, 2 Mechanized Divisions, 2 Air Defense

Divisions, 2 Strategic Divisions and 1 Artillery Division. Each Division composes of several Brigades.

Brigade: A Brigade generally consists of around 3,000 combat troops with supporting elements. An Infantry

Brigade usually has 3 Infantry Battalions along with various Support Arms & Services. It is headed by a

Brigadier, equivalent to a Brigadier General in some armies. In addition to the Brigades in various Army

Divisions, the Pakistani Army also has 7 Independent Armored Brigades, 5 Independent Artillery Brigades, 3

Independent Infantry Brigades, and 3 Anti-Tank Brigades. These Independent Brigades operate directly

under the Corps Commander (GOC Corps).

Regiment: A regiment is commanded by a Colonel.

Battalion: A Battalion is commanded by a Lieutenant-Colonel and is the Infantry's main fighting unit. It

consists of more than 900 combat personnel.

Company: Headed by the Major/Captain, a Company comprises about 120–150 soldiers.

Platoon: An intermediate between a Company and Section, a Platoon is headed by a Lieutenant or

depending on the availability of Commissioned Officers, a Junior Commissioned Officer, with the rank of

Subedar or Naib-Subedar. It has a total strength of about 30–36 troops.

Section: Smallest military outfit with a strength of about 9–13 personnel. Commanded by a Non-

commissioned officer of the rank of Havildar Major or Sergeant Major.

Equipment of Pakistan Army

Small Arms

Weapon Comments

Handguns

Glock 17

Glock 26

HK P7

Steyr M9A1 Acquired by SSW

Beretta 92F Used by Special Services Group (SSG) of the Pakistan Army.

SIG Sauer P226 Used by Special Services Group (SSG) of the Pakistan Army.

Tokarev Produced locally

Sub-Machine Guns (SMG) and Carbines

Heckler & Koch MP5 Manufactured by POF.

Heckler & Koch MP5K Also used by Airport Security Force & Personal Security Detail of VIP's. Manufactured

by POF in Wah Cantt.

FN P90

Sterling SMG Used in small numbers.

Assault Rifles

Type 56 Chinese-manufactured AK-47.

Type 81

M16A1 Used by SSG.

M4A1 carbine Used by SSG.

Steyr AUG

FN F2000

Battle Rifles

Heckler & Koch G3 The Pak Army's service rifle. G3A3, G3P4 variants in service. Manufactured by POF.

FN FAL Used in small numbers

Grenades

M26 grenade

M67 grenade

Sniper Rifles

Dragunov SVD

HK PSG1 Manufactured under license by POF.

Steyr SSG 69

Anti-Material Rifles

Istiglal Small number in service.

M82 Barret

Machine Guns

FN MAG

FN Minimi Para

MG3 Manufactured under license by Pakistan Ordnance Factories.

RPD

DShKM Heavy Machine Gun.

KPV Heavy Machine Gun.

M2 Browning Heavy Machine Gun.

Grenade Launchers

Carl Gustav recoilless

rifle

Mk 19 grenade

launcher

M203 grenade

launcher

RPG-7 Type 69 variant manufactured under license by Pakistan Ordnance Factories.

RPG-29

Milkor MGL

Armor

Vehicle/System

Firm

Number in

Service

Status

Main Battle Tanks (MBT)

Al-Khalid II

In Early stages of development and believed to incorporate re-designed

turret, upgraded modular armor package and Sensors, Improved

ammunition and new Power pack developing 1,500 hp. As of 2012, two

prototypes are developed.

Al-Khalid I -- Currently in production.

Al-Khalid 300+ As of January 2013.

T-80UD 320

320 delivered by Ukraine between 1997 and early 2002, incorporating re-

designed T-84 turret. Negotiations on between Russia & Pakistan to

upgrade the T-80UD tanks jointly.

Al-Zarrar 600 Upgraded form of Type 59.

Type 85-IIAP 300

Type 69-II 400

Type 63 50 Light Amphibious tank.

Type 59 600 Being upgraded to Al-Zarrar standard.

T-54/55 54 In Reserve.

M48A5 300 In Reserve.

Armored Personnel Carriers, Infantry Fighting Vehicles & Armored Cars

APC Talha 400+ Total 2,000 planned to be deployed.

Otokar Akrep 260

Ferret AFV 90

WZ551 --

Al-Fahd IFV 140

Al-Hamza IFV -- In Service.

Type 63 80

Sakb --

Al-Qaswa -- 200 to be procured.

PT-76 32 Delivered by Indonesia between 1969 and 1970.

M113 1600

Saad APC -- Currently in production.

M901 ITV 24

BTR-70 /BTR-80 120

Mohafiz -- In Service & Additional APCs being procured.

UR-416 46 In Service.

OT-64 SKOT 6 Delivered by Slovakia in 1993.

Otokar Cobra 10

BRDM-2 --

Mine Protected & Clearing Vehicles

Cougar 20 Buffalo EOD version. Delivered in 2010.

Navistar -- 160 to Be Provided by FMS Program

Armored Recovery Vehicles

M88A1 ARV 52 In Service.

Al-Hadeed -- Based on APC Talha.

Type 653 ARV -- ARV based on the chassis of the Type 69 tank.

Armored Bridging Vehicles

M60A1 AVLB -- In Service.

M48 Armored

Vehicle Launched

Bridge

-- In Service.

Artillery

Vehicle/System Caliber Quantity Comments

Self-Propelled Artillery

M110 howitzer 203 mm 60 Tracked chassis.

M109A2 155 mm 150+ Tracked chassis. Being upgraded to M109A5 standard.

M109A5

155 mm 115 Tracked chassis. 67 delivered by US in 2008. 48 more supplied in

February 2010. Total 297 Planned to be acquired.

NORINCO SH1 155 mm 90 6×6 wheeled chassis.

M7 Priest 105 mm 50 Being Phased out.

MLRS-Multiple Launch Rocket System

A-100E 300mm 42 42 ordered in 2008 and delivered between 2011 and 2012.

KRL 122

122 mm 40

Truck-mounted. Kahuta Research Laboratories from Pakistan have

developed a rocket launcher that is very similar to the North-Korean

BM-11

Azar (Type

83)

122mm 52 Pakistani variant of Type 83.

Towed Artillery

M115 203 mm 28

MKEK Panter

155 mm 72

12 ordered for evaluation in 2007 & delivered by Turkey between

2008-2009. Another 60 produced locally under TOT between 2011

and 2013 by Heavy Industries Taxila (HIT).

M198 155 mm 148 Delivered in 1997.

M114 155 mm 144

M59 155 mm 30

Type 59-I 130 mm 410

Type 54 122 mm 490

Type 60 122 mm 200

M56 105 mm 113

D-30 122mm 143 Delivered by China between 2003 & 2004.

OTO Melara

Mod 56

105mm 50 Delivered by Italy between 1975 and 1978.

M101 105 mm 250 In Service.

Type 56 85 mm 200

Ordnance QF

25 pounder

88mm 1000

Helicopters

Aircraft Role Quantity Comments

Mil Mi-35 Hind

Multi-

purpose

4 4 to be delivered by June,2016.

CAIC Z-10

Attack

Helicopter 3 3 delivered for trials and evaluations.

Bell AH-1F/S

Cobra

Attack

Helicopter

51

20 AH-1S supplied by US between 1984 and 1986; 12 AH-1F

acquired in 2007; One AH-1F squadron (14 helicopters) supplied in

March 2010. 8 Ex-Jordanian AH-1S Cobras inducted in October

2013. Three lost to Crashes.

Bell AH-1Z Viper

Attack

Helicopter

--

The US Department of Defense (DoD) has awarded Bell Helicopter a

USD581 million contract that includes the delivery of 15 AH-1Z

Viper attack helicopters to Pakistan by 2018.

Eurocopter

AS550 C3 Fennec

Attack

Helicopter

-- 10 to be acquired. To be armed with 70 mm (2.75 inch) unguided

rockets.

Mi-35M Hind E

Attack

Helicopter

-- 4 units were purchased and are expected to be delivered in 2016.

Aerospatiale

Puma

Transport

helicopter 30

Mil Mi-17 Transport

helicopter 92 According to World Air forces 2009.

Bell UH-1Y

Venom

Utility

Helicopter -- 15 Lot 12 UH-1Y Venom utility helicopters.

Bell 206Jet

Ranger

Utility

helicopter 15

Bell 407 Utility

helicopter 45

Bell 412 Utility

helicopter 25

Bell UH-1

Huey

Utility

helicopter 30

Eurocopter

AS550 U2 Fennec

Utility

helicopter 50 Unarmed variant in service.

Aerospatiale

Alouette III

Utility

helicopter 43 Being phased out.

Aerospatiale

SA-315B Lama

Utility

helicopter 34 Being phased out.

Drones & Un-Manned Aerial Vehicles

Aircraft Role Quantity Comments

Burraq UCAV Reconnaissance & Strike 12 Inducted in November 2013. Around 12 examples are

visible in a picture. Used jointly with PAF.

GIDS

Shahpar UAV Reconnaissance 5 Five inducted in 2012. Currently in production.

GIDS

Uqab UAV Reconnaissance 20+ In service since 2008.

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