Pakistan Army

Here is brief detail about Pakistan Army.

The Pakistan Army (Urdu: پاک فوج) is the largest branch of the Pakistan military (Fouj), and is mainly responsible for protection of the state borders, the security of administered territories and defending the national interests of Pakistan within the framework of its international obligations.

The Pakistan Army, combined with the Navy and Air Force, makes Pakistan's armed forces the 7th largest military in the world (We have seventh largest Army in world). The Army is modelled on the United Kingdom armed forces (the reason you know that we got freedom from UK) and came into existence after the independence in 1947. It has an active force of 520,000 personnel and 500,000 men in reserve that continue to serve until the age of 45.

The Pakistani Army consists of both volunteer and conscripts and has been involved in many conflicts with India (1948, 1965, 1971, 1999). Combined with this rich combat experience, the Army is also actively involved in contributing to United Nations (UN) peacekeeping efforts. Other foreign deployments have consisted of Pakistani Army personnel as advisors in many African, South Asian and Arab countries. The Pakistani Army maintained Division and brigade strength presences in some of the Arab countries during the past Arab-Israeli Wars, and the first Gulf War to help the Coalition. The Pakistani Army is led by the Chief of Army Staff, currently Pervez Musharraf, who is also the President of Pakistan.

List of Chiefs of Army Staff

General Sir Frank Messervy (August 15, 1947 - February 10, 1948)
General Sir Douglas David Gracey (February 11, 1948 - January 16, 1951)
Field Marshal Ayub Khan (January 16, 1951 - October 26, 1958)
General Musa Khan (October 27, 1958 - June 17, 1966)
General Yahya Khan (June 18, 1966 – December 20, 1971)
General Gul Hassan (December 20, 1971 - March 3, 1972)
General Tikka Khan (March 3, 1972 – March 1, 1976)
General Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq (April 1, 1976 - August 17, 1988)
General Mirza Aslam Beg (August 17, 1988 - August 16, 1991)
General Asif Nawaz (August 16, 1991 - January 8, 1993)
General Wahid Kakar (January 8, 1993 - December 1, 1996)
General Jehangir Karamat (December 1, 1996 - October 6, 1998)
General Pervez Musharraf (October 7, 1998–present)

Structure of Army units

Army Unit Number of Units
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Corps 10
Infantry Divisions 19
Artillery Divisions 2
Aviation Squadrons 17
2 Special forces Brigades with 5 Battalions 1
Armored Recce Regiment 3
Independent Mechanical Infantry Brigades 6
Independent Armoured brigades 7
Artillery Brigades 9
Air Defence Command with 3 Air Defence Groups, 8 AD Brigades 1
Engineer brigades 7
Armoured divisions 2

Rank structure and uniform insignia
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Rank Field Marshal (5-Star) General (4-Star) Lieutenant General (3-Star) Major General (2-Star) Brigadier (1-Star) Colonel Lieutenant Colonel Major Captain Lieutenant 2nd Lieutenant

Weapons and equipment

Small arms
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Mohafiz armored vehicle.
Pakistan Army Mi-17s
Pakistan Army AH-1 CobraHeckler & Koch MP5 9 mm carbines and the Carbine 1A 9 mm sub-machine guns
Machine Gun MG-3
SMG PK, Type 1 & 2
Automatic Rifle G-3, Types A3 & P4
Anti Aircraft Machine Gun 12.7 mm, Type 54
Steyr SSG-4 and SSG-P2 (sniper rifles)
M-82 anti material rifle
AK-47 (currently being phased out)
Type 81 Assault Rifle
M-4A1 (only in service with SF)
Styer Sniper Rifle

Mortars
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(Type) 81 mm
AM-ffff Series 120 mm
Type 63-1

Anti-tank guided weapons
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Milan ATGM
TOW ATGM
TOW II (recently procured)
Bakter-Shikan ATGM

Army Air Defence
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AA guns ZU-23/33 30, 36, 37 mm
Crotale SAM
RBS-70
SA-7 Grail
FIM-92 Stinger
Mistral
FIM-43 Redeye
Anza Mk II | Anza Mk III
HQ-2b

Missiles
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Hatf-I
Hatf-II (Abdali-I)
Hatf-III (Ghaznavi)
M-11
Ghaznavi
Hatf-V (Ghauri I)
Hatf-V (Ghauri II) carry Conventional and Nuclear
Ghauri-III Ballistic missile Range 4,000 km
Shaheen I
Shaheen-II
Shaheen III
Babur missile

All information about Pakistani army is welcomed here.

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Regards,

Forum Pakistan
Be proud to be a Pakistani (instead of being a Punjabi, Sindhi, Baloch or Pushtoon)

nice information abt army

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All in the favour of gun control raise your right hand.

Very nice info.

for more info on pak army go to this link:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pakistan_army

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main lucy gasssssssssssssssssssssss wala!!!

pak army rules

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Devils Advocate

Pak mulk ke Napak Foj

long live pakistan

what ever the army doing if its in favor of pak then they should survive otherwise God help us!!!!

oh army is gr8 but it shuld remain in barrack not in politics

Jab mard ghar mein rehta hy tou Aurat par zulm karta hy aur khud Choriyaan pehn leta hy...

Jab kutta wafa nahin nibhata tou apni hey khaney key bartan mein pishab kar deta hy.

Jab insan insan nahin rehta tou hawaniyat par utar ata hy...

Jab kutta Malik par bhonkta hy tou us ka marney ka din kareeb aajata hy

AUR KHUDDA KEY LIYE Jis ARMY mein Abroo aur izaat nahin hoti woh PAKISTAN ARMY ban jati hy!

DO not worship these scoundrels... Even if they provide security these ppl are fed and armed by us for it...
In ko in Ki aukat mein Rakho!

who says they are our defenders? they are defenders of their own petty interests & american interests.they deserve what is being done to them in waziristan & swat.

GOOOOOOO PAK ARMY!!!!!!!!!

wat if ur house guard with a gun, raid onto u?

Pakistan's army is a rouge army. May the people of Pakistan can understand its true nature and intentions.

hi
thank

pak army zinda baad

Pakistani VCOAS needs to show some guts and get rid of this loser Musharraf if they want to be deemed with respect in the eyes of the common Pakistani.

this is not right man

pakistan army is good but somebody not good like some general you gues it

what a army

no man

zinda bad

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PAK ARMY ZINDABAD !!

[size=18][/size]Well as an ex-army, I thought to voice my views.
To give you a little background, I am a staunch Muslim and a staunch Pakistani. Pakistan, as I used to say, was my 2nd love after my mother. I still still love Pakistan but for a very different reason......This is the only country on the face of this earth today, created in the name of Allah. When I joined Pakistan Army at a very young age of 18, it was much more than a job for me. It was not a chance to defend a piece of land but to defend my ideology. Pakistan Army’s moto at that time was “Imaan, Taqwa, Jihad Fe Sabeellillah”. I still remember the cold sunny day in Kakul when I was sworn by the Holy Book to defend this country tooth and nail. But today’s army is very different. “Sab se pehley Pakistan” is not my ideology. This is an army who is killing my brothers and sister in Afghanistan and Pakistan. If I was 18 again today, would I join Pakistan Army in its present state…………..NEVER.