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PAKISTAN ARMY
Pakistan Army is a land based Professional fighting force came into existence by after the independence of Pakistan in August,1947.
According to International Institute of Strategic Studies (IISS) It has an Active force of 725,000 personnel and Reserved force of 500,000 personnel bringing the total to 1,225,000 Troops as of April 2013.
Pakistan Army shares its campaigns along with Pakistan Marines,Inter Services Intelligence and PAF.
OPERATIONS
Pakistan Army has a long history of many successful operations.
The Current ongoing operations are located in North-South Region of Waziristan against the Global Terrorist Organizations Taliban,Lashkar e Islam,Lashkar e Jhangvi,Al Qaeda etc..
In This War Against Terrorism.Pakistan faced a heavy disaster of financial losses in the country.
140,000 Pakistani Troops participated into the war including:
Pakistan Army.
Pakistan Air Force.
ISI.
Frontier Corps.
Against
20,000 Hakeemullah Mehsood's Talibans.
7000 TTP Militia.
1000 TNSM(Tehrik e Nifazat-e-Shariat-e-Muhammadi) Militia.
800 LEJ(Lashkar e Jhangvi/Sipah e Sahaba) Militia.
100 IMU(Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan) Militia.
In the Response.
Pakistan Army Killed 20,000 Militants and Captured Thousands.
In Return Pakistan Army loosed 5,000 of their own Soldiers.
8,671 + Wounded.
Although it was a Success by Pakistan Army.
All the Militants left the SWAT and Lower DIR Area.
But Uper DIR Operation is under process since Last month of this year.
Pakistan Army also faced Urban Strategic Attacks by Islamic extremists including
SSP (Sipah e Sahaba)
BSO (Baloch Student Organization)
LEJ (Lashkar e Jhangvi)
Although These Organizations openly condemn the attacks and show their response against the Operation carried by Pakistan Army against the Militants in Mountain Areas.
Almost Half Ratio of Pakistani Nationals oppose the Army due to speeches by Mullahs in local mosques.
This Could not be tackled till yet due to Power of Mullahism in Politics (Maliq Ishaq's close Relation with Rana Sanaullah and Shahbaz Sharif).
Many commander of these Terrorist Operation are free to move in Karachi due to Political Shelter including Orangzaib Farooqui who openly says to attack shites and barelvis.
UN PEACEKEEPING MISSIONS BY PAKISTAN ARMY
In the wake of the new world power equilibrium a more complex security environment has emerged. It is characterised by growing national power politics and state implosions which have necessitated involvement of the United Nations peace keeping forces for conflict resolution.
The United Nations has been undertaking peace keeping operations since its inception, but the need for employment of peace keeping forces has increased significantly since the Gulf War. In 1992 there were 11,000 Blue Berets deployed around the world, by the end of the year the figure rose to 52,000. Presently it exceeds 80,000 troops.
Ranks
The rank structure is patterned on the British Army model. It consists of commissioned officers, non-commissioned officers and the junior commissioned officers.
Commisioned Officers
1: Second Lieutenant.
2: Lieutenant.
3: Captain.
4: Major.
5: Lieutenant Colonel.
6: Colonel.
7: Brigadier. (1 Star Officer)
8: Major General. (2 Star General)
9: Lieutenant General. (3 Star General)
10: General. (4 Star General)
Non-commissioned officers wear respective regimental color chevrons on the right sleeve. Centre point of the uppermost chevron must remain 10 cm from the point of the shoulder. Company / battalion appointments wear the appointments badges on the right wrist.
1: Sepoy.
2: Lance Naik.
3: Naik.
4: Havildar.
5: Company Quartermaster Havildar.
6: Company Havildar Major.
7: Battalion Quartermaster Havildar.
8: Battalion Havildar Major.
Junior Commisioned Officers
1: Naib Subedar.
2: Subedar.
3: Subedar Major.
Sub Divisions By Profession
The Pakistan Army is divided into two main branches, which are Arms and Services.
Arms:
Services:
SPECIAL FORCES
The Special Services Group (SSG) is an independent commando regiment/corps of the Pakistan Army. It is an elite special operations force similar to the United States Army Special Forces (Green Berets) and the British Army's SAS.
Active: 23 March 1956—Present
Size: 10 Battalions
Garrison/HQ: Cherat, Pakistan
Nickname: SSG, Maroon Berets, Army SS Group, Black Storks.
Colours Identifications: Maroon and Sky blue
Current Commander: Major-General Farrukh Bashir,
Colonel-in-Chief
The Special Services Group (SSG) is a special operations force of the Pakistan Army. It is considered to be among the most highly trained, battle experienced and professional Special Operations Forces in the world. It is quite similar to the U.S. Army's Special Forces and the British Army's SAS.
The SSG, headquartered in Cherat, is headed by a Major-General and divided into ten battalions, the actual strength of which are classified.
SSG officers must have at least five years of prior military experience and volunteer from other formations for two-year assignments with the SSG; non-commissioned officers and enlisted men volunteer from other formations to serve permanently in the SSG. All trainees must participate in an nine month SSG course at Cherat. The SSG course emphasizes physical conditioning, including a 36-mile march in 12 hours and a five mile run in 40 minutes with full gear. Following the SSG course, trainees must go through the airborne training to get their commando wings from the SSG Airborne School. The course lasts four weeks, with wings awarded after five day-jumps and three night-jumps.The SSG recruits get trained in hand-to-hand combat training and very hard physical fitness training only about 5% recruits make it through to the Pakistan SSG due to the very tough training course.
Many in the SSG school are selected for additional specialist training. A HALO[SUP] [/SUP]course is given at Peshawar with a "Skydiver" tab awarded after 25 freefall jumps. A "Mountain Warfare" qualification badge is given after completing a course at the Mountain Warfare School in Abbottabad. A "Combat Diver" badge is awarded for the course held by the Naval Special Services Group SSGN at Karachi.
WEAPONS
Pakistan Army has a long range of National and International Shotguns,Assault Rifles,Battle Rifles,Machine Guns,RPGs,Anti Aircraft Weapons,Handguns,Sniper Rifles and SMGs.
Assault Rifles:
1: Ak 47 Type 56 Assault Rifle.
2: Ak 47 Type 81 Assault Rifle.
3: Ak 47 by POF.
4: M4 Carbine.
6: M16 Assault Rifle.
7: FN 2000.
8: Steyr AUG.
Machine Guns:
1: FN Minimee PARA.
2: FN MAG.
3: RPD.
4: MG3.
5: M2 Browning.
HandGuns:
1: Glock 17.
2: Glock 23.
3: Baretta 92.
4: Glock 26.
5: HK P7.
6: Steyr M9A1.
7: Tokarev.
Battle Rifles.
1: HK G3.
2: HK G3A3
3: HK G3A4.
4: FN FAL.
Sniper Rifles:
1: Dragunov SVD.
2: HK PSG1.
3: M82 Barret.
4: Steyr SSG 69.
Sub-Machine GUNS:
1: HK MP5.
2: HK MP5K.
3: FN P90.
ARMOUR
1: AL KHALID-MAIN BATTLE TANK. (600 In Service)
2: AL KHALID II (Under Production)
3: Al Zarrar (400 In Service)
4: Type 80UD (320 In Service)
5: Type 85 IIAP (275 In Service)
6: Type 69 II (425 In Service)
7: Type 59 (1200 In Service)
8: Type 54/55 (50 In Service)
ARTILLERY INVENTORY
Self Propelled Artillery:
1: M110 (230 mm) (260 in Service)
2: M109 Howitizer (130 mm) (655 in Service)
3: NORINCO SH1 (155mm) (213 In Service).
MRLS-Multiple Launch Rocket System:
1: A100 (300 mm) (150 In Service)
2: KRL 21 (155 mm) (72 In Service)
AIRCRAFT INVENTORY
1: AH-1F/S Cobra (ATTACK HELICOPTER)
2: IAR 330 (Utility Helicopter)
3: Harbin Y12 (Utility Helicopter)
4: Cessna Citation Bravo
5: PAC MFI-17 Mushshak
6: Aero Commander 840
7: Mil Mi-17
8: Bell 206 Jet Ranger
9: Bell 412
10: Bell UH-1 Huey
11: Eurocopter AS350
12: Eurocopter AS355
13: Aérospatiale SA 330 Puma
ANTI TANK MISSILES
MEN PORTABLE AIR DEFENCE SYSTEM
Medium altitude air defence systems
High altitude air defence systems
ANTI AIRCRAFT GUNS
[h=1]Pakistan Army basketball team[/h]The Pakistan Army basketball team is the basketball team of the sports department of the Pakistan Army.[SUP][/SUP]Several of the team's players belong to the elite of Pakistan and have played for the Pakistan national basketball team.[SUP][/SUP]
[h=2]Notable players[/h] Note: Flags indicate national team, as has been defined by FIBA. Players may hold more than one nationality.
PAKISTAN ARMY
Pakistan Army is a land based Professional fighting force came into existence by after the independence of Pakistan in August,1947.
According to International Institute of Strategic Studies (IISS) It has an Active force of 725,000 personnel and Reserved force of 500,000 personnel bringing the total to 1,225,000 Troops as of April 2013.
Pakistan Army shares its campaigns along with Pakistan Marines,Inter Services Intelligence and PAF.
OPERATIONS
Pakistan Army has a long history of many successful operations.
The Current ongoing operations are located in North-South Region of Waziristan against the Global Terrorist Organizations Taliban,Lashkar e Islam,Lashkar e Jhangvi,Al Qaeda etc..
In This War Against Terrorism.Pakistan faced a heavy disaster of financial losses in the country.
140,000 Pakistani Troops participated into the war including:
Pakistan Army.
Pakistan Air Force.
ISI.
Frontier Corps.
Against
20,000 Hakeemullah Mehsood's Talibans.
7000 TTP Militia.
1000 TNSM(Tehrik e Nifazat-e-Shariat-e-Muhammadi) Militia.
800 LEJ(Lashkar e Jhangvi/Sipah e Sahaba) Militia.
100 IMU(Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan) Militia.
In the Response.
Pakistan Army Killed 20,000 Militants and Captured Thousands.
In Return Pakistan Army loosed 5,000 of their own Soldiers.
8,671 + Wounded.
Although it was a Success by Pakistan Army.
All the Militants left the SWAT and Lower DIR Area.
But Uper DIR Operation is under process since Last month of this year.
Pakistan Army also faced Urban Strategic Attacks by Islamic extremists including
SSP (Sipah e Sahaba)
BSO (Baloch Student Organization)
LEJ (Lashkar e Jhangvi)
Although These Organizations openly condemn the attacks and show their response against the Operation carried by Pakistan Army against the Militants in Mountain Areas.
Almost Half Ratio of Pakistani Nationals oppose the Army due to speeches by Mullahs in local mosques.
This Could not be tackled till yet due to Power of Mullahism in Politics (Maliq Ishaq's close Relation with Rana Sanaullah and Shahbaz Sharif).
Many commander of these Terrorist Operation are free to move in Karachi due to Political Shelter including Orangzaib Farooqui who openly says to attack shites and barelvis.
UN PEACEKEEPING MISSIONS BY PAKISTAN ARMY
In the wake of the new world power equilibrium a more complex security environment has emerged. It is characterised by growing national power politics and state implosions which have necessitated involvement of the United Nations peace keeping forces for conflict resolution.
The United Nations has been undertaking peace keeping operations since its inception, but the need for employment of peace keeping forces has increased significantly since the Gulf War. In 1992 there were 11,000 Blue Berets deployed around the world, by the end of the year the figure rose to 52,000. Presently it exceeds 80,000 troops.
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- UN Operations in Somalia (UNOSOM) 1992–1995
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Ranks
The rank structure is patterned on the British Army model. It consists of commissioned officers, non-commissioned officers and the junior commissioned officers.
Commisioned Officers
1: Second Lieutenant.
2: Lieutenant.
3: Captain.
4: Major.
5: Lieutenant Colonel.
6: Colonel.
7: Brigadier. (1 Star Officer)
8: Major General. (2 Star General)
9: Lieutenant General. (3 Star General)
10: General. (4 Star General)
Non-commissioned officers wear respective regimental color chevrons on the right sleeve. Centre point of the uppermost chevron must remain 10 cm from the point of the shoulder. Company / battalion appointments wear the appointments badges on the right wrist.
1: Sepoy.
2: Lance Naik.
3: Naik.
4: Havildar.
5: Company Quartermaster Havildar.
6: Company Havildar Major.
7: Battalion Quartermaster Havildar.
8: Battalion Havildar Major.
Junior Commisioned Officers
1: Naib Subedar.
2: Subedar.
3: Subedar Major.
Sub Divisions By Profession
The Pakistan Army is divided into two main branches, which are Arms and Services.
Arms:
- Armoured Corps
- Infantry
- Artillery
- Air Defence
- Engineers
- Signals
- Aviation
- Airborne
- Chemical corps
Services:
- Army Services Corps(ASC)
- Corps of Military Police
- Military Intelligence Corps
- Electrical and Mechanical Engineers (EME)
- Army Medical Corps
- Army Ordnance Corps
- Army Dental Corps
- Remount Veterinary and Farms Corps
- Army Education Corps
- Army Clerical Corps
- JAG Branch
SPECIAL FORCES
The Special Services Group (SSG) is an independent commando regiment/corps of the Pakistan Army. It is an elite special operations force similar to the United States Army Special Forces (Green Berets) and the British Army's SAS.
Active: 23 March 1956—Present
Size: 10 Battalions
Garrison/HQ: Cherat, Pakistan
Nickname: SSG, Maroon Berets, Army SS Group, Black Storks.
Colours Identifications: Maroon and Sky blue
Current Commander: Major-General Farrukh Bashir,
Colonel-in-Chief
The Special Services Group (SSG) is a special operations force of the Pakistan Army. It is considered to be among the most highly trained, battle experienced and professional Special Operations Forces in the world. It is quite similar to the U.S. Army's Special Forces and the British Army's SAS.
The SSG, headquartered in Cherat, is headed by a Major-General and divided into ten battalions, the actual strength of which are classified.
SSG officers must have at least five years of prior military experience and volunteer from other formations for two-year assignments with the SSG; non-commissioned officers and enlisted men volunteer from other formations to serve permanently in the SSG. All trainees must participate in an nine month SSG course at Cherat. The SSG course emphasizes physical conditioning, including a 36-mile march in 12 hours and a five mile run in 40 minutes with full gear. Following the SSG course, trainees must go through the airborne training to get their commando wings from the SSG Airborne School. The course lasts four weeks, with wings awarded after five day-jumps and three night-jumps.The SSG recruits get trained in hand-to-hand combat training and very hard physical fitness training only about 5% recruits make it through to the Pakistan SSG due to the very tough training course.
Many in the SSG school are selected for additional specialist training. A HALO[SUP] [/SUP]course is given at Peshawar with a "Skydiver" tab awarded after 25 freefall jumps. A "Mountain Warfare" qualification badge is given after completing a course at the Mountain Warfare School in Abbottabad. A "Combat Diver" badge is awarded for the course held by the Naval Special Services Group SSGN at Karachi.
WEAPONS
Pakistan Army has a long range of National and International Shotguns,Assault Rifles,Battle Rifles,Machine Guns,RPGs,Anti Aircraft Weapons,Handguns,Sniper Rifles and SMGs.
Assault Rifles:
1: Ak 47 Type 56 Assault Rifle.
2: Ak 47 Type 81 Assault Rifle.
3: Ak 47 by POF.
4: M4 Carbine.
6: M16 Assault Rifle.
7: FN 2000.
8: Steyr AUG.
Machine Guns:
1: FN Minimee PARA.
2: FN MAG.
3: RPD.
4: MG3.
5: M2 Browning.
HandGuns:
1: Glock 17.
2: Glock 23.
3: Baretta 92.
4: Glock 26.
5: HK P7.
6: Steyr M9A1.
7: Tokarev.
Battle Rifles.
1: HK G3.
2: HK G3A3
3: HK G3A4.
4: FN FAL.
Sniper Rifles:
1: Dragunov SVD.
2: HK PSG1.
3: M82 Barret.
4: Steyr SSG 69.
Sub-Machine GUNS:
1: HK MP5.
2: HK MP5K.
3: FN P90.
ARMOUR
1: AL KHALID-MAIN BATTLE TANK. (600 In Service)
2: AL KHALID II (Under Production)
3: Al Zarrar (400 In Service)
4: Type 80UD (320 In Service)
5: Type 85 IIAP (275 In Service)
6: Type 69 II (425 In Service)
7: Type 59 (1200 In Service)
8: Type 54/55 (50 In Service)
ARTILLERY INVENTORY
Self Propelled Artillery:
1: M110 (230 mm) (260 in Service)
2: M109 Howitizer (130 mm) (655 in Service)
3: NORINCO SH1 (155mm) (213 In Service).
MRLS-Multiple Launch Rocket System:
1: A100 (300 mm) (150 In Service)
2: KRL 21 (155 mm) (72 In Service)
AIRCRAFT INVENTORY
1: AH-1F/S Cobra (ATTACK HELICOPTER)
2: IAR 330 (Utility Helicopter)
3: Harbin Y12 (Utility Helicopter)
4: Cessna Citation Bravo
5: PAC MFI-17 Mushshak
6: Aero Commander 840
7: Mil Mi-17
8: Bell 206 Jet Ranger
9: Bell 412
10: Bell UH-1 Huey
11: Eurocopter AS350
12: Eurocopter AS355
13: Aérospatiale SA 330 Puma
ANTI TANK MISSILES
- Bakter-Shikan ATGM
- BGM-71 TOW
- BGM-71 TOW 2[SUP][/SUP]
- MILAN[SUP][/SUP]
MEN PORTABLE AIR DEFENCE SYSTEM
- Anza Mk I, Anza Mk II, Anza Mk III (MANPAD)
- SA-7 Grail
- General Dynamics FIM-92 Stinger
- General Dynamics FIM-43 Redeye
- Bofors RBS-70 short-range SAM system
- Mistral Man-portable air defence systems
Medium altitude air defence systems
- Spada-2000, Advanced Air Defence System
- Bofors RBS 23 medium range, all-weather capable air defence system
High altitude air defence systems
ANTI AIRCRAFT GUNS
[h=1]Pakistan Army basketball team[/h]The Pakistan Army basketball team is the basketball team of the sports department of the Pakistan Army.[SUP][/SUP]Several of the team's players belong to the elite of Pakistan and have played for the Pakistan national basketball team.[SUP][/SUP]
| Leagues: | WAPDA Neelum Jhelum National Men’s Basketball Championship |
|---|---|
| Team colors: | Red, dark green |
[h=2]Notable players[/h] Note: Flags indicate national team, as has been defined by FIBA. Players may hold more than one nationality.
