Bharat Rakshak

The number of tanks in a Pakistani armd regt is as follows :-<BR>1. A sabre tp has 3 x tanks<BR>2. A sabre sqn has 13 x tanks<BR> 4 x 3 tk tps<BR> 1 x control tank, used by the sqn comdr<BR>3. An armd regt has 41 tanks<BR> 3 x 13 tank sqns<BR> 2 x command tanks, CO and 2IC

The Pakistani Inf Div has 3 x Inf Bdes not just 2.

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Subra:<BR><B>Vikram:<P>If you lookat a lot of Puki formations they all mirror Indian setup.<P>Another example take a look at the SSG </B><HR></BLOCKQUOTE><P>The SSG predates our Special Forces ...

Pakistan does not have a third armd div. They have in the last 3 years raised 2 more indep armmd bdes. But an armd div ? Indep arms bdes are more their style nowadays.

The Field Coys were part of the Madras, Bengal or Bombay Engineers not the Bengal Lancers which were part of the Cavalry/Armoured Corps. <p>[This message has been edited by Mandeep Bajwa (edited 02-07-2001).]

A great effort ! Add the unofficial Jat Regiment web page too.<BR>thejatregiment.cjb.net

Maj AH Amin does write in great detail and with devastating frankness. The 9(Frontier)Div was raised in '48 with it's HQ at Peshawar under the command of Maj Gen Nazir Ahmed from the Brigades deployed on the Nort-West Frontier like the Razmak Bde,Gardai Bde, Zhob Bde. These were moved from the Front...

19 Lancers are based at Kharian under 8(I) Armd Bde,stylishly called'the Brigade of Decision'!It's cl compn is 75% Punjabis and 25% Sindhis(actually Kaim Khanis and Ranghars).

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Brig Aziz Ahmed Chattha is the Comdr of 326 Inf Bde.

Good work Sunil!<P>Irked by reports of the Indians knowing all the details of the Pakistani DCB forward of the BRB(Ichhogill) Canal like the locations of bunkers,concrete emplacements,tank firing points, command posts and gaps etc the Pakistanis have deployed the National Guard units all along the W...

Some more abbreviations<P>PTSC Passed Technical Staff College<P>SI(M) Sitara-I-Imtiaz(Military)<P>TI(M) Tamgha-I-Imtiaz(Military)<P>AC Armoured Corps<P>NDC National Defence College

Offrs are not directly commissioned in the Army Avn but join on volunteering from other arms at the level of Capt with about 3-5 years of service.So a trainee pilot of the Army Avn would dsfinitely be a Capt.<BR>The reason for the late entry is that offrs are expected to learn about the arms they wo...

Sunil,That's a great catch - the list of SI(M) awardees that is. To understand this list it's neccessary to know the meanings of the abbreviations. Here are some:-<P>AFWC Signifies that the offr has passed the Armed Forces War College<BR>PSC Passed Staff College<BR>G+ The General Cadre are the group...

The difference between the mech inf hvy a/tk units and the mech inf lt a/tk units is that whereas the former fire their ATGMs from M-113 APCs the latter use jeeps as their weapon platforms.

Any discussion of the Pak ORBAT must take into consideration their para military forces which are much more effective than ours,better led,better trained and better motivated. What can one expect from our police-officer led forces like the BSF and the ITBP?

The Pak Army will probably have some surprises up it's sleeve in the field of Electronic Warfare. They have an electronic warfare company attached to each div now.

For offensive/strike operations the PA had 2 GHQ reserves ;the Army Reserve North consisting of I Corps with 6 Armd,17 Mech and 35 Inf Divs and a mech inf hvy anti tk bde, an armd bde and an inf bde and Army Reserve South consisting of II Corps with 1 Armd,14 Mech,2 Arty and 40 Inf Divs and a mech i...

The DG Joint Services co-ordinates planning and functions under the Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee currently Gen Musharraf. The Joint Services HQ is at Chaklala a short distance from Rawalpindi.

Rakesh, it was Gen Jameel Mahmood then Eastern Army Comdr who was killed in a heptr crash some years back. Coming to Gen Zaki, it's not generally known that he literally desertes his post as ADC to the President of India in order to join his bn at the front during the '62 invasion.19 Maratha his bn ...

Raising 2 new field armies would entail raising HQs,communications,logistics at the very least. In '65 the PA had only one corps HQ therefore causing a very big problem of command and control for their GHQ. In fact a second corps HQ was slated to be raised; HQ IV Corps.The Corps Arty Bde had been ra...

The Shawal Rifles are a para-military force for border security like our BSF but better trained,equipped and led. They form part of the Frontier Corps(NWFP).

This is really good stuff! Imagine the threat to India! And our politicos want the LTTE to be given power in our backyard!! Beats me how their brain processes work!

There is a fierce debate going on in the PA about the neccessity of raising 2 Army HQ to control the northern & southern groups of corps viz Northern Army to control I,XXX and IV Corps and a Southern Army to control II,XXXI and V Corps with GHQ directly controlling X Corps. XI & XII Corps ar...

Hi Sunil, thanks for the warm welcome. As yet the formations to which these 2 new armd bdes have been tasked are not confirmed.The reason for raising these new bdes is that the PA felt during their war games that the offensive potential of their 2 strike corps employed as GHQ reserves north & so...

I've learnt from reliable sources that the PA has recently raised 2 new indep armd bdes, namely 11&13. There have been no new raisings of armd regts but withdrawal of some units from over-strength bdes like 3 at lahore has enabled the PA to utilise these for the new bdes.