SSG ARMY FULL DETAILS

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 ------------------------------- 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 ----------------------------------------- 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 ------------- 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 ---------- (Type) 81 mm AM-ffff Series 120 mm Type 63-1 Anti-tank guided weapons ------------------------------ Milan ATGM TOW ATGM TOW II (recently procured) Bakter-Shikan ATGM Army Air Defence --------------------- 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 --------- 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