Data in this post has some overlap with Part 5 of this series which covers PLA Air Force. But that data is a bit old by now. This post has list of all known airfields (680+) in China which include civilian airports, military air-bases of all arms, heliports, helipads, seaplane bases and some closed installations […]
Author: Jaidev Jamwal
Pakistani Armed Forces ORBAT, Part 8: Army Regiments & Badges
Following is a list of known Pakistani Army’s infantry and support regiments and their locations between 2020-22. Many known regiments are not listed here as I have no information about them. There are many missing fields in the table too and I may update it in future. Gallery below the table contains badges of some […]
Military Open Source Intelligence (OSINT) Tutorial
Information will be added in due time.
Pakistani Armed Forces ORBAT, Part 7: Air Force
Pakistan Air Force (PAF) has grappled with various issues over the last 2-3 decades mostly due to lack of funding and sanctions. Yet it has kept a reasonably good inventory of aircraft and munitions through extensive efforts of sourcing second hand air frames, spares and overhauls. Even with sporadic sanctions, American F-16s have been their […]
Pakistani Armed Forces ORBAT, Part 6: Artillery
Artillery is one of the most valued arms of the Pakistan Army and a lot of scarce resources have been invested in it. Over the years, PA has relied on its artillery extensively during regular wars with India as well as for shelling of civilians in India, Afghanistan and even in Pakistan when they are […]
Pakistani Armed Forces ORBAT, Part 5: Air Defence
Pakistan’s Air Defence (AD) system is a tri-service and mutually integrated setup with the main focus on defence against India. PAF laid the foundation of an integrated AD network in 1976 or 1977 under “Project Crystal”. Multiple fixed and mobile radar systems were acquired to set the foundation. Presently, Air Defence Command (ADC) is responsible […]
Pakistani Armed Forces ORBAT, Part 4: Nuclear Forces
Introduction This paper is a part of a series of texts covering Order of Battle (ORBAT) and a few other details of Pakistani armed forces. The index of all other posts is at links provided at bottom. Some information is already published there, but it will be replaced with more detailed and updated data in […]
Chinese Armed Forces ORBAT Part 8: JLSF, SSF, PAP, Military Factories and Badges
All data plus some more in e-book format: https://amzn.to/3Vil8lQ. Early access & some extras on Patreon. 1. Joint Logistics Support Force JLSF is meant to provide all arms of PLA with logistics support of all kinds including but not limited to transport, medical, inventory, storage, construction and procurement. It has five subordinate Joint Logistics Service Centres […]