Land ownership statistics of Pakistani armed forces are interesting.

Pakistan army Kohat cantt

Defence forces owning huge tracts of lands in semi-rural and urban areas isn’t an uncommon thing. They need space for training, storage, residence, training among a hundred other things. So they end up with large amounts of land ownership almost everywhere in the world. But countries owned by their defence forces like Pakistan are a […]

Chinese Armed Forces ORBAT Part 10: Fuel

This is a list of Chinese assets related to their oil infrastructure. The table below contains locations of military and some civilian oil & storage sites, refineries and a few more. As with other posts in this series, this is a work in progress and more details will be added in time. Raw data is […]

Chinese Armed Forces ORBAT Part 9: All airfields

All airports in China

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 […]

Pakistani Armed Forces ORBAT, Part 8: Army Regiments & Badges

Pakistan Army’s Baloch Regiment Passing out Parade

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 […]

Pakistani Armed Forces ORBAT, Part 7: Air Force

Pakistan air force orbat

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

M109A2 155mm 10 Medium Artillery Regiment

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 air defence ceremony

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 […]