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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 […]
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 […]
ABOUT This text is the second part of a monograph I’m writing on ORBAT of Chinese Armed Forces. It covers Chinese Radar and long range Surface To Air Missile sites. The first one was about Chinese Rocket Forces and you can find it on: https://jjamwal.in/yayavar/chinese-armed-forces-orbat-part-4-rocket-forces/ Radars and permanent SAM sites are quite easy to spot […]
I was curious about number of soldiers per capita recruited from Indian states, so wrote this post. One issue was getting accurate population statistics for different states, so the per capita recruitment numbers are just for 2018-19. Looking at the figures below, following observations can be made. If you go by per capita numbers, Himachal […]
Pakistani armoured corps is a fairly strong military arm with a large number of tanks of various types in service. Pakistan Army (PA) doctrine depends upon their tanks to repel or hold any Indian invasion in most non-mountainous sectors south of Sunderbani in Jammu. Pakistani tanks have played important roles in all wars against India […]
This section covers some of the components (can’t remember the right word for it at the moment) of Pakistani army like regiments, armour and anti-tank units. There is surprisingly little information about even basic information like infantry regiments of Pakistani army and a lot of data is missing. Anti Tank Pakistani Army utilises dedicated vehicle […]
“Most countries have an army, but Pakistan’s army has a country” is a popular saying which to be fair, is also somewhat true for many other unstable countries in Africa and the Middle-east. What makes Pakistan unique is how it’s armed forces have successfully controlled all aspects of the statecraft and internal politics for so […]
China has invested a lot of resources and efforts on scaling up its navy in terms of quality and quantity both. Need for wide scale reforms in PLA was felt after a war with Vietnam in 1979. Gulf War of 1999 and Taiwan Strait Crisis in 1995 made CPC realise the importance of having a […]