Pakistan Army facts for kids
The Pakistan Army (Urdu: پاک فوج) is the largest branch of the Pakistani military set up, and is mainly responsible for protection of the state borders, the security of administered territories and for defending the national interests of Pakistan within the framework of its international obligations.
The main fighting regiments of the Pakistan Army comprise the Infantry and the Armoured Corps. The main Infantry regiments of the army are:
- The Punjab Regiment (Pakistan)
- The Frontier Force Regiment
- The Baloch Regiment
- The Azad Kashmir Regiment
- The Sindh Regiment
Armoured Corps units include:
- 5th Cavalry
- 6th Lancers
- 11th Cavalry
- 12th Cavalry
- 13th Cavalry
- 15th Cavalry
- 19th Lancers
- Guides Cavalry
The Pakistan Army, along with the Pakistan Navy and the Pakistan Air Force, combine to make the world's seventh largest military force
The 6th of September every year, is celebrated as 'Defence of Pakistan Day', or 'Pakistan Army Day', in Pakistan.
Images for kids
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The 6th Frontier Force Regiment of the British Indian Army in the fronts of World War II in Italy in 1943–44
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The Map of Kashmir, showing the tri-national control from China, Pakistan, and India, ca. 2005
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General Ayub Khan arriving to take over command of the Pakistan Army at the Army GHQ in Rawalpindi, Punjab in Pakistan on 17 January 1951
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The protest march in East Pakistan in 1954. The martial law was imposed through the army in East by Prime Minister Mohammad Ali Bogra to control the law and order situation.
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The public society in Pakistan rallying in support of the Pakistan Army in 1965
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The army officers in the 9th Battalion of the Frontier Force Regiment on 23 March 1974
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In the 1970s, the Corps of Engineers built many secretive weapon-testing laboratories and sites in the graphite mountain ranges of Pakistan. The footage is provided as an example by the CEIP.
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Transferred from Iranian Ground Force in 1973–75, the Pakistan Army acquired additional the AH-1S Cobra attack helicopters from the United States under the Foreign Military Sales to improve the Pakistan's defences in the 1980s.
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The Pakistan Army's troops, as part of their deployment in Somalia, patrolling off their mission in the Mogadishu in Somalia in 1993
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The Pakistan Army's paratroopers watching the Swat Valley from its highest point after the intense battle with Taliban fighters in 2009
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Pakistan Army's Special Forces (Special Services Group/SSG) troops after retaking a key area during Operation Khyber
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Pakistan army destroying an Indian army outpost on the LoC during tensions in 2017
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Pakistan army destroying an Indian army bunker on the line of control in 2017
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The passing out (graduation) of cadets from the Pakistan Military Academy in Kakul in 2007. The education and boot camp training last for two years before cadets becomes officers.
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Women soldier of the Pakistan Army
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Female Cadets from the PMA undergoing combat training
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The command and control structure of the six tactical operational commands in the Pakistan Army
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Pakistani infantry troops during a night exercise.
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The logo of the Army SSG where the Special Forces and Army Rangers are trained together
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The U.S.-Pakistan military relations: The group photo of the United States Army and the Pakistan Army after coordinating the joint operation in 2010.
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The Pakistan Army's special forces soldiers in a drill conducting jointly with the Russian special forces in 2016
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Urban warfare near Afghanistan: Pakistan Army infantry troops engage in door-to-door clearance during N. Waziristan offense in 2016.
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The Pakistan Marines (middle) with the Pakistan Army officer (left) and Myanmar Army (right) being trained at the School of Infantry and Tactics in Quetta, Balochistan in Pakistan
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The M60 AVLB, the engineering vehicle currently inventory in Pakistan Army
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Pakistani soldiers deployed as MONUSCO's female engagement team
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The Pakistan Army soldiers distributing the military rations to the affectees of the national calamities. The Army often involves in the civil society to relief activities and national-building to the local population of affected areas.
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The RVF Corps moving animals and livestock to a safer location after the flood warning issues by the NDMA in 2017
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