The Regiment of Artillery is the military administrative and combat support branch of the Pakistan Army.[2]
| Regiment of Artillery | |
|---|---|
 Cap Badge of the Regiment of Artillery | |
| Active | 1947 |
| Country |  Pakistan |
| Branch |  Pakistan Army |
| Type | Combat service support |
| Role | Administrative and staffing oversight. |
| Size | 45 battalion-sized Regiments |
| HQ/Garrison | Army GHQ in Chaklala Cantonment, Rawalpindi District, Punjab, Pakistan |
| Nickname(s) | ARTY |
| Colors | Red and Blue[1] |
| Engagements | Military history of Pakistan |
| Commanders | |
| Director-General | Maj-Gen. Amir Naveed Warraich |
| Notable commanders | Gen. Pervez Musharraf Gen. Zubair Hayat Lt-Gen. S.M. Abbasi Lt-Gen. Asif Ghafoor |
Reporting direct from the Army GHQ in Rawalpindi, the regiment itself is an administrative with many of its units deployed as part of maneuver strike corps.[2]
History
editAfter the partition of former British Indian Army, the Royal Indian Artillery was split between the Indian Army and the Pakistan Army, which Pakistan renamed it as "Royal Pakistan Artillery" in 1947.[3][4] In 1947, the Regiment inherited only eight regiments, one survey battery, an air observation post flight, and two formation headquarters.: 77 [5] From 1947–56, the Pakistan Army was forced to keep the British Army officers to maintain administrative support of the Royal Pakistan Artillery despite British preference of the Indian Army.: 83 [5]
In 1956, the artillery was reorganized as Regiment of Artillery with the field manuals being adopted from the United States Army's Field Artillery Branch through U.S. aid which allowed the army to be aligned on American training patterns.[3] The Regiment of Artillery in the British lines were equipped with 24 guns held in three batteries, further divided into two troops of four guns each.[3] The Pakistan Army adopted the U.S. Army system of 18 guns in each regiment, divided in three batteries of six guns each.[4]
The education and training for the troops to be part of the Regiment of Artillery is offered by the School of Artillery which was established by the Pakistan Army in 1947 at Nowshera Cantonment.[3][4] The Regiment of Artillery is commanded by the active-duty two-star, major-general, who serves its director-general, working directly under the Chief of the General Staff (CGS) at the Army GHQ in Rawalpindi, Punjab in Pakistan.[6]
Units
editThe First (SP) Medium Regiment (FF)(Pur Azam Ba Waqar)
2 Field (Chamb Di Rani)
3 SP (Bijli Topkhana)
4 Medium (Fighting Four)
5 MRLS (Al Shurraz)
6 MRLS (The Grid Smashers)
7 Mountain (Gola Of Babot)
8 Medium (Eight The Great)
9 Medium (Ghazian E Chajja)
10 Medium (The Tenicious) (Sharp & Deadly)
11 Medium (Chamb Ikatar) (Gyara Josh Ka Dhara)
12 Medium (Raad Un Wa Barq) (Zafarwal Medium)
13 MBRL
14 Field (ABBASIA)
15 SP (The Star Regt) (Fighting Fifteen)
16 SP (The Dashing Sixteen)
17 Locating (Aik Sath)
18 Field (SP)(Khush Bash Athara)
19 MBRL (Atish o Ahan)
20 MBRL (Zarb E Shadeed)
21 Medium (Punjab) (Gajj K Wajj)
22 Field (Gram Dam E Justuju)
23 Field (Guns Of Wagah)
24 Medium (Zarb Ul Awwal)
25 Field (Leepa Pioneers)
26 Field
27 Medium
28 Medium (But Shikan)
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30 SP (Zilzaal)
31 Mountain (The Only One)
32 Medium (September Maroons)
33 SP (Janfishan)
34 Medium (Happy" Heavy Artillery Power Punch")
35 SP (Sherni)
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37 Locating (Proud Locators) (First To Locate)
38 Field (Kargil Topkhana)
39 SP (Discipline, Efficiency, Teamwork) (Har dum Pur Dum) (Chamb 65)(Chamb 71)
40 Field (Taigh E Burran)
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42 Field (The Flaming Blue)
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44 SP (Men of Crisis)
45 Field
46 Field (Golandaz)
47 Field (Heaven of heavens)
48 Field (The Hard Hitters)
49 Field (Zarb Ul Hai)
50 Field (Al Haamiyah)
51 Medium (Mandiala Gunners) ~ (Tatla's Own)
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53 Field (Tarwanja Sheer Da Panja)
54 Medium (Zarb E Haider) ~(Mty Bhatti's Own)
55 Field (Pachwanja, Jessore Khulna, Sada Panja Dada Panja)
56 Field (An Nasir)
57 Medium (Fakhar E Jassar)
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59 Field (Five Nine The Very Fine) ~ (Changazi's Own)
60 Medium (Hizb Ul Hadeed) (Sialkot 71, Kargil 99, OAM 16)
61 SP (Ek sath)
62 Field
63 Medium (Nothing But The Best)
64 Medium (Victors Of Chamb)
65 Medium (Pensath) (Ready & Alive)
66 Medium (Tabah Kun)
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68 Mountain (Daruchain 71)
69 Medium (Hum Nasir) (Bravo 69)
70 Field (Ghazi E Kanganpur)
71 Field (Saf Shikan)
72 SP Medium (Behter) (Shakargarh Medium 71)(The Shakargarh SP)(Flag Bearers)
73 Medium
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76 Field (July Jolt) (Sabuna 71)
77 Field (Sath Sath)(Facta Non Verba)
78 Field (Al Qariah)
79 Field (Fauq Ul Ahsan)
80 Field (Ghazi E Hilli)
81 Medium (Jannat Talwaron K Saye Talay)
82 SP (The Kargil Hunters)(HAQ HOO) ~(Bobby's Own)
83 Medium (On Target)
84 Field (Pasban E Hurriat)
85 Medium (Al Saiqa) (Chhor 71)
86 Field (Seena Sipar)
87 (SP)Medium (1971) (The Aala Regt)
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90 Medium (Pur Azam Ba Hadaf) (Kamra Saviours)
91 Field (Mighty One)
92 Mountain (Muhammadia)
93 Medium (The Shaheen Regt)
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96 Missile Regt (Shaheen Ba Hadaf)
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99 Medium (Taholi Shine)
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101 Field Mountain (NLI) (The Kargil Field)(The Century First) (Sherdill Ababeel Sabit Qadam)
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105 Field (Al Shadeed)
105 Locating
106 Medium
107 Mountain (Siachen Awwaleen)
107 Locating—109 Medium (Heavy Haavy)
110 Field (Ek Do Das Zabardast)
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115 Medium—117 Medium
118 Medium (Al Ghalib IllAllah) (Lashkara)
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128 Field (Har Waqt Bar Waqt)
129 Field (Fit n Fine) (Deedban E Kargil)
130 Medium (Zarb E Ajal)
131 SP (Al Mujazif)
132 Medium (Har Dum Pur Dam)
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137 Medium (Highway To Heaven)
138 SP (Zinda Dill)
139 SP
140 SP (Dast E Ajal)
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149 Medium (Sholah Fishan) ~ (Lt Arslan's Own)
150 Medium (Ek Panjah)
151 Medium (Al Saddad)
152 Medium (Al Sadat)
153 Field
154 SP (Ek Churwanja) (Sher da Punja)
155 Missile Regt(The Pioneers)
156 Locating (The Striking Locators)
157 Locating
158 Locating (The Great)
159 Locating (Vigilant Tracker)
160 feild
161 Field (Second To None)
162 Field (Mountain Hawks)
163 Field (Zarb Ul Mateen)
164 Mountain (Steel & Fire)
165 Field (Marala)
166 Medium (Zarb E Ahan)
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168 Field (Proud & Great)
169 SP (Waseleen E Hadaf)
170 Field
171 Field (As Sawaiq)
172 MLRS
172 MBRL
173 Medium (Al Takbeer)
174 Medium (The Flying Arrows)
175m Missile Regt (First To Fire) " Shandar Regt"
176 Missile Regt
177 Missile Regt
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180 MLRS (First to fire Shaheen 2)
181 MRA (The cruise pioneer)(Shahab E Saqib Regt)
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183 Medium (NLI) (Bombrash)
184 (SP)Medium (Sholah Jawan)
185 Field (Fakhar E Margalla)
186 Mountain (Barq O Raad)
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189 Missile Regt
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193 Missile Regt
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196 Mountain Regt (Artillery)
197 Missile Regt (The Deterrent)
198 Missile Regt
199 Missile Regt (Hizbullah)
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200 Medium
830 MJD Field
831 MJD Field (Chamb Tigers)
832 MJD Field
833 MJD Medium (Takbeeries)
836 MJD Medium
- Key
- SP = Self Propelled
- MBRL = Multi Barrel Rocket Launcher
- MLRS = Multiple Launching Rocket System
References
edit- ^ "ZFC - International Military Colors & Flgs". www.flagcollection.com. Retrieved 14 December 2023.
- ^ a b "Artillery – Pakistan Army". Retrieved 14 December 2023.
- ^ a b c d Bokhari 1998.
- ^ a b c ISPR 2009.
- ^ a b Cheema, Pervaiz I.; Riemer, Manuel (22 August 1990). Pakistan's Defence Policy 1947-58. Springer. ISBN 978-1-349-20942-2. Retrieved 15 December 2023.
- ^ Alam, Dr Shah (1 July 2012). Pakistan Army: Modernisation, Arms Procurement and Capacity Building. Vij Books India Pvt Ltd. ISBN 978-93-81411-79-7. Retrieved 15 December 2023.
- Bokhari, EAS (Colonel, Retired) (July 1998). "50 Years of the Regiment of Artillery". Defence Journal. Directorate-General of Military History (Army Division). Archived from the original on 23 May 2000. Retrieved 7 May 2023.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ISPR (10 November 2017). "Press Release No PR-554/2017-ISPR". Inter-Services Public Relations.
- ISPR. "Corps of Artillery". Directorate-General of Military History. Directorate-General for Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR). Archived from the original on 2009-07-05. Retrieved 2023-05-07.
External links
edit- Pakistan Army's Corps of Artillery. GHQ: Pakistan Military Television Network.
- Regiment of Artillery: History
- Regiment of Artillery: Present war