Equipment of the Pakistan Army

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The equipment currently in use by the Pakistan Army is divided into the following main sections: small arms, armour, artillery, aircraft and air defence systems.

Small arms

The Heckler & Koch G3 is the Pakistan Army's standard battle rifle, shown here is the G3A3 model.

The M4A1 with SOPMOD package, including Rail Interface System (RIS) and Trijicon ACOG 4x.

Steyr AUG A1 with 508 mm (20 inch) barrel.

Weapon	Comments
Handguns
Glock 17	[1]
Glock 26	[1]
HK P7	[1]
Steyr M9A1	Acquired by SSW.[1]
Beretta 92F	Used by Special Services Group (SSG) of the Pakistan Army.[2]
SIG Sauer P226	Used by Special Services Group (SSG) of the Pakistan Army.[3]
Tokarev	Produced locally [1]
Sub-machine guns (SMG) and carbines:
Heckler & Koch MP5	Manufactured by POF.[1][4]
Heckler & Koch MP5K	Also used by Airport Security Force & Personal Security Detail of VIP's.[1] Manufactured by POF in Wah Cantt.[4]
FN P90	[1]
Sterling SMG	Used in small numbers.[5]
Assault rifles
Type 56	Chinese-manufactured AK-47.[1]
Type 81	[6]
M16A1	Used by SSG.
M4A1 carbine	Used by SSG.[1]
Steyr AUG	[1]
FN F2000	[1]
Battle rifles
Heckler & Koch G3	The PA's service rifle. G3A3, G3P4 variants in service.[1] Manufactured by POF.[7]
FN FAL	Used in small numbers.[8]
Grenades
M26 grenade	[9]
M67 grenade	[1]
Sniper rifles
Dragunov SVD	[10]
HK PSG1	Manufactured under license by POF.[1][11]
Steyr SSG 69	[1]
Anti-material rifles
Istiglal	Small number in service.[12][13]
M82 Barret	[1]
Machine guns
FN MAG	[1]
FN Minimi Para	[1]
MG3	Manufactured under license by Pakistan Ordnance Factories.[1][14]
RPD	[1]
DShKM	Heavy Machine Gun.[15]
KPV	Heavy Machine Gun [16]
M2 Browning	Heavy Machine Gun [5]
Grenade launchers
Carl Gustav recoilless rifle	[1]
Mk 19 grenade launcher	[1]
M203 grenade launcher	[17]
RPG-7	Type 69 variant manufactured under license by Pakistan Ordnance Factories.[1][18]
RPG-29	[1]
Milkor MGL	[19]

Armour

Al-Zarrar MBT

M113 APC

Otokar Cobra Armoured Vehicle

M60 AVLB

Vehicle/System	Firm Number in Service	Status
Main Battle Tanks (MBT)
Al-Khalid II		In Early stages of development and believed to incorporate re-designed turret, Upgraded modular armour package and Sensors, Improved ammunition and new Powerpack developing 1,500 hp. As of 2012, two prototypes are developed.
Al-Khalid I	--	Currently in production.[20]
Al-Khalid	300+	As of January 2013.[21]
T-80UD	320	320 delivered by Ukraine between 1997 and early 2002, incorporating re-designed T-84 turret.[1] Negotiations on between Russia & Pakistan to upgrade the T-80UD tanks jointly.[22][23]
Al-Zarrar	600	Upgraded form of Type 59.[24]
Type 85-IIAP	300	[1]
Type 69-II	400	[1]
Type 63	50	Light Amphibious tank.[25]
Type 59	600	Being upgraded to Al-Zarrar standard.[24]
T-54/55	54	In Reserve.[26]
M48A5	300	In Reserve.[24]
Armoured Personnel Carriers Infantry Fighting Vehicles Armoured Cars
APC Talha	400+	Total 2,000 planned to be deployed.[25][27]
Otokar Akrep	260	[28]
Ferret AFV	90	[24]
WZ551	--	[29]
Al-Fahd IFV	140	[30]
Al-Hamza IFV	--	In Service.[1]
Type 63	80	[25]
Sakb	--
Al-Qaswa	--	200 to be procured.[1]
PT-76	32	Delivered by Indonesia between 1969 and 1970.[31]
M113	1600	[1]
Saad APC	--	Currently in production.[1]
M901 ITV	24	[32]
BTR-70 / BTR-80	120	[1]
Mohafiz	--	In Service & Additional APCs being procured.[1]
UR-416	46	In Service.[26]
OT-64 SKOT	6	Delivered by Slovakia in 1993.[31]
Otokar Cobra	10	[33]
BRDM-2	--	[34]
Mine Protected & Clearing Vehicles
Cougar	20	Buffalo EOD version. Delivered in 2010.[31][35]
Navistar	--	160 to Be Provided by FMS Program [35]
Armoured Recovery Vehicles
M88A1 ARV	52	In Service.[24]
Al-Hadeed	--	Based on APC Talha.[27]
Type 653 ARV	--	ARV based on the chassis of the Type 69 tank.[36]
Armoured Bridging Vehicles
M60A1 AVLB	--	In Service.[1]
M48 Armoured Vehicle Launched Bridge	--	In Service.[1]

Utility & Support Vehicles

Unimog U 4000

Name	Type	Quantity	Comments
Toyota Hilux	4x2 Pickup truck 4x4 Pickup truck	--	4x2 and 4x4 variants in Service.[37]
Land Rover Defender	4x4 Light-utility vehicle	5,000	Land Rover Defender 90's & 110's in service.[38]
Unimog U 4000	4x4 Multi-utility truck	--	In Service.[39]
Unimog U 5000	4x4 Multi-utility truck	--	In Service.[40]
Isoli M60 Recovery Crane	Light Recovery Vehicle	500+	Mounted on Iveco trucks.[41]
Yasoob Truck	4x4 Medium truck 6x6 Heavy duty truck	--	Small number in service.[42][43]
M-34 / M-35	6x6 Medium truck	--	Large number in service. Re-engining (diesel) and refurbishment done under the SHAHZORE Project.[43]

Artillery inventory

M109A5 self-propelled howitzer

MKEK Panter towed howitzer

M115 towed howitzer

Vehicle/System	Calibre	Quantity	Comments
Self-propelled artillery
M110 howitzer	203 mm	60	Tracked chassis.[26]
M109A2	155 mm	150+	Tracked chassis. Being upgraded to M109A5 standard.[28][44]
M109A5	155 mm	115	Tracked chassis. 67 delivered by US in 2008.[45] 48 more supplied in February 2010.[46] Total 297 Planned to be acquired.[47]
NORINCO SH1	155 mm	90	6×6 wheeled chassis.[48]
M7 Priest	105 mm	50	Being Phased out.[24]
MLRS-Multiple Launch Rocket System
A-100E	300mm	42	42 ordered in 2008 and delivered between 2011 and 2012.[49]
KRL 122	122 mm	40	Truck-mounted. Kahuta Research Laboratories from Pakistan have developed a rocket launcher that is very similar to the North-Korean BM-11 [24]
Azar (Type 83)	122mm	52	Pakistani variant of Type 83.[26]
Towed artillery
M115	203 mm	28	[26]
MKEK Panter	155 mm	72	12 ordered for evaluation in 2007 & delivered by Turkey between 2008-2009. Another 60 produced locally under ToT between 2011 and 2013 [49] by Heavy Industries Taxila (HIT).[47]
M198	155 mm	148	Delivered in 1997.[1]
M114	155 mm	144	[1]
M59	155 mm	30	[25]
Type 59-I	130 mm	410	[26]
Type 54	122 mm	490	[26]
Type 60	122 mm	200	[28]
M56	105 mm	113	[26]
D-30	122mm	143	Delivered by China between 2003 & 2004.[31]
OTO Melara Mod 56	105mm	50	Delivered by Italy between 1975 and 1978.[31]
M101	105 mm	250	In Service.[24]
Type 56	85 mm	200	[28]
Ordnance QF 25 pounder	88mm	1000	[24]

Aircraft inventory

Helicopters

AH-1S Cobra attack helicopters

Mil Mi-17 transport helicopter

Aircraft	Role	Quantity	Comments
CAIC Z-10	Attack Helicopter	3	3 delivered for trials and evaluations. [50]
Bell AH-1F/S Cobra	Attack Helicopter	51	20 AH-1S supplied by US between 1984 and 1986 ; 12 AH-1F acquired in 2007;[31] One AH-1F squadron (14 helicopters) supplied in March 2010.[51] 8 Ex-Jordanian AH-1S Cobras inducted in October 2013.[52] Three lost to Crashes.
Bell AH-1Z Viper	Attack Helicopter	--	The US Department of Defense (DoD) has awarded Bell Helicopter a USD581 million contract that includes the delivery of 15 AH-1Z Viper attack helicopters to Pakistan by 2018. [53]
Eurocopter AS550 C3 Fennec	Attack Helicopter	--	10 to be acquired.[54] To be armed with 70 mm (2.75 inch) unguided rockets.[55]
Mi-35M Hind E	Attack Helicopter	--	4 units were purchased and are expected to be delivered in 2016. [56]
Aérospatiale Puma	Transport helicopter	30	[57]
Mil Mi-17	Transport helicopter	92	According to World Airforces 2009.[58]
Bell UH-1Y Venom	Utility Helicopter	--	15 Lot 12 UH-1Y Venom utility helicopters. [59]
Bell 206 Jet Ranger	Utility helicopter	15	[57]
Bell 407	Utility helicopter	45
Bell 412	Utility helicopter	25	[60]
Bell UH-1 Huey	Utility helicopter	30
Eurocopter AS550 U2 Fennec	Utility helicopter	50	Unarmed variant in service.
Aérospatiale Alouette III	Utility helicopter	43	Being phased out.
Aérospatiale SA-315B Lama	Utility helicopter	34	Being phased out.

Unmanned aerial vehicles

Aircraft	Role	Quantity	Comments
Burraq UCAV	Reconnaissance & Strike	12	Inducted in November 2013. Around 12 examples are visible in a picture. Used jointly with PAF.[61]
GIDS Shahpar UAV	Reconnaissance	5	Five inducted in 2012. Currently in production.[62]
GIDS Uqab UAV	Reconnaissance	20+	In service since 2008.[62][63]

Anti-tank

BGM-71 TOW ATGM

Name	Type	Quantity	Comments
Baktar-Shikan	Anti-tank missile	21,350	Manufactured under license by Kahuta Research Laboratories of Pakistan. 21,350 produced between 1990 and 2012.[31]
BGM-71 TOW	Anti-tank missile	1,005	Delivered by United States between 1983 - 1986.
BGM-71C	Anti-tank missile	2,030	Delivered between 1987 - 1990.[31]
TOW-2A	Anti-tank missile	4,790	Delivered between 2006 - 2008 and 2008 - 2011.[31]
TOW-2RF	Anti-tank missile	422	Delivered between 2008 - 2011.[31]
M40 recoilless rifle	Recoilless rifle	2,000	105 mm recoilless gun.[25]
AT-11 Sniper	Anti-tank missile	1,920	Delivered by Belarus in 1997 - 1999.[31]
Cobra	Anti-tank missile	3,500	3,500 Delivered by Germany between 1965 - 1979. Cobra-1600 and Cobra-2000 versions In service.[31]
MILAN	Anti-tank missile	--	Used in Small numbers.

Air defence systems

Anza Mk-II

Mistral SAM

Name	Type	Quantity	Comments
Crotale	Surface-to-air missile	--	In service.[64]
Aspide-2000 Spada 2000	Surface-to-air missile	10 batteries
FM-90	Surface-to-air missile	--	Unveiled at the Pakistan Day Parade 2015.[65]
HN-5A	MANPADS	200	Delivered by China between 1989 and 1990.[66]
Anza Mk-I	MANPADS	1000	Produced under license between 1989 and 1998.
Anza Mk-II	MANPADS	1650	Produced under license between 1994 and 2012.
Anza Mk-III	MANPADS	--
Mistral	MANPADS	230	[67]
RBS 70	MANPADS	913	In Service.[68]
FIM-92 Stinger	MANPADS	350	[69]
PG99 (CS/SA1)	Anti-aircraft gun	--	One batch purchased in 2011.[70]
Oerlikon 35 mm twin cannon	Anti-aircraft gun	215	GDF-002 and GDF-005 in Service.[67]
Bofors 40 mm	Anti-aircraft gun	50	L/60 version.[26]
Type 55 / Type 65	Anti-aircraft gun	310	[67]
ZPU	Anti-aircraft gun	981	ZPU-1, ZPU-2 & ZPU-4 in service.[71]

See also

• Currently active military equipment by country

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