The following is a list of active equipment of the Pakistan Army.__TOC__
Handguns | |||||
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Beretta 92 | 9×19mm Parabellum | Standard gun. 92F variant is in use.[1] | |||
SIG Sauer P226 | 9×19mm Parabellum | Used by Special Service Group.[2] | |||
SIG Sauer P229 | 9×19mm Parabellum | Used by Special Service Group. | |||
HK P7 | 9×19mm Parabellum | Used by Special Service Group, will be replaced by P229. | |||
Glock 17 | 9×19mm Parabellum | Used by Special Service Group, will be replaced by P226. | |||
Glock 19 | 9×19mm Parabellum | Used by Special Service Group, will be replaced by P229. | |||
Submachine guns | |||||
Heckler & Koch MP5 | 9×19mm Parabellum | MP5A2, MP5P3, MP5K variants in service.[3] [4] Locally produce under license by POF. | |||
FN P90 | 5.7×28mm | Personal defence weapon. | |||
Assault rifles and Battle rifles | |||||
Heckler & Koch G3 | 7.62×51mm NATO | Standard battle rifle. G3A3, G3P4 and G3M variants in service.[5] Locally produce under license by POF. | |||
Type 56 | 7.62×39mm | Standard assault rifle.[6] Type 56-I, II & some modernized variants in service.It will be replaced by the PK-21 which is locally produced unlicensed copy of the AK 103 assault rifle.[7] | |||
5.56×45mm NATO | Used by Special Service Group.[8] [9] M4A1 variant in service. | ||||
Steyr AUG | 5.56×45mm NATO | Used by Special Service Group. AUG A3 variant in service. | |||
5.56×45mm NATO | Used by Special Service Group.[10] SG 552 variant in service. | ||||
Sniper rifles | |||||
Azb DMR MK1 | 7.62×51mm NATO | | [11] Designated marksman rifle, Semi-automatic, based on the Heckler & Koch G3 rifle | ||
PSR-90 | 7.62×51mm NATO | | [12] Used by Special Service Group. Semi-automatic. License built version of Heckler & Koch PSG1. | ||
Steyr SSG 69 | .308 Winchester | [13] Bolt-action | |||
Accuracy International Arctic Warfare | .308 Winchester .338 Lapua Magnum | Used by Special Service Group.[14] Bolt-action | |||
RPA Rangemaster | .50 BMG | Used by Special Service Group.[15] Bolt-action | |||
Barrett M82A1 | .50 BMG | Used by Special Service Group.[16] Semi-automatic. | |||
Machine guns | |||||
HMG PK-16 | 12.7×108mm | Standard heavy machine gun, a modernized variant of DshK/Type 54P in service.[17] [18] | |||
MG3 | 7.62×51mm NATO | Standard general-purpose machine gun.[19] Locally produce under license by POF. | |||
RPD | 7.62×39mm | Squad automatic weapon.[20] | |||
PKM | 7.62×54mmR | Limited usage by Special Service Group.[21] |
POF P2A1 | Hand grenade | Fragmentation grenade. Arges 84 produced under license.[22] [23] | |||
POF Discharger P3 MK1 | Smoke grenade | Smoke screening hand grenade. | |||
POF Target Indication MK2 | Smoke grenade | Target indication smoke hand grenade.[24] | |||
Mk 19 | Automatic grenade launcher (40×53mm) | [25] | |||
QLZ-87 | Automatic grenade launcher (35×32mm) | [26] | |||
SPG-9 | Recoilless rifle | 73 mm recoilless rifle. | |||
M40A1 | Recoilless rifle | 105 mm recoilless rifle.[27] | |||
RPG-7 | Rocket grenade launcher | 40 mm rocket-propelled grenade launcher.[28] | |||
Alcotán-100 | Anti-tank rocket launcher | 100 mm disposable anti-tank rocket launcher, Alcotán-AT (M2) variant in service. Equipped with Vosel (M2) fire control system. | |||
Type 63-1 | Mortar launcher | 60 mm mortar. Based on M2 variant in service.[29] | |||
LLR 81 | Mortar launcher | 81 mm mortar. MO-81-61C and MO-81-61L variants in service.[30] [31] | |||
MO-120-RT | Mortar launcher | 120 mm mortar.[32] [33] | |||
POF P3 Mk2 | Anti-tank mine | [34] [35] | |||
POF P5 Mk1 | Command-detonated anti-personnel mine | Variant of M18A1 Claymore in service, manufactured by POF.[36] [37] |
Name | Image | Generation | Origin | In service | Notes | |
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Haider MBT | 3rd+ | Unknown | 125 mm gun. Modernized variant of VT-4. Currently in production at HIT.[38] [39] | |||
VT-4 | 3rd+ | 119[40] | 125 mm gun. Initial batch of 176 ordered. Total 679 planned. Equipped with FY-4 ERA.[41] [42] | |||
3rd | 300 [43] ----110+ | 125 mm gun.[44] [45] | ||||
T-80UD | 3rd | | 320 | 125 mm gun.[46] | ||
Type 85 | 2nd | 268 | 125 mm gun. Type 85-IIAP variant in service.[47] | |||
Al Zarrar | 2nd | 500 | 125 mm gun. To replace Type 59.[48] | |||
Type 69 | 1st | 400 | Type 69-IIMP variant in service. | |||
Type 59 | 1st | 600 | 100 mm gun. Being upgraded to Al Zarrar standard. |
(Armoured Personnel Carriers) APCs, (Infantry Fighting Vehicles) IFVs | ||||
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M113 | 2,300 M113 A1/A2/P [49] 600 VCC-1/VCC-2 | Multirole armoured personnel carrier and infantry fighting vehicle.[50] [51] [52] [53] [54] [55] [56] Mostly modernized & upgraded, American built M113A1/A2, Pakistani built M113P & Italian built VCC-1A2 variants in service. | ||
APC Saad APC Talha | 200 | Multirole armoured personnel carrier and infantry fighting vehicle.[57] [58] | ||
Mine Resistant Ambush Protected (MRAPS) | ||||
MaxxPro | 225 | Mine-resistant ambush-protected (MRAP). MaxxPro DXM and MaxxPro Dash DXM variants in service.[59] [60] | ||
Infantry Mobility Vehicles (IMVs) | ||||
Dragoon 2 | 600 | Armoured security vehicle/Scout car.[61] [62] | ||
Mohafiz | — | Light armoured vehicle.[63] | ||
Miscellaneous vehicles | ||||
Maaz | — | Anti-tank variant based on APC Talha, using Baktar Shikan[64] [65] | ||
Mouz | — | Air defence variant based on APC Talha, using RBS-70 | ||
Sakb | — | Armoured command and control vehicle. Based on APC Talha [66] [67] | ||
Foton Tunland | Light utility vehicle. | ||
Toyota Land Cruiser | Light utility vehicle. | ||
Toyota Hilux | Light utility vehicle. | ||
Land Rover Defender | Light utility vehicle. | ||
Al Qaswa | Light armored tracked vehicle for logistics & cargo.[68] | |||
Isuzu F-Series | Light/Medium truck. Various variants in service.[69] | |||
Hino Ranger | Light/Medium truck. Various variants in service.[70] | |||
M35 | Light/Medium truck. Various variants in service.[71] | |||
Yasoob | Medium/Heavy truck. Limited numbers in service. |
MaxxPro MRV | — | Light armoured recovery vehicle. Based on MaxxPro. | |||
W653 | 175 | Armoured recovery vehicle. Based on Type 69 tank.[72] [73] | |||
M88 | 52 | Heavy armoured recovery vehicle. Based on Patton family of tanks. M88 & M88A1 variants in service.[74] | |||
Isoli M60 | 500 | Light recovery crane mounted on truck.[75] | |||
Dragon | — | Tank-mounted engineering mine plough vehicle.[76] | |||
Troll Anti-Mine | 53 | De-mining vehicle. Based on T-55 tank.[77] | |||
Cougar JERRV | 20 | Mine-clearing vehicle. Buffalo Explosive Ordnance Disposal version.[78] | |||
Aardvark JSFU | — | Mine flail vehicle. Mk 3 variant in service.[79] [80] | |||
Type 84 RDMS | 14 | Air-dispersed anti-tank mine.[81] | |||
Al Hadeed | — | Armoured recovery vehicle based on APC Saad | |||
Al Khalid AVLB | 8 | Armoured vehicle-launched bridge. Based on Al Khalid tank. | |||
M60 AVLB | 12 | Armoured vehicle-launched bridge. Based on M60 tank. M60A1 variant in service.[82] | |||
M47M AVLB | — | Armoured vehicle-launched bridge. Based on M47 tank.[83] | |||
M48 AVLB | — | Armoured vehicle-launched bridge. Based on M48 tank. | |||
AM 50B | 4 | Bridge layer. | |||
PB 79A | — | Pontoon bridge. |
Rocket artillery | |||||
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Fatah-2 | Unknown | Guided MLRS. Maximum range of 400 km.[84] | |||
Fatah-1 | Unknown | Guided MLRS. Maximum range of 140 km.[85] | |||
A-100 | 450+ [86] | 300mm MLRS.[87] [88] [89] The system can launch CALT-built rocket having maximum range of 120 km.[90] | |||
Azar | 52+ | Chinese variant of the BM-21 Grad. Produced under license as the "Azar".[91] | |||
KRL-122 Ghazab | Unknown | 122 mm MLRS. The system can launch POF built Yarmuk Rocket having maximum range of 40 km. | |||
Self-propelled artillery | |||||
SH-15 | 164 [92] [93] | 155mm truck-mounted howitzer. Pakistan has ordered around 236–300 units with TOT to further build these self-propelled howitzers locally in Heavy Industries Taxila.[94] [95] [96] | |||
M109 | 438 | M109A2: (200)[97] M109A5: (115)[98] [99] M109L: (123) | |||
M110 | 60 | 203 mm howitzer. M110A2 variant in service.[100] | |||
Towed artillery | |||||
M115 | 28 | 203 mm howitzer.[101] | |||
M198 | 148 | 155 mm howitzer.[102] | |||
M114 | 144 | 155 mm howitzer.[103] | |||
Type 59-1 | 410 | 130 mm howitzer. Based on M46.[104] [105] | |||
Type 86 | 80 | 122 mm howitzer. Based on D-30.[106] [107] [108] | |||
Type 54-1 | 490 | 122 mm howitzer. Based on M-30.[109] | |||
M101 | 216 | 105 mm howitzer.[110] | |||
Mod 56 | 113 | 105 mm howitzer.[111] | |||
25-pounder | 1,000 [112] | Still in service as of 2018. 88 mm shells being produced by POF.[113] |
Weapon | Image | Type | Origin | Notes | |
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Kornet-E | Laser-guided anti-tank missile | 52 launchers purchased in 2017-2018 along with unspecified number of missiles.[114] | |||
KRL Baktar Shikan | Wire-guided anti-tank missile | Variant of HJ-8 in service.Used with Maaz APC, 4x4 vehicles and AH-1F Cobra. Range of 4 km. According to SIPRI, between 1990 and 2022, Pakistan has produced 26,350 Baktar-Shikans.[115] | |||
BGM-71 TOW | Wire-guided anti-tank missile | TOW-2A, TOW-2A RF, TOW-2B RF and ITOW variants in service. Used with M901 ITV, M113 APC and AH-1F Cobra.[116] [117] [118] [119] [120] | |||
NESCOM Barq-I/II | Air-launched anti-tank guided missile | Used with Helicopters & UAVs.[121] [122] |
Weapon | Image | Type | Origin | Notes | |
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Air defence - Missile systems | |||||
HQ-9 | Long-range surface-to-air missile | HQ-9P variant in service. Operational range is 125 km against aircraft and 25 km against cruise missiles.[123] [124] | |||
HQ-16 | Short-to medium-range surface-to-air missile | Two variants in service:LY-80: Operational range is 40 km.[125] LY-80EV: Operational range is 70 km.[126] | |||
HQ-7 | Short-range surface-to-air missile | FM-90 variant in service. Operational range is 15 km.[127] | |||
Air defence - Man-portable systems | |||||
FN-6 / FN-16 | Man-portable air-defense system | 806 FN-6 delivered between 2010 and 2016. 1,191 FN-16 delivered between 2018 and 2021.[128] [129] | |||
KRL Anza | Man-portable air-defense system | Three variants in service: Anza Mk-I (Based on HN-5B. A total of 1,100 in service. 100 delivered by 1987. 1,000 produced between 1989 and 1998.) Anza Mk-II (Based on QW-1. 2,650 produced between 1994 and 2022.) Anza Mk-III (Based on QW-2. Unknown number in service.) | |||
RBS 70 | Man-portable air-defense system | Mk 1, Mk 2, Mk 2 BOLIDE variants in service. 1,711 missiles. RBS 70 VLM used with M113 and Mouz APC.[130] [131] [132] [133] | |||
FIM-92 Stinger | Man-portable air-defense system | FIM-92A variant in service. | |||
Air defence - Anti-aircraft gun systems | |||||
Type 85 | Anti-aircraft gun (12.7mm) | Updated version of Type 77. | |||
Type 54P | Anti-aircraft gun (12.7mm) | Chinese version of DShK, locally built by Pakistan Ordnance Factories.[134] [135] | |||
Type 56 / Type 58 | Anti-aircraft gun (14.5mm) | 200,[136] Based on ZPU. | |||
Oerlikon GDF | Anti-aircraft gun (2 x 35 mm) | 248, GDF-002 and GDF-005 variants in service,[137] [138] with 134 SkyGuard radar units. | |||
Type 55 / Type 65 | Anti-aircraft gun (37 mm) | 310, Based on M1939. | |||
L-60 | Anti-aircraft gun (40 mm) | 50 units as of 2021. | |||
Type 59 | Anti-aircraft gun (57 mm) | 144 units as of 2021, based on AZP S-60. |
IBIS-150 | Air surveillance radar | Used with LY-80. | |||
LAADS | Air surveillance radar | [139] | |||
Giraffe 40 | Command and control Early warning radar | [140] | |||
SLC-2 | AESA counter-battery radar | [141] | |||
RASIT | Ground surveillance radar | RASIT-E variant in service.[142] | |||
Skyguard | Fire control radar | Used with Oerlikon GDF. | |||
Firefinder | Weapon-locating radar | [143] |