Defence
capablities of India & Pakistan | | | | | | | | INDIA | | Pakistan
| | | | | | | Army |
1.1 million personnel with five regional commands and 12 corps. Reserves:
Territorial Army - 40,000 volunteers Equipment:
3,400 main battle tanks, including T-55, T-72, Vijayanta.
90 light tanks. 1,450 infantry combat vehicles. 300 armoured
personnel carriers. 4,175 pieces of towed artillery. 155mm
Bofors howitzers 130 mm guns. 105 mm guns. About
200 pieces of self-propelled artillery 2,400 air defence guns
Unspecified number of searcher and other unmanned aerial vehicles 150
helicopters
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550,000 personnel with nine corps headquarters. Reserves: 513,000 personnel. Equipment:
2,300 main battle tanks, including M-47, M-48, T-55, Chinese-made Type
59, Type 69, Type 85 and T-80UD. 1,150 armoured personnel carriers.
1,400 pieces of towed artillery, including 155mm, 130mm and 203mm guns.
250 pieces of self-propelled artillery. More than 2,000 air defence
guns, 20 attack helicopters, more than 100 transport helicopters and unspecified
number of Bravo UAVs.
| | | | | | | Navy |
53,000 personnel. Equipment: 10 Russian-made
Kilo-class submarines 4 HDW SSK submarines 2 Soviet era
Foxtrot submarines 1 aircraft carrier with Sea King helicopters and
Sea Harrier aircraft 8 guided missile destroyers 11 frigates
7 corvettes 39 patrol and offshore combat vessels
18 mine warfare vessels 7 amphibious combat vessels 32 support
vessels. 20 Sea Harrier aircraft. 29 Dornier aircraft 10
Il-38 and Tu-142 reconnaissance aircraft 70 helicopters, including
Ka-25s.
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25,000 personnel, including 1,200 marines and 2,000 personnel of Maritime Security
Agency. Main base at Karachi. Equipment:
10 submarines, including French-made Agosta, Daphne armed with Harpoon missiles,
eight frigates, five missile crafts, three coastal patrol boats, one inshore patrol
vessel, six mine warfare and nine support vessels 5 naval combat aircraft.
9 armed helicopters
| | | | | | | Air
Force: | 110,000
personnel with five regional commands Equipment:
More than 700 combat aircraft. Force include Su-30, MiG-21,
MiG-23, MiG-29, Mirage 2000, Jaguar. More than 20 attack helicopters,
including Mi-25 and Mi-35. 4 Boeing electronic intelligence aircraft
2 reconnaissance squadrons. More than 200 transport aircraft,
including Dorniers, An-32, Avros, Il-76. More than 150 transport helicopters,
including Mi-8, Mi-17 and Mi-26.
| | 45,000
personnel with three regional commands Equipment:
More than 350 combat aircraft, including Mirage III, Mirage 5, Chinese-made
Q-5. One reconnaissance squadron More than 20 transport aircraft, including
C-130 Hercules, Boeing 707.
| | | | | | | Missiles: | Unspecified
number of Prithvi nuclear-capable short-range missiles. | |
Unspecified number of Hatf-I, Hatf-II short-range missiles. |
| INDIA |
| ARMY |
1.1 million personnel
with five regional commands and 12 corps. Reserves: Territorial Army
- 40,000 volunteers | Equipment: 3,400
main battle tanks, including T-55, T-72, Vijayanta. 90 light tanks.
1,450 infantry combat vehicles. 300 armoured personnel carriers.
4,175 pieces of towed artillery. 155mm Bofors howitzers
130 mm guns. 105 mm guns. About 200 pieces of self-propelled
artillery 2,400 air defence guns Unspecified number of searcher
and other unmanned aerial vehicles 150 helicopters | |
| | | Navy: |
| 53,000 personnel. |
Equipment: 10 Russian-made Kilo-class submarines
4 HDW SSK submarines 2 Soviet era Foxtrot submarines
1 aircraft carrier with Sea King helicopters and Sea Harrier aircraft
8 guided missile destroyers 11 frigates 7 corvettes
39 patrol and offshore combat vessels 18 mine warfare vessels
7 amphibious combat vessels 32 support vessels. 20 Sea Harrier
aircraft. 29 Dornier aircraft 10 Il-38 and Tu-142 reconnaissance
aircraft 70 helicopters, including Ka-25s. | |
| | | Air
Force: | |
110,000 personnel with five regional commands | |
110,000 personnel with five regional commands Equipment:
More than 700 combat aircraft. Force include Su-30, MiG-21,
MiG-23, MiG-29, Mirage 2000, Jaguar. More than 20 attack helicopters,
including Mi-25 and Mi-35. 4 Boeing electronic intelligence aircraft
2 reconnaissance squadrons. More than 200 transport aircraft,
including Dorniers, An-32, Avros, Il-76. More than 150 transport helicopters,
including Mi-8, Mi-17 and Mi-26. | | | |
| | | PAKISTAN: |
| Army: |
550,000 personnel with nine
corps headquarters. Reserves: 513,000 personnel. | Equipment:
2,300 main battle tanks, including M-47, M-48, T-55, Chinese-made Type
59, Type 69, Type 85 and T-80UD. 1,150 armoured personnel carriers.
1,400 pieces of towed artillery, including 155mm, 130mm and 203mm guns.
250 pieces of self-propelled artillery. More than 2,000 air defence
guns, 20 attack helicopters, more than 100 transport helicopters and unspecified
number of Bravo UAVs. | | | |
| Navy: |
25,000 personnel, including
1,200 marines and 2,000 personnel of Maritime Security Agency. Main base at Karachi. |
Equipment: 10 submarines, including French-made
Agosta, Daphne armed with Harpoon missiles, eight frigates, five missile crafts,
three coastal patrol boats, one inshore patrol vessel, six mine warfare and nine
support vessels 5 naval combat aircraft. 9 armed helicopters |
| | | | Air
Force: | |
45,000 personnel with three regional commands |
45,000 personnel with three regional commands Equipment: More
than 350 combat aircraft, including Mirage III, Mirage 5, Chinese-made Q-5.
One reconnaissance squadron More than 20 transport aircraft, including
C-130 Hercules, Boeing 707. | | send
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