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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

 

• 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.

 

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.

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