Modern
Pakistan Armored Division

1965-1972 Asia

List PA3M

by Mark Bevis

1. Teeth Arm

Cavalry (Armoured) Regiment

    RHQ (Bttn HQ): 2x M47 or M48 Patton or T-54 or Type 59
    3 Squadrons@
      SHQ: 2x Tanks
      4 Troops@ 3x Tanks

2. Brigade Support

Armoured Brigade HQ: 2x Tanks, 4 lorries, 2 Jeeps, Air Liaison Team

3. Divisional Support

Up to:

1 SP Field Artillery Regiment:

    SHQ: 6 trucks, 4 AR sqds, 3 OP Teams
    3 batteries@ 6x 105mm M7B1 Priest, radio truck

1 Field Artillery Regiment:

    BHQ: 6 AR sqds, 6 lorries, 3 OP Teams
    3 batteries@ 6x 105mm M101 or 25pdr, 6 trucks, radio truck

1 Light AA Regiment:

    BHQ: 4 AR/rifle sqds, 6 trucks
    3 batteries@ 6x 40mmL60 Bofors, 6 trucks

4. Corps Support

Includes:

2 Artillery Battalions@

    BHQ: 8 rifle sqds, 10 lorries
    3 batteries@ 4x 155mm M59 Long Tom, 4x M4 HST, radio vans

1 Artillery Battalion:

    BHQ: 8 rifle sqds, 10 lorries
    3 batteries@ 4x 203mm M115 howitzers, 8 lorries, radio vans

Engineer Battalions
Heavy AA units

5. Notes

    a) Radios are in all AFV and other PHQ.
    b) AR is G3 or AK47, LMG is Bren or MG1 GPMG or RPD. Can replace AR with Lee-Enfield or Garand rifles.
    c) The 1st and 6th Armoured Divisions have 2 Brigades each of 2 Armoured Regiments.
    d) In the 1965 war the regiments were equipped with M47 and M48 tanks. By 1968 one of the eight regiments has T-54 and another five have Chinese Type 59 tanks. The remainder have the M47 and M48 in the 6th Division.
    e) It appears that Armoured Regiments were freely cross-attached between divisions, thus Shermans appeared in the Armoured Divisions and Type 59s and M48s supported infantry divisions.
    f) Details are provisional.
    g) No APDS ammunition available, tanks being restricted to APC and HEAT rounds.


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