Regiment of Artillery (Pakistan)

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Regiment of Artillery
Regiment of Artillery logo.png
Cap Badge of the Regiment of Artillery
Active1947;77 years ago (1947)
CountryFlag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan
BranchFlag of the Pakistani Army.svg  Pakistan Army
Type Combat service support
Role Administrative and staffing oversight.
Size45 battalion-sized Regiments
HQ/Garrison Army GHQ in Rawalpindi, Punjab in Pakistan
Nickname(s)ARTY
ColorsRed and Blue [1]
  
Engagements Military history of Pakistan
Commanders
Director-General Maj-Gen. Amir Naveed Warraich
Notable
commanders		Gen. Pervez Musharraf
Lt-Gen. S.M. Abbasi
The Pakistan Army's troops operating the M115 howitzer in 1965. Pakistani M115 howitzer-1965 War.jpg
The Pakistan Army's troops operating the M115 howitzer in 1965.

The Regiment of Artillery is the military administrative and combat support branch of the Pakistan Army. [2]

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Reporting direct from the Army GHQ in Rawalpindi, the regiment itself is an administrative with many of its units deployed as part of maneuver strike corps. [2]

History

After the partition of former British Indian Army, the Royal Indian Artillery was split between the Indian Army and the Pakistan Army, which Pakistan renamed it as "Royal Pakistan Artillery" in 1947. [3] [4] In 1947, the Regiment inherited only eight regiments, one survey battery, an air observation post flight, and two formation headquarters.: 77  [5] From 1947–56, the Pakistan Army was forced to keep the British Army officers to maintain administrative support of the Royal Pakistan Artillery despite British preference of the Indian Army.: 83  [5]

In 1956, the artillery was reorganized as Regiment of Artillery with the field manuals being adopted from the United States Army's Field Artillery Branch through U.S. aid which allowed the army to be aligned on American training patterns. [3] The Regiment of Artillery in the British lines were equipped with 24 guns held in three batteries, further divided into two troops of four guns each. [3] The Pakistan Army adopted the U.S. Army system of 18 guns in each regiment, divided in three batteries of six guns each. [4]

The education and training for the troops to be part of the Regiment of Artillery is offered by the School of Artillery which was established by the Pakistan Army in 1947 at Nowshera Cantonment. [3] [4] The Regiment of Artillery is commanded by the active-duty two-star, major-general, who serves its director-general, working directly under the Chief of the General Staff (CGS) at the Army GHQ in Rawalpindi, Punjab in Pakistan. [6]

Units

1 SP (FF)(The First)(Pur Azam Ba Waqar)

2 Field (Chamb Di Rani)

3 SP (Bijli Topkhana)

4 Medium (Fighting Four)

5 MRLS (Al Shurraz)

6 MRLS (The Grid Smashers)

7 Mountain (Gola Of Babot)

8 Medium (Eight The Great)

9 Medium (Ghazian E Chajja)

10 Medium (The Tenicious) (Sharp & Deadly)

11 Medium (Chamb Ikatar) (Gyara Josh Ka Dhara)

12 Medium (Raad Un Wa Barq) (Zafarwal Medium)

13 MBRL

14 Field (ABBASIA)

15 SP (The Star Regt) (Fighting Fifteen)

16 SP (The Dashing Sixteen)

17 Locating (Aik Sath)

18 Field (SP)(Khush Bash Athara)

19 MBRL (Atish o Ahan)

20 MBRL (Zarb E Shadeed)

21 Medium (Punjab) (Gajj K Wajj)

22 Field (Gram Dam E Justuju)

23 Field (Guns Of Wagah)

24 Medium (Zarb Ul Awwal)

25 Field (Leepa Pioneers)

26 Field

27 Medium

28 Medium (But Shikan)

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30 SP (Zilzaal)

31 Mountain (The Only One)

32 Medium (September Maroons)

33 SP (Janfishan)

34 Medium (Happy" Heavy Artillery Power Punch")

35 SP (Sherni)

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37 Locating (Proud Locators) (First To Locate)

38 Field (Kargil Topkhana)

39 SP (Discipline, Efficiency, Teamwork) (Har dum Pur Dum) (Chamb 65)(Chamb 71)

40 Field (Taigh E Burran)

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42 Field (The Flaming Blue)

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44 SP (Men of Crisis)

45 Field

46 Field (Golandaz)

47 Field (Heaven of heavens)

48 Field (The Hard Hitters)

49 Field (Zarb Ul Hai)

50 Field

51 Medium (Mandiala Gunners)

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53 Field (Tarwanja Sheer Da Panja)

54 Medium (Zarb E Haider)

55 Field (Pachwanja, Jessore Khulna, Sada Panja Dada Panja)

56 Field (An Nasir)

57 Medium (Fakhar E Jassar)

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59 Field (Five Nine The Very Fine)

60 Medium (Hizb Ul Hadeed) (Sialkot 71,Kargil 99,OAM 16)

61 SP (Ek sath)

62 Field

63 Medium (Nothing But The Best)

64 Medium (Victors Of Chamb)

65 Medium (Pensath) (Ready & Alive)

66 Medium (Tabah Kun)

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68 Mountain (Daruchain 71)

69 Medium (Hum Nasir) (Bravo 69)

70 Field (Ghazi E Kanganpur)

71 Field (Saf Shikan)

72 SP Medium (Behter) (Shakargarh Medium 71)(The Shakargarh SP)(Flag Bearers)

73 Medium

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76 Field (July Jolt) (Sabuna 71)

77 Field (Sath Sath)(Facta Non Verba)

78 Field (Al Qariah)

79 Field (Fauq Ul Ahsan)

80 Field (Ghazi E Hilli)

81 Medium (Jannat Talwaron K Saye Talay)

82 SP (The Kargil Hunters)

83 Medium (On Target)

84 Field (Pasban E Hurriat)

85 Medium (Al Saiqa) (Chhor 71)

86 Field (Seena Sipar)

87 (SP)Medium (1971) (The Aala Regt)

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90 Medium (Pur Azam Ba Hadaf) (Kamra Saviours)

91 Field (Mighty One)

92 Mountain (Muhammadia)

93 Medium (The Shaheen Regt)

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96 Missile Regt (Shaheen Ba Hadaf)

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99 Medium (Taholi Shine)

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101 Field Mountain (NLI) (The Kargil Field)(The Century First) (Sherdill Ababeel Sabit Qadam)

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105 Field (Al Shadeed)

105 Locating

106 Medium

107 Mountain (Siachen Awwaleen)

107 Locating

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109 Medium (Heavy Haavy)

110 Field (Ek Do Das Zabardast)

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115 Medium

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117 Medium

118 Medium (Al Ghalib IllAllah) (Lashkara)

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128 Field (Har Waqt Bar Waqt)

129 Field (Fit n Fine) (Deedban E Kargil)

130 Medium (Zarb E Ajal)

131 SP (Al Mujazif)

132 Medium (Har Dum Pur Dam)

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137 Medium (Highway To Heaven)

138 SP (Zinda Dill)

139 SP

140 SP (Dast E Ajal)

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149 Field (Sholah Fishan)

150 Medium (Ek Panjah)

151 Medium (Al Saddad)

152 Medium (Al Sadat)

153 Field

154 SP (Ek Churwanja) (Sher da Punja)

155 Missile Regt(The Pioneers)

156 Locating (The Striking Locators)

157 Locating

158 Locating (The Great)

159 Locating (Vigilant Tracker)

160 Mountain (Aik Sath Aik Sath)

161 Field (Second To None)

162 Field (Mountain Hawks)

163 Field (Zarb Ul Mateen)

164 Mountain (Steel & Fire)

165 Field (Marala)

166 Medium (Zarb E Ahan)

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168 Field (Proud & Great)

169 SP (Waseleen E Hadaf)

170 Field

171 Field (As Sawaiq)

172 MLRS

172 MBRL

173 Medium (Al Takbeer)

174 Medium (The Flying Arrows)

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176 Missile Regt

177 Missile Regt

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180 MLRS (First to fire Shaheen 2)

181 MRA (The cruise pioneer)(Shahab E Saqib Regt)

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183 Medium (NLI) (Bombrash)

184 (SP)Medium (Sholah Jawan)

185 Field (Fakhar E Margalla)

186 Mountain (Barq O Raad)

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189 Missile Regt

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193 Missile Regt

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197 Missile Regt (The Deterrent)

198 Missile Regt

199 Missile Regt (Hizbullah)

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200 Medium

830  MJD Field

831 MJD Field (Chamb Tigers)

832 MJD Field

833 MJD Medium (Takbeeries)

836 MJD Medium

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