Regiment of Artillery (Pakistan)

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Regiment of Artillery
Regiment of Artillery logo.png
Cap Badge of the Regiment of Artillery
Active1947;78 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 Chaklala Cantonment, Rawalpindi District, Punjab, 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
Gen. Tikka Khan
Gen. Sawar Khan
Gen. Zubair Hayat
Lt-Gen. S.M. Abbasi
Lt-Gen. Asif Ghafoor
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]

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References

  1. ↑ "ZFC - International Military Colors & Flgs". www.flagcollection.com. Retrieved 14 December 2023.
  2. 1 2 "Artillery – Pakistan Army" . Retrieved 14 December 2023.
  3. 1 2 3 4 Bokhari 1998.
  4. 1 2 3 ISPR 2009.
  5. 1 2 Cheema, Pervaiz I.; Riemer, Manuel (22 August 1990). Pakistan's Defence Policy 1947-58. Springer. ISBN   978-1-349-20942-2 . Retrieved 15 December 2023.
  6. ↑ Alam, Dr Shah (1 July 2012). Pakistan Army: Modernisation, Arms Procurement and Capacity Building. Vij Books India Pvt Ltd. ISBN   978-93-81411-79-7 . Retrieved 15 December 2023.
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