School of Armour and Mechanized Warfare

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School of Armour and Mechanized Warfare
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Active1947;77 years ago (1947)
Country Flag of Pakistan.svg Pakistan
BranchFlag of the Pakistani Army.svg  Pakistan Army
Type Training formation
Garrison/HQ Nowshera Cantt, Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa in Pakistan.
Nickname(s)SA&MW

The School of Armour and Mechanized Warfare (reporting name: SA&MW) is a military training formation and a school that provides training, instructions, and special skills to Pakistan Army's troops on mechanized and armoured warfare before being commissioned into the Corps of Armoured. [1]

Overview

The British Army administrators in the Pakistan Army established the training formation as the Armoured Corps Centre and School (19471956) in the Nowshera Cantonment, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in Pakistan. [1] However, the Pakistan Army officers later renamed the school as The Armoured Corps School (19561969) when its scope of teachings were expanded; but later fixated to its permanent structure as The School of Armour (19691993). [1] Since 1993 with new curriculum and syllabus, the school is known from its current name. [2]

The Pakistan Army's School of Armour and Mechanized Warfare has been attended and earned qualifications by the foreign soldiers from 29 countries including from the armies of Bangladesh, Brunei, China, Egypt, Gambia, Ghana, Iraq, Indonesia, Jordan, Kenya, Lebanon, Malaysia, Myanmar, Libya, Maldives, Nigeria, Nepal, Palestine, Saudi Arabia, Sri Lanka, Syria, Turkey, Tanzania, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, the UAE, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. [3]

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References

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  2. "Commander Invited to Meet His Former Course Mates at Pakistan's School of Armour and Mechanized Warfare". army.lk.
  3. "Courses attended by foreign trainees" (PDF). pakistanarmy.gov.pk. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 February 2022.