Pakistani military facts for kids

Navy guards marching in 2009.

The Pakistan Armed Forces (Urdu: پاک عسکری) are the overall unified military forces of Pakistan. The Pakistani military was first formed when the nation achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1947.

Its component branches are:

Approximately 620,000 people are on active duty in the military which is the world's 7th largest armed force as of 2007. Combined with the 302,000 strong Paramilitary forces and the Coast Guard, the Military of Pakistan has a total size of nearly 1,000,000 people.

Images for kids

Pakistan Navy ships
A Pakistan Army soldier in combat gear during training
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American Chairman of Joint Chiefs Admiral Mike Mullen reviews Pakistani troops during a ceremony honoring Mullen's arrival in Islamabad in 2008.
General Peter Pace salutes Pakistani servicemen.
Pakistan Navy ships deployed in the Arabian Sea, near Oman.
A member of Pakistan Navy Special Service Group aboard Pakistan Navy Ship PNS Babur.
Pakistan military troops in relief efforts missions in 2005.
PAF airmen participating in relief operations.
Pakistan Navy medical specialists conducting medical training while abroad on sea mission.
Babur missile system.
Industrial production in Pakistan starting in 1947
Industrial manufacturing in Pakistan from 1973 to 2000.
Chemical explosives and war-shells produced by ML, DESTO, and POF.
A gunnery-weapon system produced at POF is displayed in an arms exhibition.
Pakistani soldiers being decorated after a tour of duty with the UN in the DR Congo
Pakistan's domestically-produced JF-17 Thunder, developed jointly by the Pakistan Aeronautical Complex (PAC) and the Chengdu Aircraft Corporation.
A PAF Il-78A air tanker.
F-22P Zulfiquar-class frigates, built in KSEW.
PNS Larkana in Karachi
The Navy operates the domestically built Agosta 90B submarines.
A Pakistan Navy's Westland Sea King.
Badge logo of Pakistan Marines.
Pakistan Marines in close coordination with the US Marines Corps, 2009.
Standard yellowish khaki (on right) as both ACU and the ASU, 1994.
A Pakistan Air Force service uniform, 1974
A traditional white navy service dress, 2008
Earliest ACU in the 1980s
Marines (as laying down) standard UCP.
Comparison of US Army and Pakistan Army's UCP, 2013.
One of Pakistan Navy's previous UCP in 2010. The Navy changed its camouflage in 2013.
Pakistan Navy's sailors wearing anti-flash gear while operating a Guided missile frigate, PNS Alamgir.
Pakistan Air Force's Special Service Wing (SSW) in its current camouflage.
The PAF's fighter pilots with the greenish g-suit in comparison to USAF; the same pattern is used by the Pakistan Navy.
Pakistan Navy's standard service dress.
Pakistan Army's standard service dress.