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.

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The roots of the Pakistani military trace back to the British Indian Army, which included many personnel from present-day Pakistan. Pictured are troops of the Khyber Rifles, now part of the Frontier Corps, striking a pose, c. 1895.
Pakistani soldiers being decorated after a tour of duty with the UN in the DR Congo
PAF F16s in tight formation in Nevada, U.S, c. 2010.
Pakistan's domestically produced JF-17 Thunder, developed jointly by PAC and CAC
A PAF IL-78 tanker and Dassault Mirage-III jets perform aerial refueling.
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 co-ordination with the US Marines Corps, 2009.
PNS Shah Jahan (middle) and PNS Tippu Sultan (front) of the Pakistan Navy
A Pakistan Army soldier in combat gear during training.
Approximately 70% of military forces are deployed near the eastern border with India, c. 1997.
The Pakistan Army personnel saluting in British-style, palms facing outward, to American Defense Secretary Robert Gates in 2010.
American Chairman of Joint Chiefs Admiral Mike Mullen reviews Pakistani troops during a ceremony honouring Mullen's arrival in Islamabad in 2008.
General Peter Pace salutes Pakistani servicemen.
Pakistan Navy ships deployed in the Arabian Sea, near Oman.
Navy guards marching in 2009.
A member of Pakistan Navy Special Service Group aboard Pakistan Navy Ship PNS Babur.
Pakistan military troops in relief efforts missions in 2005.
Pakistan Air Force airmen participating in relief operations.
Pakistan Navy medical specialists conducting medical training while abroad on sea mission.
The Babur missile system deployed in Ideas-08 convention in 2008.
Industrial manufacturing in Pakistan from 1973 to 2000.
Chemical explosives and shells produced by AWC, DESTO, and POF used by the Pakistani military.
Rifles and firearms produced by POF displayed at an arms exhibition.
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.

Pakistani military facts for kids

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