Regiments of the Pakistan Army

[Rafi]

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Army Chief visits Mangla to witness various training activities

RAWALPINDI, Dec 1 (APP): Chief of the Army Staff, General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani visited Mangla today to witness various training activities.

He visited a Light Commando Battalion undergoing training. While informally interacting with the troops, he appreciated their morale and professionalism.

COAS also witnessed Low Intensity Conflict training being carried out by Young Officers of various units/formations.

He emphasized the need to comprehend dynamics of Low Intensity Conflict and develop skills at individual/unit level accordingly.

COAS also met Lance Naik MianYousaf Jamil, World Record holder for planting most number of trees in a single day. He lauded the spirit behind the effort of Lance Naik Yousaf to promote tree plantation.

Earlier, COAS was received by Corps Commander, Lieutenant General Khalid Nawaz Khan.

[babararmy]

Great Info,

Thanks

[IRFAN KHAN007]

Nice Information...............Thanks

[fatman17]

DEFENCE NOTES

1ST PUNJAB REGIMENT

Centre: 1923 JHELUM
1946 JHELUM

Class composition: 1923 1, 2, 3, and 5 Bns Punjabi Mussalmans, Sikhs and Rajputana Muslims
4 Bn Brahmans (United Provinces), Punjabi Mussalmans and Garhwali Brahmans
10 Bn Punjabi Mussalmans, Brahmans (United Provinces), Sikhs, Rajputana Rajputs and Garhwali Brahmans.
1946: Punjabi Mussalmans from the Punjab (less Ambala Civil Division), including Niazi and other Pathans of the Punjab, Hazarawalas of NWFP and Mussalmans from Jammu and Kashmir State and Gilgit Agency, Sikhs from the Punjab, Rajputs from Ambala Civil Division, United Provinces, Rajputana, Central India states and Bihar

The two senior infantry regiments of the Indian Army bore the territorial title of the area from which the majority of India's soldiers came but the constituent battalions of both the 1st and 2nd Punjab Regiments began life in the old Madras Army and all the eighteenth and nineteenth century battle-honours were gained by the Coast sepoys who had marched and fought under Lake and Wellesley.

However, with the apparent need to remove Madras units from the order of battle and to reinstate them as Punjab regiments, the 2nd 6th, 16th, 22nd and 24th Madras Infantry were all well on their way to conversion when the official changes of title became effective in 1903. Most of the native officers had already been replaced by Northerners. In 1903, the old Madras regiments, by adding sixty to their numbers, became the 62nd, 66th, 76th, 82nd and 84th Punjabis. Twenty years later, the 1st Punjab Regiment came into being, made up of the 62nd Punjabis (1st Bn), 66th Punjabis (2nd Bn), 76th Punjabis (3rd Bn), 1st Brahmans (4th Bn) - an exception as a Bengal regiment - 82nd Punjabis - (5th Bn) and the 84th Punjabis (10th Bn). An important change was that these previously individual regiments - mostly one-battalion regiments - became battalions of a large regiment. Thus, the old 62nd became the 1st Bn 1st Punjab Regiment, colloquially referred to as First First Punjab and so on.

FIRST WORLD WAR

62nd Punjabis - India, Egypt, Mesopotamia, Aden. Among the Regiment's officers was a Captain C J E Auchinleck, later Field Marshal Sir Claude and Colonel-in-Chief of 1st Punjab Regiment.

66th Punjabis - Burma, Mesopotamia. Captured at Kut-al-Amara and spent the rest of the war in Turkish captivity.

2/66th Punjabis (raised in 1918) - India.

76th Punjabis - India, Egypt, Mesopotamia. Captured at Kut-al-Amara and spent the rest of the war in Turkish captivity.

2/76th Punjabis (raised in 1917) - India.

1st Brahmans - India, Aden.

2/1st Brahmans (raised in 1917) - India, Persian Gulf.

82nd Punjabis - India, Mesopotamia.

84th Punjabis - India, Persian Gulf, Mesopotamia, Russia.

Following the return home of Indian troops after the war, all the war-raised battalions were disbanded.

BETWEEN THE WARS

The badge chosen for the 1st Punjab Regiment was basically the Star of India with, superimposed upon it, the Elephant over a tablet 'Assaye', an honour gained by the 1st Bn (62nd Punjabis as the 2nd Madras Native Infantry) and the 10th Bn (84th Punjabis as the 24th Madras Native Infantry): below, a China Dragon gained by both the 1st and 2nd Bn (66th Punjabis as the 6th Madras Native Infantry), all surmounted by a crown.

The new structure for 1 Punjab was to be as follows:

1st Battalion - 62nd Punjabis
2nd Battalion - 66th Punjabis
3rd Battalion - 76th Punjabis
4th Battalion - 1st Brahmans
5th Battalion - 82nd Punjabis
10th Battalion - 84th Punjabis

By this reorganisation and redesignation, the battalions of the Regiment regained their correct seniority in the Indian Infantry, an issue disregarded in 1903.

In February 1923, eight units were selected for Indianisation and the 2nd Bn 1st Punjab Regiment was one of these. The experiment was not universally either popular or successful but several of 2/1 Punjab's young Indian officers ultimately reached general officer rank.

In addition to the six regular battalions, the 11th Bn, formed in 1921 was also based at Jhelum. It was originally the 1st (Territorial) Bn 62nd Punjabis but the title was changed in 1922 to the 11th 1st Punjab Regiment with no reference to its Territorial status. Only Punjabi Mussalmans were enlisted in the 11/1st.

All the regular battalions saw service on the Frontier during the between-wars years and the 4/1st spent a couple of years in China from 1927 in defence of British interests threatened by the Nationalist campaign against the Republicans. In December 1931, after 156 years of honourable existence, the 4/1st - the old 1st Brahmans - was disbanded as a result of retrenchment of the Indian Army. In the Great Mutiny of 1857 it was the only regiment of the old Bengal Line which remained loyal. In 1925 and again in 1928, attempts were made to transfer this battalion with its heavy loading of Garhwali Brahmans to the 18th Royal Garhwal Rifles but the prospective recipients of this windfall battalion declined to accept.

SECOND WORLD WAR

1st Battalion - India, Egypt, Iraq, Burma, Singapore, Dutch East Indies.

2nd Battalion - India, Burma. This battalion received more gallantry awards than any other Indian Army battalion during the war. The list comprised:

VC 1 DSO 4 MC 22 IOM 6 MM 23 GM 1 IDSM 12

3rd Battalion - India, Egypt, Italy. In June 1946, the battalion was nominated for training in a parachute role to join 2nd Indian Airborne Division: training was completed by the end of the year but, early in 1947, 3rd (Para) Bn 1st Punjab Regiment became engaged in operations in aid of the civil power, a situation which all soldiers hate and, in July, was detailed to join the Punjab Boundary Force, formed to keep the peace on the new East-West Punjab border.

5th Battalion - India, Burma, Japan. This battalion was posted after the end of the war to 268 Indian Infantry Brigade which went to Japan as part of the British Commonwealth Occupation Force.

6th Battalion - raised in Benares in August 1940. Captured in Singapore by the Japanese in February 1942.

7th Battalion - raised in Jhelum in April 1941. India, Andamans, Singapore. When Major Budh Singh MC took over command in March 1947, the 7th became the first battalion in the Regiment to have all Indian officers.

8th Battalion - raised in Jhelum in April 1941. In December that year, it was converted to a light anti-aircraft role and its officers mindful of their origins, were permitted to wear a small brass Elephant badge on their khaki helmets. Initially, the 6th (1st Punjab) LAA Regt, they suffered a further change in January 1945 when they began conversion to an airborne role as the 28th (Punjab) Para LAA Regt.

9th Battalion - in September 1939, the Territorial battalion the 11th, was mobilised and took over railway protection duties from the 2/1st. In June

1941, the 11/1st was disembodied and the 9/1st came into being. In February 1943, after a year on the Frontier, a request was received from the Royal Indian Navy for volunteers to transfer and as seven hundred signified their willingness, the battalion was transferred despite the fact that only very few of the men had ever seen the sea. The only other such transfer was of the 15/13th Frontier Force Rifles, also once a pre-war 11th Bn.

11th Battalion - the pre-war Territorial battalion was converted to active status in June 1941 and redesignated the 9/1st.

14th Battalion - raised in Jhelum in January 1942. India. Disbanded in July 1947.

15th Battalion - raised in Jhelum in July 1942. India. Disbanded in April, 1946.

16th Battalion - raised originally as the 25th Garrison Bn in August 1941, it became a training battalion and, in August 1943 was redesignated the 16/1st. Disbanded in March 1946.

25th Garrison Battalion - raised in Jhelum in August 1942. India. Redesignated the 16/1st in August 1943.

26th Garrison Battalion - raised in Jhelum in March 1942. India. Disbanded in 1943.

PARTITION

In August 1947, the 1st Punjab Regiment went to join the Pakistan Army. It was to be composed henceforth of Punjabi Mussalmans and Pathans from Hazara District. The Sikhs and Rajputs from the various battalions were transferred to units allocated to India whilst 1 Punjab received in their place, Punjabi Mussalmans previously serving in battalions going to India's Army. Transfers were effected as follows:

Received Transferred
1 Bn PMs from 3/2 Punjab Sikhs to 1 Sikh

Rajputs to 3 Raj Rif
2 Bn PMs from 2/2 Punjab Sikhs to 2 Sikh

Rajputs to 1 Raj Rif

3 Bn PMs from 1/2 Punjab Sikhs to 2 Sikh

Rajputs to 4 Raj Rif
5 Bn PMs from 2 Bn Sikhs to 3 Sikh

Rajputs to Raj Rif
7 Bn PMs from 1 Bn Sikhs to Sikh Regt

Rajputs to Raj Rif
Regtl PMs from 2 Punjab Sikhs to Sikh Regt

Centre Regtl Centre Rajputs to Raj Rif

The 5th and 7th Bns did not receive drafts from India-bound units but each received three platoons from the 1st and 2nd Bns.

BATTLE HONOURS

Sholinghur, Carnatic, Seringapatam, Mysore, Assaye, Laswarrie, Bourbon, Nagpore, Arakan, Ava, Bhurtpore, China, Burma 1885-87.

Suez Canal, Egypt 1915, Aden, Shaiba, Kut-al-Amara 1915-17, Defence of Kut-al-Amara, Ctesiphon, Tigris 1916, Baghdad, Mesopotamia 1915-18, NW Frontier India 1915, Afghanistan 1919.

Agordat, Keren, Kissoue, Damascus, Sidi Barrani, Tobruk 1941, Omars, Alem Hamza, Gazala, Carmusa, Defence of Alamein Line, Ruweisat Ridge, El Alamein, Montone, Gothic Line, Lamone Crossing, Pideura, Singapore Island, Pyuntaza-Shwegyin, Yenangyaung 1942, Monywa 1942, Donbaik, Htizwe, North Arakan, Razabil, Mayu Tunnels, Ngakyedauk Pass, Imphal, Litan, Kohima, Defence of Kohima, Kennedy Peak, Meiktila, Taungtha, Rangoon Road, Shwemyo Bluff, Sittang 1945, Arakan Beaches, Ramree, Burma 1942-45.

BOOKS

'A brief history of the 3rd Battalion, 1st Punjab Regiment' (Gale and Polden Ltd. Aldershot, 1927)

'The First Punjabis' by Major Mahommed Ibrahim Qureshi. (Gale and Polden Ltd. Aldershot, 1958) - i have this book. excellent read.

[batmannow]

Dear great fatman sir,

What is your take, that we should increase at lest 4 to 6 more regments, due to our. Hot or hostile situations, on the issue of afghanistan!
Before 9/11, we had only one hot boders with india, but now we hve been surrounded by, nato & its allies?
We can't cover all of the WZ, because of the shortage of troops, I think we, can have at least 4 to 6 more , RGMNTs .
Situation in baluchistan & gigit is also getting worse, day by day!
In light of any US+NATO attacks on IRAN, we should increase our number. Of troops, how about making PAK-MARINES , making them a full hard core, Regiment !
Making a full counter insurgency regiment, & a full size Boder security Regiment , along with a full scale special , services Regiment , will make our charge on
Insurgents very strong & will make our boder security, reAl strong?

Other Regiments could be done, like engiering regiment, & medical regiments too, with a supply regiments, surly will boost, our security internally & externally, & it will formed a real strong army, which can take dowN enemy, real fast.

Don't push & think about our economic down turn
Thanks

[Joe Shearer]

Dear great fatman sir,

What is your take, that we should increase at lest 4 to 6 more regments, due to our. Hot or hostile situations, on the issue of afghanistan!
Before 9/11, we had only one hot boders with india, but now we hve been surrounded by, nato & its allies?
We can't cover all of the WZ, because of the shortage of troops, I think we, can have at least 4 to 6 more , RGMNTs .
Situation in baluchistan & gigit is also getting worse, day by day!
In light of any US+NATO attacks on IRAN, we should increase our number. Of troops, how about making PAK-MARINES , making them a full hard core, Regiment !
Making a full counter insurgency regiment, & a full size Boder security Regiment , along with a full scale special , services Regiment , will make our charge on
Insurgents very strong & will make our boder security, reAl strong?

Other Regiments could be done, like engiering regiment, & medical regiments too, with a supply regiments, surly will boost, our security internally & externally, & it will formed a real strong army, which can take dowN enemy, real fast.

Don't push & think about our economic down turn
Thanks

Batmannow, you should pose it as a general question.

[fatman17]

Dear great fatman sir,

What is your take, that we should increase at lest 4 to 6 more regments, due to our. Hot or hostile situations, on the issue of afghanistan!
Before 9/11, we had only one hot boders with india, but now we hve been surrounded by, nato & its allies?
We can't cover all of the WZ, because of the shortage of troops, I think we, can have at least 4 to 6 more , RGMNTs .
Situation in baluchistan & gigit is also getting worse, day by day!
In light of any US+NATO attacks on IRAN, we should increase our number. Of troops, how about making PAK-MARINES , making them a full hard core, Regiment !
Making a full counter insurgency regiment, & a full size Boder security Regiment , along with a full scale special , services Regiment , will make our charge on
Insurgents very strong & will make our boder security, reAl strong?

Other Regiments could be done, like engiering regiment, & medical regiments too, with a supply regiments, surly will boost, our security internally & externally, & it will formed a real strong army, which can take dowN enemy, real fast.

Don't push & think about our economic down turn
Thanks

batman - we have enough regiments - the key is how efficiently we utilize these assets!

[batmannow]

Batmannow, you should pose it as a general question.

Dear joe,

Well its not genrl question, great fatman knows me, well enough!
Any way this thread is about, regiments that's why, I put it to the right person, I ever thought,the best one!
Well thanks any, ways!

[batmannow]

batman - we have enough regiments - the key is how efficiently we utilize these assets!

My very Great Fatman,sir!
Just for the sake of argument!
How can we use our 6 regiments, against a heavy duty India on one side, & a very advanced NATO, on the other hand?
& if its the way or method, & utilization of assets , then why 6 regiments, it can be just 2 or3 regiments, would be enough?
Why we doesn't , realized if, we have enough regimental & speciallized numbers! We would have in a better, position,to deal our heAvy & very advanced, enemies near & sometimes inside our boders?
Expansion is not problem, Specialy! When our national un-employment is growing, with flashing speeds,& we are in a state of war on our, 2 different hot theaters.
US & NATO hve announced,tht they Will be out ,of afghAnistan! then whAt , India & IRAN ! I guss they would be in a position, with their size of armed forces, to control afghanistan, we on the other hand, can face more security problems.
Thanks, hope & wish, that you will, going to explore the issue!

[kshahzad]

Thanks for sharing this basic info here i have a question can you let me know how many NISHAN-E-HADIR a regment have i will wait for your reply ..............

[alibaz]

Thanks for sharing this basic info here i have a question can you let me know how many NISHAN-E-HADIR a regment have i will wait for your reply ..............

One battalion has two rest seven has one each so eight battallion with NH and one PAF officer
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[fatman17]

My very Great Fatman,sir!
Just for the sake of argument!
How can we use our 6 regiments, against a heavy duty India on one side, & a very advanced NATO, on the other hand?
& if its the way or method, & utilization of assets , then why 6 regiments, it can be just 2 or3 regiments, would be enough?
Why we doesn't , realized if, we have enough regimental & speciallized numbers! We would have in a better, position,to deal our heAvy & very advanced, enemies near & sometimes inside our boders?
Expansion is not problem, Specialy! When our national un-employment is growing, with flashing speeds,& we are in a state of war on our, 2 different hot theaters.
US & NATO hve announced,tht they Will be out ,of afghAnistan! then whAt , India & IRAN ! I guss they would be in a position, with their size of armed forces, to control afghanistan, we on the other hand, can face more security problems.
Thanks, hope & wish, that you will, going to explore the issue!

besides the punjab regt's there is FF,Baloch, Sind, AKRF, NLI which form part of the overall infantry assets. some are now being mechanized (APC's). overall the eastern border remains and poses the greatest threat. the western border not so. NATO,ISAF,US will be withdrawn by 2014. the hilly terrain in the west also acts as a deterrant for conventional forces if they ever try to invade/cross the border.

[fatman17]

A Pakistani Tank Ace


LT COL N.A. KHAN SJ


Lt Col (now Brigadier (Retd)) Nisar Ahmed Khan SJ of 25th Cavalry, which was raised on 9 June 1962 with Lt Col Nisar Ahmed as its first CO. This regiment (25th cavalry) is now known as “Men of Steel”. (Source: Tank Aces, from Blitzkrieg to the Gulf War)

The Sitara-i-jurat is the Pakistani equivalent of the British Military Cross and the Tamgha-i-jurats at the equivalent of the Distinguished Conduct Medal. The former is a silver pentagonal figure with a large five-pointed star superimposed; the ribbon is white, dark green and white in equal proportions. The latter is a circular metal in bronze, on the obverse of which there is a trophy of lances and pennons, swords and a field gun with in a wreath, with a small central disc bearing a crescent and a star. The ribbon is half dark green, half scarlet, with narrow white edges. 25th Cavalry won no fewer than five Sitara-i-jurats and nineteen Tamgha-i-jurats in the seventeen days of the 1965 war.

LT Col Nisar Ahmed Khan, who had carefully prepared the regiment in three years of training, took the 25th Cavalry into action. He had been commissioned into the Indian Army in March 1942, serving in both Palestine and Aden during the Second World War. At the time of partition he was arrested and spent nine months in custody for being a Muslim. He was commissioned in the Pakistani Army in August 1948. He took part in both the 1965 and 1971 wars, and retired in March 1972. In his regiment, two of his fighting squadrons were equipped with the 40-ton M-47 American-built Patton tank, which mounted a 90-mm gun and was crewed by five men. By the time the 25th Cavalry took over the tanks they had changed hands at least half a dozen times, most had run over 2,400 miles some 400 miles in excess of the normal engine life of the Continental AV 1790-5B 750-bhp petrol engine. The third squadron had the more modern M-48 Patton, which had replaced the M-47. The 44-ton M-48s were in much better condition, but were still armed with the 90-mm main gun. The regiment was the integral armored regiment of an infantry division, being grouped for operations with an infantry brigade, which comprised two infantry battalions and a regiment of field artillery.

The brigade group's task was to defend the area between Aik Nullah in the west and Deg Nadi in the east, with orders to expel and destroy any enemy entering Pakistani territory through this corridor. While it was preparing for the task, the brigade received clear indications that the enemy intended to attack in its area of responsibility; fortunately extensive reconnaissance of the area had been carried out and a plan of action carefully arranged. The brigade commander's overall plan was to block the enemy advance with one tank squadron plus all the available anti-tank guns under command, while keeping the rest of the 25th Cavalry as a strike force, ready to swing round to the east of the blocking force and hit the enemy in the flank once it had been held up. By the morning of 7 September 1965, all was in position to accomplish the set task.

However, the best-laid schemes often go awry - especially on the battlefield! On the evening of 7 September fresh orders were received for the brigade to move with all speed to Jassar, some 30 miles away, to counter-attack an enemy bridgehead and then to stabilize the situation in that area. The regiment was on the move all through the night, using up precious track mileage, only to discover that the enemy move was merely a diversionary attack. More orders were then received to move back and concentrate at Pasrur, some 15 miles away from the original carefully prepared battle positions; the Indian attack came in on the brigade on the night of 7/8 September. The attack was in considerable strength - a complete armored division and three infantry divisions and three infantry divisions being involved. Because of its abortive move to Jassar, the brigade's original area of responsibility had become vulnerable and all the carefully thought out plans went by the board. The enemy took full advantage of the situation and occupied their objective with little resistance.

The regiment's first news of the enemy's real attack came at 0630 hrs on 8 September. There was no organized resistance left north of Chawinda and the brigade commander, who knew no more about the situation than Col Nisar, sent for him and gave him the following order: 'Nisar! The enemy has come! Do something about it!' Thus on the morning of 8 September, the 25th Cavalry embarked on a fresh mission in which it would be engaged in its first major tank battle with a numerically superior enemy over ideal tank country. Lt Col Khan's plan was to contact the enemy with one squadron as far forward as possible and, once halted, to strike the enemy from the flank with the remaining two squadrons. Despite the fact that the regiment had been on the move throughout the previous night and that the tank crews had no rest at all, it went into action with true cavalry spirit of dash and courage, and achieved its initial objective - to halt the enemy and force them to withdraw, surrendering some of the ground which they had captured. Considerable losses were also inflicted on the Indian 1 Armd Div, particularly to the Poona Horse, which would lose its brave CO, Lt Col Adi Tarapore, just eight days later in the battle around Phillora. Undoubtedly, the 25th Cavalry blunted the enemy onslaught and despite being under constant severe shelling and other intense fire from enemy weapons, it remained a cohesive, competent and effective armored unit, destroying many enemy tanks in the process.

It is interesting to record what Maj Gen Gurcharn Singh Sandhu has to say about this battle in his history if the IAC, The Indian Armor: 'The Pakistani version of this battle is that "A" Squadron 25 Cavalry forced 16 Cavalry back to Gadgor. Then its "C" Squadron attacked the Poona Horse's leading elements as well as 16 Cavalry and forced them out of Tharoh, Gadgor and Chobara. The Pakistani regiment claims to have destroyed 15 Centurion tanks this day. This regiment’s performance was certainly creditable because it alone stood between the Indian 1 Armd Div and its objective".

For this courage and exemplary command of his regiment and his skill in handling his tanks, Lt Col Nisar Ahmed Khan was awarded the Sitara-i-jurat. The entire regiment performed with extraordinary courage and dash under continuous heavy shelling and handled their tanks with great skill. Lt Col Khan's citation includes the words: It is because of his personal example, courage and inspiring leadership that his regiment fought as an excellent well-knit fighting machine and inflicted crippling losses on the enemy.'

[Xeric]

A Pakistani Tank Ace


LT COL N.A. KHAN SJ


Lt Col (now Brigadier (Retd)) Nisar Ahmed Khan SJ of 25th Cavalry, which was raised on 9 June 1962 with Lt Col Nisar Ahmed as its first CO. This regiment (25th cavalry) is now known as “Men of Steel”. (Source: Tank Aces, from Blitzkrieg to the Gulf War)

It has always been a pleasure to serve along 25C at two stations. The nakhra this unit displays is well deserved for what they did to Indian 1 Armoured Division in 1965.

[fatman17]

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Military College of Signals (MCS)

History

Military College of Signals was raised immediately after partition of the Indo-Pak Sub Continent in 1947 as School of Signals, with the task of training officers and selected Non Commissioned Officers of the Corps of Signals of Pak Army. The School had to be raised from a scratch because the signal training facilities of undivided Indian Army were located either at Poona or Jabalpur.
Both these cities are now part of India. Lt Col C.W.M. Young, a British Officer of the Royal Corps of Signals was the first commandant of the School. During the early years, due to the shortage of training facilities in the country in the field of telecommunication, a number of officers and men were trained at School of Signals, U.K, and subsequently at US Army Signal School at Fort Monmouth, New Jersey. The College, since its raising has undergone various phases of expansion to meet the requirements of the Corps of Signals.

The status of the School was raised to that of a College in 1977, when it was affiliated with University of Engineering and Technology, Lahore for Telecommunication Engineering Degree programme.

The College was affiliated with National University of Sciences and Technology, in 1991 and since then it has progressed phenomenally as a center of quality education. Today the curriculum is not only confined to merely undergraduate level but MCS is also running MS and PhD courses.

Organization

The College of Signals is functionally and administratively controlled by the General Headquarters through Signals Directorate. It is headed by Major General/ Brigadier and is sub-divided into four functional groups:-

■Administrative Wing (Adm Wing). Comprises Administrative Branch (Administration and Quartering Sections), Training Branch, NUST Branch, Examination Branch and MCS Training Battalion

■Combat Wing (Cbt Wing). Comprises Tactical Branch, Telecommunication Branch, Security and Research Branch and Information Technology Branch

■Engineering Wing (Engg Wing). Comprises Electrical Engineering, Computer Software Engineering, Information Security, Humanities and Basic Sciences Departments and Library.

■Research and Development Wing (R&D)


Military Courses

YOUNG OFFICERS SIGNAL COURSE
Aim: To train newly Commissioned Officers of Signals Corps as efficient Platoon Commanders and Junior leaders to plan and provide Communication at Brigade / Division level.

Scope:

■Employment as Signal Platoon Commander and staff appointment at battalion level
■Tactical / technical handling of Signal Platoon in all operations of war
■Planning and provision of communication at division / brigade level
■Handling of all types of signal equipment held in Pakistan Army
■Familiarization with modern trends in communication
■Unit administration

MID CAREER COURSE
Aim :To train Signals Officers and Allied Officers from friendly countries as Company Commanders.

Scope :

■Use/ application of modern communication equipment and systems held by Pakistan army.
■Handling of Signal units /sub units in all Operations of War.
■Communication planning and employment of signals assets for all operations of war up to corps level.

JUNIOR STAFF COURSE
Aim :To prepare newly commissioned officers of the Corps of Signals and Allied Officers from friendly countries as junior commanders making them proficient in planning and provision of communication at formation level in Army.

Scope :

■Tactical/Technical handling of signals platoon in all operations of war at Brigade/Division level.
■Peacetime unit functions.
■Functions/responsibilities of Regimental Staff Officers.
■Understanding of modern trends in communication and Information Technology.

FOREMAN OF SIGNALS COURSE
Aim :To impart technical training to selected Non Commissioned Officers of Pakistan Army and Allied Non Commissioned Officers for maintenance and operation of different types of communication equipment, held in Pakistan Army and prepare them to undertake repair of all types of signal equipment.

Scope : To provide in-depth knowledge in

■Basic sciences required to understand communication system.
■Knowledge of all signal equipment being used in the Army.
■Planning parameters of communication at various levels.
■Computer hardware and software.
■Basic knowledge of Pakistan Telecommunication Corporation Limited Exchanges.
■Minor/major repair of communication equipment.

OTHER ARM OFFICER SIGNAL INSTRUCTOR COURSE
Aim :To train selected Artillery, Engineers, Infantry and Military Police Officers and Allied Officers from friendly countries in the provision of signal communication and as instructors for organization of signals training of their respective units and establishments.

Scope :

■Technical handling of signals platoon and signals paraphernalia in all operations of war in respective units and establishments.
■General understanding of communication aspects
■Introduction to Modern Trends in Communication Field.
■Basic Electronics

OTHER ARM SIGNAL JUNIOR COMMISSIONED OFFICER/ NON COMMISSIONED OFFICER COURSE
Aim :To train selected Artillery, Engineers, Infantry, Military Police and Allied Junior Commissioned Officers/Non Commissioned Officers in the provision of signal communication and as instructors for organization of signals training of their respective units.

Scope :

■Assist the Signal Platoon Commander in technical handling of signals platoon and signals paraphernalia in all operations of war in respective units and establishments.
■Be prepared to act as Signal Platoon Commanders.
■General understanding of communication aspects.
■Introduction to Modern Trends in Communication Field.
■Basic Electronics.

PAWP