Pakistan Army Order of Battle (1965 War) 🇵🇰

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(THIS THREAD ALSO INCLUDES INDIAN ARMY BATTLE OF ORDER 🇮🇳)
On the eve of war Pakistan Army was commanded by General Musa Khan

1 Corps (Army had only one corps at that time)

·       Corps Headquarters at Gujranwala: Lieutenant General Bakhtiar Rana

·       7 Division at Jallalpur: Major General Yahya Khan
•       15 Division at Sialkot: Brigadier Ismail (Later Major General Tikka)

·       6 Armoured Division at Daska: Major General Abrar Hussain
- (It had only one armoured brigade)
General Headquarters Formations 📌

·       11 Division at Kasur: Major General Hamid

·       10 Division at Lahore: Major General Sarfraz

·       12 Division at Murree: Major General Akhtar Ali Malik

·       1st Armoured Division at Raiwind: Major General Nasir
• 18 Division in Sind: Major General Azhar

·       4 Corps Artillery: Brigadier Amjad
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Indian Army - Order of Battle 🇮🇳

The Indian Army had eleven divisions and three independent brigades:-

Chief of Army Staff - General J.N. Chaudhry. 📍
Western Command: Lieutenant General Harbaksh Singh 📌📌

·    📍  1 Corps : Lieutenant General P.O. Dunn (Sialkot Sector) + (1 Armoured Division, 14 Division,16 Division and 26 Division)
·   📍    XI Corps Lieutenant General J.S. Dhillon (Lahore Sector) + (4 Mountain Division, 7-15 Infantry Division, and 2 Independent Armoured Brigade)

·   📍    XV Corps Lieutenant General K.S. Khatoch (Kashmir Sector) + ( 6 Mountain Division, 10 and 11 Infantry Division)
📍🇮🇳 Reserves: 19-25-26 Infantry Divisions, 68 Independent Infantry Brigade and 121 Independent Infantry Brigade.
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