Pakistan Army Armoured Corps

Pakistan Armoured Corps
Badge of the Armored Corps
Active1947; 77 years ago (1947)
Country Pakistan
Branch Pakistan Army
RoleCombat and combined arms administrative and staffing oversight.
Size52 regiments[1]
HQ/GarrisonNowshera Cantonment, Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa in Pakistan.[2][3]
Nickname(s)AC
Men of Steel[4]
Color identificationRed and Yellow
  
Anniversaries1947
EngagementsMilitary history of Pakistan
Commanders
Director-GeneralMaj-Gen. Zafar Iqbal Marwat
Notable
commanders
Lt. Gen. Shah Rafi Alam

General Jehangir Karamat
General Shamim Alam Khan
Lt-Gen Nadeem Zaki Manj
Lt-Gen Hameed Gul
Lt-Gen Gul Hassan Khan
Maj-Gen. Bilal Omer Khan


Lt Gen.Shaheen Mazhar Mehmood
Insignia
War flag

The Pakistan Army Armoured Corps is a military administrative and combined arms service branch of the Pakistan Army.[3]

Headquartered in Nowshera, Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa in Pakistan, the corps is commanded by its director-general, Major-General Zafar Marwat as of 2023.[2]

  1. ^ The armoured regiments are composed of one battalion each.
  2. ^ a b "Commanders must focus on training of all ranks, says COAS". The News. 12 November 2021. Retrieved 24 January 2022.
  3. ^ a b "COAS General Bajwa Visited Armored Corps Regimental Centre Nowshera And Installs New Colonel Commandant of Armoured Corps". pakdefense.com. 14 November 2021. Retrieved 24 January 2022.
  4. ^ "The Men of Steel". The News. 6 September 2015. Retrieved 24 January 2022.