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XXX Corps (Pakistan)

Pakistan Army's field maneuver strike corps

Pakistan Army's field maneuver strike corps

FieldValue
unit_nameXXX Corps
imageCorp_30_Gujranwala_Insignia.png
captionFormation Sign of XXX Corps, Gujranwala
dates
country
branch
typeXXX Corps
roleManeuver/Deployment oversight.
size~45,000 approximately
(Though this may vary as units are rotated)
garrisonGujranwala Cantonment, Punjab, Pakistan
garrison_labelGarrison/HQ
nickname30th Corps
colorsRed, white and green
colors_labelColors Identification
battlesIndia-Pakistan Standoff in 2001–02
anniversaries1986
decorationsMilitary Decorations of Pakistan Military
website
commander1Lt-Gen. Syed Imdad Hussain Shah
commander1_labelCommander
notable_commandersFM.Asim Munir
Gen. Raheel Sharif
Gen. Ziauddin Butt
Lt-Gen. Javed Ashraf
Lt-Gen.A. Q. Baloch
Lt-Gen.Nadeem Taj
<!-- Insignia -->identification_symbol[[File:30_Corps_Flag.png300pxbordercentre]]
identification_symbol_labelFlag
identification_symbol_4_label

(Though this may vary as units are rotated)

Gen. Raheel Sharif Gen. Ziauddin Butt Lt-Gen. Javed Ashraf Lt-Gen.A. Q. Baloch Lt-Gen.Nadeem Taj The XXX Corps is a field corps of the Pakistan Army, currently stationed in Gujranwala, Punjab.

Formed in 1986 with its headquarters initially in Sialkot, it was later shifted to Gujranwala Cantonment. The XXX Corps is one of Pakistan's ten field corps and it is currently commanded by Lt-Gen. Syed Imdad Hussain Shah.

Overview

Formation and war service

In 1985, the Army GHQ formed three field corps to improve the internal security in Balochistan and Punjab. Originally, the XXX Corps was headquartered in Sialkot Cantonment, and took over the area of responsibility for the strategic areas of Indian Administered Jammu and Kashmir (extending from Jhelum to Narowal) that was previously overseen by the I Corps. With I Corps becoming part of the strategic army reserves, the XXX Corps was relocated and has now been headquartered in Gujranwala Cantonment since 1987.

Thus, the XXX Corps was given the command of the formations that were detached from I Corps, which was then dedicated to offensive tasks. The XXX Corps is known for its ability to conduct mechanized and the riverine operations. Its mission parameters also included preventing the Indian Army's mechanized divisions from advancing into Pakistan to cut the vital Lahore-Karachi links— the North-South links.

Structure

Its present order of battle is as follows:

Structure of XXX CorpsCorpsCorps HQCorps CommanderAssigned UnitsUnit HQ
XXX CorpsGujranwalaLt.Gen Syed Imdad Hussain Shah
[[File:US-O9 insignia.svg38px]]
15th Infantry DivisionSialkot
8th Infantry DivisionSialkot
54th Independent Infantry BrigadeSialkot
19th Independent Armoured BrigadePasrur
Independent Anti-tank BrigadeU/I Location
Independent Engineering BrigadeU/I Location
Independent Signal BrigadeU/I Location

List of Commanders

Commander XXX CorpsTerm startTerm end
Lieutenant-General
[[File:OF-8 PakistanArmy.svg45px]]
[[File:US-O9 insignia.svg55px]]
Syed Imdad Hussain ShahDecember 2023Incumbent
Muhammad AamerOctober 2021December 2023
Syed Asim Munir Ahmed ShahJune 2019October 2021
Aamir AbbasiDecember 2017June 2019
Ikram Ul HaqSeptember 2015December 2017
Ghayur MahmoodOctober 2014September 2015
Salim NawazJuly 2013October 2014
Muzammil HussainOctober 2012July 2013
Raheel SharifOctober 2010October 2012
Jamil HaiderApril 2010October 2010
Nadeem TajOctober 2008April 2010
Waseem Ahmad AshrafApril 2007October 2008
Anis Ahmed AbbasiSeptember 2005April 2007
Mohammad SabirOctober 2004September 2005
Javed HassanJanuary 2004October 2004
Munir KhanMarch 2003January 2004
Faiz Jilani MalikOctober 2001March 2003
Abdul Qadir BalochJanuary 2001October 2001
Agha Jehangir KhanApril 1998January 2001
Naeem Akbar KhanMarch 1997April 1998
Ziauddin ButtFebruary 1996March 1997
Javed Ashraf QaziAugust 1995February 1996
Mohammad Tariq SJMay 1993August 1995
Hamid NiazMay 1992May 1993
Chaudhry Sardar AliNovember 1990May 1992
Pir Dad Khan SJMarch 1988November 1990
Imtiaz WaraichJuly 1987March 1988

References

References

  1. (13 October 2021). "Pakistan Army holds induction ceremony for VT4 MBT". Janes.com.
  2. "XXX Corps".
  3. "STRATCOM BUREAU, X".
  4. (1 July 2012). "Pakistan Army: Modernisation, Arms Procurement and Capacity Building". Vij Books India Pvt Ltd.
  5. (25 April 2014). "Fighting to the End: The Pakistan Army's Way of War". Oxford University Press.
  6. Ravi Rikhye,[http://orbat.com/site/history/open3/pakistan_divisions1947-87.html Pakistan Army Divisions] {{webarchive. link. (7 November 2006)
  7. (2000). "War and Peace in Kargil Sector". APH Publishing.
  8. [https://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/pakistan/xxx-corps.htm Global Security website page on XXX Corps]
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