Light Commando Battalions - LCBs

[MIDKNIGHT FENERIR]

SAS is top tier special force
if by Para you mean British Para then they are equal to American 101 airborne and army rangers
comparing Western forces with a third world country forces is impractical and results in embarrassment because we just dont have the resources and opportunities to match their training and operational scope which is at global level.

so I wont even go around declaring LCB with Paras or US army rangers etc without knowing more information.
but for the sake of feel good and patriotism the sky is limit and we can start by wishing and praying that those death traps aka toyota trucks are replaced that repeatedly come under the attack of TTP and BLA

Doesn’t the Pakistani Army have MRAPs Donated from the US under War on Terror. So why don’t they use them in Insurgency Zones like Balochistan and KPK?

 

[MIDKNIGHT FENERIR]

No ghatak force is compareble to lcb

Does the Indian Army have any other SF units other than the Paras?

 

[Irfan Baloch]

Doesn’t the Pakistani Army have MRAPs Donated from the US under War on Terror. So why don’t they use them in Insurgency Zones like Balochistan and KPK?

there is nothing donated. and there is no one sided favors. Pakistan offers port , transport and storage facilities and Americans even withhold the usage payments as if they donations.

as far as MRAPs are concerned they are in very limited numbers we need them from Balochistan to entire KPK and tribal areas.

 

[Ahmet Pasha]

US is bully for weak muslims nations and an evil spectre that stabs rich muslim countries in the back.

there is nothing donated. and there is no one sided favors. Pakistan offers port , transport and storage facilities and Americans even withhold the usage payments as if they donations.

as far as MRAPs are concerned they are in very limited numbers we need them from Balochistan to entire KPK and tribal areas.

 

[Gryphon]

LCBs, which are based on 75th Rangers

No.

LCBs are deployed as standalone units, their role is to act as a RRF for CT ops. With more bn's raised, LCB employment in Strike Corps will increase.

For operations on a larger scale, there is of course the 14th (Parachute) Brigade and SSG.

 

[Cuirassier]

No.

LCBs are deployed as standalone units, their role is to act as a RRF for CT ops. With more bn's raised, LCB employment in Strike Corps will increase.

For operations on a larger scale, there is of course the 14th (Parachute) Brigade and SSG.

14 Para Bde is Para for namesake. It's commander BG 'Tiger' Niazi got an HJ for operations in 1965 in then Sialkot District. Defended Shakargarh town in '71.

While obviously not equal to 75th Rangers in capability, it is indeed a bridge between regulars and SSG.

 

[Gryphon]

14 Para Bde is Para for namesake. It's commander BG 'Tiger' Niazi got an HJ for operations in 1965 in then Sialkot District. Defended Shakargarh town in '71.

Its employment in the NW suggests otherwise.

 

[Cuirassier]

Its employment in the NW suggests otherwise.

Unaware if used in airborne role.

 

[Fieldmarshal]

LCB units have been raised on the pattern of u.s army rangers.
So to better understand the role of lcb study rangers

 

[PanzerKiel]

No.

LCBs are deployed as standalone units, their role is to act as a RRF for CT ops. With more bn's raised, LCB employment in Strike Corps will increase.

For operations on a larger scale, there is of course the 14th (Parachute) Brigade and SSG.

14 Para Brigade is a pure infantry brigade. Nothing extra, nothing less.

 

[Phantom.]

14 Para Brigade is a pure infantry brigade. Nothing extra, nothing less.

Are there specific brigades which are taught paratropping????

 

[Cuirassier]

Are there specific brigades which are taught paratropping????

Currently 10 x battalions of Light Commandos are good reserves for airborne operations when needed, but are envisioned to be more adept at air assault missions.

 

[Ahmet Pasha]

Could Marine Force Recon be a better analogy guys??
@TF141 @PanzerKiel @Gryphon @Fieldmarshal

 

[Cuirassier]

Could Marine Force Recon be a better analogy guys??
@TF141 @PanzerKiel @Gryphon @Fieldmarshal

It's a step higher. Proper SOF.

 

[PanzerKiel]

Are there specific brigades which are taught paratropping????

Apart from SSG / LCB , no one.

Currently 10 x battalions of Light Commandos are good reserves for airborne operations when needed, but are envisioned to be more adept at air assault missions.

Real task of LCB is complementing efforts of SSG, by covering the gap between strategic ops (SSG) and tactical ops (field formations).