The blue color camo in pak marines uniform does not look very professional, neither it looks very marine sorry but it looks stupid. they should make digital pattern based on different shades of sand color and touch of light gray
This is just an analysis,of what PN has and will aquire in the next 4 years through various deals already in place. This makes up to 70% of the inventory. The remaining 30% is just a further analysis of what PN should aquire/produce or add to their inventory. We can do better but I guess this is initial minimum requirement. for navy, marines and the coastguards. plus we need some new docks and modern ship building facilities
PAKISTAN NAVY By Dec 2014
8 OHP class
4 F22P
3 Type 54 or meko frigates.
1 melgiam corvette.
7 Mine hunters Current 4
20 missile boats. Visby class, Göteborg class, Hamina class, Houbei class,Gepard class.
(current 12)
10 MRTB mix of MRTB 33 and/or YTKB-400 or YTKB 44, (current 4, required 10)
12 Submarine mix of agosta 70/ 90b, marlins, Yuan class, (current 5 required 12)
12 Auxiliary ships (current 8)
3 Training vassals (current 1)
6 Hovercraft (current4)
25 patrol boat (current 17) mix of boats like armadale class, kingston class
Astral APB 48, APB47Illiria class, combat boat 90. half of these should be transfered to coastguard
PN AVIATION
(This is including what we already have)
60 Mirages/jf17, j10 even J11 (current 12+)
10 Eurocopter NH-90NFH, phasing out Sea Kings transport, search/rescue (current 6.
8 Eurocopter EC-130B4 naval helicopter phasing out 8 Alouette III .
15 Lockheed P-3C Orion (Current 4) 11 to be inducted
3 Breguet Atlantique I Maritime Surveillance, transfer to coastguards while inducting more P-3C Orion.
6 Harbin Z-9 (current 6)
8 helicopters (kitted with the ships inducted in PN Mix of Harbin Z-9 and or NH90 or sea hawks.
PN AVIATION BASE
Pakistan Navy also need it own base to run its own and coast guard operations. Either Masroor base be extended and a naval aviation wing be founded or a new base should be developed somewhere pass hub or any area pass steel mill which ever is more strategically better for our defence. Or Base Faisal can be transfered to the navy.
COAST GUARDS
Current plus future induction
1 Destroyer (Current 1)
5 Corvette (current 4)
8 Petrol Boats(Current3) Astral patrol APB57, Armadale class, Kingston Class,
illiria class (require 5 more
8 Small boats. Astral patrol APB38, 30 , gulf crafts ( current ?)
4 Sea kings. surveillance/ transport/ rescue ( current ?)
3 bells 412 surveillance and rescue(current ?)
4 Breguet Atlantique. phasing out current 4 Britten-Norman Defender
SSGN
Their number should be increased from 1000 to 2000+. They should have at least 10 + transport helicopters, plus boats and heavy vehicles in their inventory.
PAK MARINES
Currently they are 2000 strong in the PK marines. They need to be increased to maintain at least 20000 men in next 5 years. They should par the same level as the french foreign legion or UK marines. PK marines should be given special training on the same training methods as the SSGN emphasising on boarding of vessels during combat, capturing ships, raiding ashore in support of the naval objectives. campaign ashore in support of the military objective, amphibious day and night assault. counter-improvision explosive device techniques, convoy operations, combat formations, fireteam assaults, patrolling, MOUT, reporting military intelligence, land navigation, survival skills.
They need to be provided with better equipments rather then the old G3, something like type 81, type 101 or AUG, with granade launcher and dot scopes, night vision, snipers rifles, FN Minimi. With other complimenting equipments like helicopters, artilary, armour vehicles and amphibious assault boats. Ofcourse it sounds all to much and very expensive, but technically it is possible if total fund of 20000 men and complimenting equipment be allocated to the navyplus recruitment help from the army. The army can transfer equipments and men innitially. Most of the main schools and training installations have already been stablished and running, all they just need is advancement in their training methods and upgrades.
I hope the pak armforces invest on research and future developments in every dept and sub dept. Also investigate in developing in other conventional and nonconventinal weapons. Invest on more platforms like ship yards, aeronotical complex and defence industries to upgrade them with modern and latest technology. Employ weapons designers, scientists or coproduce new equipment with foreign companies. Tot that we might get like U214, plus more we already have F22p, JF17, Agosta 90, we should do further experiments and research to make them more effective or bigger or better and should be self sufficient in production while fulfilling our requirements are exporting rather then relying on other countries..
