5 Light Air Defence (SAM) Regiment
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5 Light Air Defence Regiment " Fakhr-E-Quaid" is the second oldest Regiment of the Pakistan Army Air Defence Corps.
As 5 Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Indian Artillery, the regiment fought in Burma with Fourteenth Army (United Kingdom) during World War II.[1]
After the Partition of India in August 1947 the regiment, was allocated to Pakistan. 5 Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment the regiment was made part of the Regiment of Artillery. It shifted from Pune to Karachi Lines in Malir Cantonment and placed under command 2 AGRPA (2 Army Group Royal Pakistan Artillery). It was equipped with QF 3.7-inch AA guns. On 21 February 1948 while it was still part of the Regiment of Artillery, Quaid-e-Azam Mohammed Ali Jinnah, First Governor-General of Pakistan, visited the unit alongwith 6 Light Anti- Aicraft Regiment.[2][3] The regiment was somewhat under strength as its Hindu and Sikh soldiers had been sent back to the new, separate Indian Army.
Later the regiment was reequipped with surface-to-air missiles.
From 1989 both the regiments became part of the Pakistan Army Air Defence Corps.
References
[edit]- ^ "Anjan Mukherjee in Evolution of Indian Artillery and its Impact on India's Comprehensive Military Power, chapter II" (PDF). Retrieved 2021-05-26.
- ^ "The Unforgettable Reveille of 1948: Quaid's Visit to 5 Heavy Anti-Aircraft & 6 Light Anti-Aircraft Regiments". hilal.gov.pk. Retrieved 2023-04-25.
- ^ link, Get. "Quaid-e-Azam review anti-aircraft guns in Malir air base Karachi". Archived from the original on April 25, 2023. Retrieved 2023-04-25.