Indian Army – Kargil War 1999v.2.0 March 8, 2006 Mandeep S. BajwaAdditional units by Ravi Rikhye Northern Command
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credit PVS Jagan Mohan http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/LAND-FORCES/Army/Badges-Divisional.html XV Corps XV Corps Artillery Brigade
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credit PVS Jagan Mohan http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/LAND-FORCES/Army/Badges-Divisional.html HQ 8 Mountain Division (ex Sharifabad, Valley) 8 Mountain Artillery Brigade (division artillery) 121(Independent) Infantry Brigade Group (Kargil)
(normally assigned to Kargil sector) 16 Grenadiers 4 Jat 3 Punjab 10 Garhwal BSF Bn Det 17 Guards (ATGM) 56 Mountain Brigade (Matayan) (part of division) 16 Grenadiers 18 Grenadiers 8 Sikh 1 Naga 2 Raj Rif 18 Garhwal 13 JAK Rif 1/3 GR 9 Para Cdos Det 17 Guards (ATGM) 50 (Independent) Parachute Brigade (ex Army HQ Reserves) 6 Parachute 7 Parachute 1 Parachute Commandos Det 19 Guards (ATGM) 192 Mountain Brigade (part of division) 18 Grenadiers 8 Sikh 9 Para Cdos Det 17 Guards (ATGM) 79 Mountain Brigade (Dras) (part of division) 17 Jat 28 RR 12 Mahar 13 JAK Rif 2 Naga 9 Para Cdos Det 17 Guards (ATGM)
PAKISTANI
TROOPS AT PRAYERS, KARGIL WAR 1999 Muslims
must wash before prayer, at least their hands. But there are exceptions for
people such as soldiers: hands can be washed with sand or clean dirt. The
soldier in the foreground is a Junior Commissioned Officer, perhaps in
command of a platoon. Photo
credit http://yaleglobal.yale.edu/display.article?id=5065
3 Infantry Division (Leh)
Photo credit PVS Jagan Mohan http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/LAND-FORCES/Army/Badges-Divisional.html
3
Artillery Brigade (divisional artillery) 70 Infantry Brigade Group (ex Demchok, China border) (regularly
assigned to division) 1/11 GR 12 JAK LI 10 Para Cdos 1 Bihar Ladakh Scouts 17 Garhwal 5 Para 14 Sikh Det 19 Guards (ATGM)
THIS
LOCALITY WAS IN THE 3 DIVISION AREA. HEIGHTS ARE IN METERS. stratmag.com/issueDec-1/page07.htm 102 (Independent) Infantry Brigade Group (Shyok
River Valley) (normally under command 3
Division) 11 Rajputana Rifles 9 Mahar 13 Kumaon 27 Rajput Det High Altitude Warfare School Permanent Cadre Det 19 Guards (ATGM) Kargil Theatre Artillery (these arty units took part
in the War serving under various formations)
BOFORS 155mm IN ACTION Photo credit BBC Lt
= Light; Fd = Field; Med = Medium; Hvy Mor = Heavy Mortar 4 Fd Regt 15 Fd Regt 41 Fd Regt 108 Med Regt 139 Med Regt 141 Fd Regt 153 Med Regt 158 Med Regt 197 Fd Regt 212 Rocket Regt 244 Hvy Mor Regt 253 Med Regt 255 Fd Regt 286 Med Regt 305 Med Regt 307 Med Regt 315 Fd Regt 1861 Lt Regt 1889 Lt Regt Other battalions (higher HQ unclear) This list is compiled from newspaper and casualty reports. 5 Special Frontier Force
(Vikas Force)[1] 663 Reconnaissance &
Observation Squadron[2] 668 Reconnaissance &
Observation Squadron Ladakh Scouts: Karakoram &
India Wing
13 Punjab 12 Grenadiers 22 Grenadiers 7 Jat (may have been mistaken) 14 Sikh LI (may have been
mistaken) 9 Rashtriya Rifles 14 Rashtriya Rifles 17 Rashtriya Rifles 11 Sikh 3 J&K Rifles 16 Dogras Dogra Scouts 5 Rajput 9 Mahar
Photo credit www.armypublicschool.com/martyrs_gallery.asp 3
of 6 graduates of the Army Public Schools killed at Kargil. From left to
right, these officers belonged to 17 Jats; 2 Rajputana Rifles; and 9 Mahar.
The photograph of Captain Nayyar must be just after his commissioning in June
1987; Lieutenants Thapar and Verma were commissioned in December 1998. All
three were perhaps 22-23 years of age. NOTES
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