Light Commando Battalions - LCBs

[RescueRanger]

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LCB: Baloch Regiment.

The Light Commando Battalions (LCB) are commando units of the Pakistan Army, tasked with special operations and counter-terrorism. Each battalion is affiliated with but not part of an Army infantry regiment.

The LCB (Punjab) took part in defending military bases, which were attacked by militants on 15th August 2014.[1] On 15 April 2015, the LCB (Punjab) held an open day for select members of the public to let them see the work of the unit, as part of a public awareness campaign.[2] A company from Light Commando Battalion (Punjab) was allocated to the security measures for the 2021 tour by the New Zealand cricket team before it was cancelled.[3]

In June 2017, 2 LCB (Baloch) participated in a raid, with other units, on a suspected militant base in Mastung, Balochistan.[4]

The LCB (Azad Kashmir) participated in the Pakistan Day parade in Islamabad on 23 March 2022.[5]

• 1 Light Commando Battalion (Punjab) (Al-Mirsab Battalion)
• 2 Light Commando Battalion (Baloch)(The pioneers)[6]

• 3 Light Commando Battalion (FF)
• 4 Light Commando Battalion (Azad Kashmir)(Lazzaz)[5][7]
• 5 Light Commando Battalion (Sindh)[8][9]
• 6 Light Commando Battalion (NLI)[10]
• 7 Light Commando Battalion (Punjab)(Al Mubarizun)[2]
• 8 Light Commando Battalion (Baloch)(Al Khursan)
• 9 Light Commando Battalion (FF)
• 10 Light Commando Battalion (Azad Kashmir)(Al Faqqar)

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References:

1. Bajwa, Sohail Akbar. "Alert and Firm". Hilal: The Pakistan Armed Forces Magazine. Retrieved 25 December 2022.
2. "Know your army: Programme rivets scores". The Express Tribune. 15 April 2015. Retrieved 25 December 2022.
3. "Army, Rangers contingents to be deployed for security during NZ series". Daily Pakistan. 16 September 2021. Retrieved 25 December 2022.
4. Naimat Khan (6 June 2017). "CTD warns of terror acts in upper Sindh". Daily Times (Pakistan). Retrieved 23 December 2022.
5. "In pictures: Marches, jets and dignitaries aplenty as Pakistan Day parade held in capital". Dawn (newspaper). 23 March 2022. Retrieved 25 December 2022.
6. "Public Tenders page 1". Public and Procurement Regulatory Authority. Archived from the original on 8 December 2022. Retrieved 8 December 2022.
7. "The Gazette of Pakistan. Part II" (PDF). Government of Pakistan. 21 April 2021. p. 108. Retrieved 16 December 2022.
8. "The Gazette of Pakistan. Part II" (PDF). Government of Pakistan. 21 April 2021. p. 108. Retrieved 16 December 2022.
9. Chowdhury, Srinjoy (17 September 2019). "Forces on alert as large number of Pakistan SSG commandos spotted near LoC". Times Now News.
10. "The Gazette of Pakistan. Part II" (PDF). Government of Pakistan. 28 April 2021. p. 111. Retrieved 16 December 2022.

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[RescueRanger]

A commando from Baloch Regt, we can see a ballistic projectile arrester on the top of the drum.

 

[studsmart]

So each regiment has 1 or 2 LCB allocated to it to a total of 10 LCB. Roughly equivalent to 9000 trained men that is close to a division. It seems a whole lot smaller number compare to an army of 500k+ men . While considering SSG also roughly equivalent to a division size force... My expectations were to have force three to four times the size of SSG.

Why?
Because the idea was to have LCB as elite inf. force that can free up SSG for all sorts of non special ops tasks, provide spear head of the 22 inf. divisions and they act as a commando insertion for various civilian security, policing, and SF QRT anti terror ops.

 

[Quwa]

So each regiment has 1 or 2 LCB allocated to it to a total of 10 LCB. Roughly equivalent to 9000 trained men that is close to a division. It seems a whole lot smaller number compare to an army of 500k+ men . While considering SSG also roughly equivalent to a division size force... My expectations were to have force three to four times the size of SSG.

Why?
Because the idea was to have LCB as elite inf. force that can free up SSG for all sorts of non special ops tasks, provide spear head of the 22 inf. divisions and they act as a commando insertion for various civilian security, policing, and SF QRT anti terror ops.

The other issue is the relative lack of helicopters for air assault operations which, I imagine, would realize the full potential impact of the LCBs.

 

[studsmart]

Yes and the numbers .... I think the quality of training should be good ... Again my assumption