6th Armoured Division (Pakistan)

6th Armoured Division
6th Armoured Division
	6 Armoured Division Insignia
Active	1965- Present
Country	Pakistan
Branch	Pakistan Army
Type	Armoured Division
Role	Strategic Reserve
Size	15,000 men approximately (though this may vary as units are rotated)
Part of	I Strike Corps
Headquarters	Gujranwala, Punjab Province
Nickname(s)	Shahsawar, Men of Steel
Colors	Black and Gold;
Equipment	Armour:; VT-4/Haider; Artillery:; M109A2; Mechanised:; VCC-1; VCC-2; Sakb; M113; Engineering:; Type 79A ribbon bridge; Indigenous assault trackway; Indigenous Troll Anti-Mine (TAM) vehicle; Indigenous M47-based AVLB; Indigenous Al-Khalid-based AVLB; AM 50; Indigenous mine dispensing system; Indigenous rocket delivery mine system; Air defence:; Giraffe radar; APC-mounted RBS 70;
Engagements	Indo-Pakistani War of 1965; Indo-Pakistani War of 1971; Gulf War 1991; Somali Civil War; Battle of Mogadishu; Indo-Pakistani War of 1999; War on terror
Commanders
General Officer Commanding	; Maj. Gen. Abdul Moeed
Brigadier Staff	; Brig. Omar Rashid Sheikh
Notable; commanders	Lt. Gen Gul Hassan Khan; Lt. Gen Mian Muhammad Afzaal HI(M) SI(M) OA(M) SBt (Shaheed) (Then Maj. Gen & Later CGS); Lt. Gen Zarrar Azim HI(M) (Then Maj. Gen); Lt. Gen Fazle Haq(Then Maj. Gen); Lt. Gen Shah Rafi Alam SJ (Then Maj. Gen); Maj. Gen Abrar Husain; Maj. Gen Iftikhar Janjua; Maj. Gen S Wajahat Hussain; Maj. Gen Jamshed Malik; (Late) Maj. Gen Muhammad Ali Khan;

The 6th Armoured Division is a Pakistan Army armoured division currently based in Gujranwala, in Punjab Province.

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