Kargil order of battle

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The following is the order of battle of both the Indian and Pakistani troops during the Kargil War. While the Indian orbat is based on publications by Indian authors, sourced from official sources and newspaper reports, the Pakistan orbat is based on Indian Intelligence reports. It must also be noted that Pakistani orbat does not include the separatist fighters who were also involved in fighting atop the peaks of Kargil.

Indian Orbat

Indian Army

Northern Command

*XV Corps
*XV Corps Artillery Brigade

*HQ 8 Mountain Division (ex Sharifabad, Valley)
*8 Mountain Artillery Brigade (division artillery)

*121(Independent) Infantry Brigade Group

**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)

3 Infantry Division (Leh)

*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)

*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)

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 [This list is compiled from newspaper and casualty reports.]

**5 Special Frontier Force (Vikas Force)
**663 Reconnaissance & Observation Squadron
**668 Reconnaissance & Observation Squadron
**Ladakh Scouts: Karakoram & India Wings
**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

Indian Air Force

Apart from the involvement of the Indian Army, the Indian Air Force (IAF) also participated in the Kargil War as part of Operation Safed Sagar. The following is a list of units of IAF that took part in the war.

Pakistan orbat

**5 NLI battalion
**6 NLI battalion
**13 NLI battalion
**24 SIND [In the FCNA region from October 1998 onwards]

ource

* [http://www.ordersofbattle.darkscape.net/site/history/index.html Indian Army – Kargil War 1999 v.2.0 March 8, 2006] Mandeep S. Bajwa & Ravi Rikhye

* [http://nuclearweaponarchive.org/India/KargilRCA.html Kargil Committee Report Executive Summary]