Army comparison: 
India vs 
Pakistan
India operates 15,413 active military vehicles vs 9,457 for Pakistan.
Ground forces pillar (ARMS Index) face-off All armies →
IndiaGround pillar #4
79.5
Ground pillar / 100
India leads on 4 of 6 categories
PakistanGround pillar #7
74.7
India
Pakistan
Bars: weighted contribution to the ARMS ground pillar (vehicles × category weight, active + 0.3 × stored) · figures: active vehicles at each side's latest inventory year · Methodology
Key figures as of 2026
| India | Pakistan | Ratio | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Total vehicles | 15,413 | 9,457 | 🇮🇳 1.6× |
| On order | 854 | 979 | 🇵🇰 1.1× |
| Main battle tanks | 3,854 | 2,612 | 🇮🇳 1.5× |
| Artillery pieces | 4,818 | 3,520 | 🇮🇳 1.4× |
| Armoured fighting vehicles | 6,741 | 3,325 | 🇮🇳 2.0× |
| Active military personnel (all branches) | 1,475,750 | 660,000 | 🇮🇳 2.2× |
| Reserve military personnel (all branches) | 1,155,000 | 550,000 | 🇮🇳 2.1× |
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| Infantry fighting vehicles | 2,415 | 0 | 🇮🇳 |
| Armoured personnel carriers | 4,326 | 3,325 | 🇮🇳 1.3× |
| Self-propelled artillery | 100 | 662 | 🇵🇰 6.6× |
| Towed artillery | 4,400 | 2,408 | 🇮🇳 1.8× |
| Rocket artillery | 318 | 450 | 🇵🇰 1.4× |
Backbone vehicles most numerous in service
Analyst Assessment
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Edge: India
India's army holds a clear overall edge over Pakistan's, fielding roughly 15,400 armoured vehicles and 1.48 million active soldiers against about 9,500 vehicles and 660,000 troops, with a decisive advantage in modern tanks and mechanised infantry. Pakistan's army is compact and competitive in self-propelled and rocket artillery, but its armour is weighted towards legacy Chinese and Soviet designs and its depth is far shallower.
Domain by domain
Armour
Edge: India
🇮🇳 India3,854 MBTs: 2,418 T-72s, 1,310 T-90s, plus 454 more T-90s and 118 Arjuns on order. A largely uniform Russian-pattern fleet with steady serial induction and a domestic heavy tank line.
🇵🇰 Pakistan2,612 MBTs, but weighted to legacy types: 600 Type 59MII, 500 T-54/55, 400 Type 69. Modern core is 410 Al Khalid and 350 T-80s, with 679 Haiders on order.
Artillery & rocket forces
Even
🇮🇳 India4,818 tubes, but overwhelmingly towed: 2,400 Indian Field Guns, 840 M-46, 520 D-30. Only 100 K9 Thunder SPGs and 318 rocket launchers including 42 BM-30 Smerch; Dhanush and Sharang add reach.
🇵🇰 Pakistan3,520 tubes with a better-mechanised mix: 662 SPGs led by 438 M109 Paladins, 450 A-100E MLRS, 300 SH-15 wheeled howitzers on order. Towed park is ageing, including 1,000 25-pounders.
Mechanised infantry
Edge: India
🇮🇳 India2,415 BMP-2 IFVs plus 4,326 APCs (1,600 OFB Aditya, 1,300 Armado, 1,000 Rakshak), giving genuine tracked infantry mobility alongside armour; Tata Kestrel and Zorawar entering the mix.
🇵🇰 PakistanNo IFVs in inventory: 3,325 APCs, principally 2,300 M113s and 600 HIT Dragoon 2. Adequate for protected mobility, but limited firepower and overmatch when advancing with tanks.
Reserves & mobilisation
Edge: India
🇮🇳 India1,475,750 active and 1,155,000 reserves, among the largest standing armies in the world, allowing sustained multi-sector deployment and rotation.
🇵🇰 Pakistan660,000 active and 550,000 reserves — well-manned for its size and concentrated on a single principal front, but roughly half India's mobilisable mass.
Sustainment & industry
Edge: India
🇮🇳 IndiaBroad domestic base: Arjun, Dhanush, Sharang, Zorawar, Kestrel and licence T-90/K9 production; 854 vehicles on order across six programmes, but a mixed-origin fleet complicates spares.
🇵🇰 PakistanHeavy Industries Taxila builds Al Khalid and the Haider; 979 units on order, but concentrated in two programmes and dependent on Chinese supply for SH-15, A-100E and tank drivetrains.
Wildcards
- Two-front force allocation India's ground mass is divided between the western border and the Himalayan frontier with China, where light armour such as Zorawar is being raised. Pakistan concentrates almost its entire army on one axis, narrowing the effective ratio.
- Chinese supply relationship Pakistan's modernisation — Haider, SH-15, A-100E, Al Khalid drivetrains — rests largely on Chinese industry, offering rapid, affordable access but leaving wartime resupply and spares dependent on a single external partner.
- Terrain and river lines The Punjab and Rajasthan sectors are canal- and river-cut, favouring prepared defence and engineering assets over raw tank count. Numerical armour superiority converts unevenly into breakthrough in that terrain.
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Editorial assessment produced from the figures on this page and public sources; it is an informed reading, not a military assessment or a prediction.
Frequently Asked Questions
Which country has more armored vehicles, India or Pakistan?
India has a larger ground force with 15,413 vehicles compared to Pakistan's 9,457 vehicles.
Which country has more tanks, India or Pakistan?
India operates more main battle tanks with 3,854 compared to Pakistan's 2,612.
Which army has more infantry fighting vehicles, India or Pakistan?
India has 2,415 infantry fighting vehicles compared to Pakistan's 0.
Which country has more armored personnel carriers, India or Pakistan?
India operates 4,326 APCs compared to Pakistan's 3,325.
Which country has more artillery systems, India or Pakistan?
India fields 4,818 artillery systems (self-propelled, towed, and MLRS) compared to Pakistan's 3,520.
How do the India and Pakistan armies compare in size?
India's army is 1.6 times larger than Pakistan's in terms of total vehicles (15,413 vs 9,457).