PIFFER Units

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PIFFER regimental badge and motto

These are the Battalions of the Pakistan Army's Frontier Force Regiment or Piffers. Uniquely the Regiment also controls several regiments of armour and artillery, which are also know as "Piffers" and use the title "Frontier Force" after their names.

[edit] Infantry Battalions

Since formation in 1956, the battalions have been known officially by their ordinal number followed by the legend "FF". However since many of the original fifteen battalions were from prior regiments, they were raised under different names, which are indicated. In some cases the battalion may be better known by the original name or nickname. 2 FF for instance is known better as "Guides Infantry" after the fact it was drawn from the infantry component of the Corps of Guides when that unit was disbanded. Some memenbers of 15 FF, still call their battalion, "2 Pathan" which was the designation the battalion had as a unit of the Pathan Regiment.

**PIFFER Units**
Unit	Raised As	Raising Day	Place of Raising	Raised by	Motto
1 FF	Scinde Camel Corps	December 1, 1843	Karachi	Lt R. Fitz Gerald	Ready Aye Ready
2 FF	Corps of Guides	December 14, 1846	Mardan	Lt H. B. Lumsden	Rough & Ready
3 FF	1st Regiment of Infantry of the Frontier Brigade / 1st Sikh Local Infantry	December 10, 1846	Hoshiarpur	Capt J S Hodgson
4 FF	2nd Regiment of Infantry of the Frontier Brigade / 2nd (Hill Regiment) Sikh Local Infantry	December 22, 1846	Kangra	Capt James William Stephen
5 FF	3rd Regiment of Infantry of the Frontier Brigade / 3rd Sikh Local Infantry	January 1, 1847	Ferozpur	Capt F Winter
6 FF	4th Regiment of Infantry of the Frontier Brigade / 4th Sikh Local Infantry	December 14, 1846	Ludhiana	Capt Colin Mackenzie
7 FF	1st Punjab Infantry (Coke Paltan)	May 18, 1849	Peshawar	Capt Sir John Coke	Chattak
8 FF	2nd Punjab Infantry (Johnston Ki Paltan)	April 2, 1849	Mianwali	Lt J. C. Johnston	Bhaiband
9 FF	4th Punjab Infantry (Wilde Ki Paltan)	April 19, 1849	Lahore	Capt O Marshal	Barhe Challo
10 FF	5th Punjab Infantry (Vaughan Ki Paltan)	March 1, 1849	Layyah	Capt J. E. Gastrell	Fattah Ya Shahadat
11 FF	11th Territorial Bn 12th Frontier Force Regiment	March 11, 1922	Nowshera	Sir John Loader Meffay	Fast & Furious
12 FF	11th Territorial Bn 13th Frontier Force Rifles	March 12, 1922	Campbellpore	Lt Sher Muhammad	Warriors
13 FF	8th Bn 12th Frontier Force Regiment	April 1, 1941	Bareilly	Lt Col J. E. Redding
14 FF	9th Bn 12th Frontier Force Regiment	April 1, 1941	Jhansi	Lt Col J. A. Blood	Fighting Fourteen
15 FF	14th Bn 13th Frontier Force Rifles	April 1, 1941	Jhansi	Lt Col A. Felix Williams	Fighting Fifteen
16 FF	16th Bn Frontier Force Regiment	September 12, 1965	Abbottabad	Lt Lt Col Qazi Abdul Majid Khan
17 FF	17th Bn Frontier Force Regiment	September 12, 1965	Abbottabad	Lt Col Iftikhar Ahmed Rana	Aik Saath
18 FF	18th Bn Frontier Force Regiment	September 19, 1965	Abbottabad	Lt Col Ghous Muhammad Malik	Old and Bold
19 FF	19th Bn Frontier Force Regiment	September 26, 1965	Abbottabad	Lt Col Muhammad Ayub Afridi	PIFFER Tigers
20 FF	20th Bn Frontier Force Regiment	October 1, 1965	Abbottabad	Lt Col Anwar ul Haq	Tayyar Har Dam Tayyar
21 FF	21st Bn Frontier Force Regiment	October 1, 1965	Abbottabad	Lt Col Nur ul Haq	Khail Ullah's
22 FF	22nd Bn Frontier Force Regiment	October 23, 1965	Shinkiari	Lt Col Tariq Muhammad Mir	Janbaz
23 FF	23rd Bn Frontier Force Regiment	October 25, 1965	Abbottabad	Lt Col Mir Ijaz Mehmood (SJ)	Jarrar
24 FF	24th Bn Frontier Force Regiment	November 22, 1965	Abbottabad	Lt Col Muhammad Akbar Khan	Al Badar
25 FF	25th Bn Frontier Force Regiment	November 22, 1965	Abbottabad	Lt Col Muhammad Safdar Iqbal	Lajawab
26 FF	26th Bn Frontier Force Regiment	November 22, 1965	Abbottabad	Lt Col Abdullah Saeed	Khaara Shagaaf
27 FF	27th Bn Frontier Force Regiment	January 22, 1965	Abbottabad	Lt Col Luqman Mehmood
28 FF	28th Bn Frontier Force Regiment	February 22, 1966	Abbottabad	Lt Col Hayat Ullah	God and Our Bayonets
29 FF	29th Bn Frontier Force Regiment	November 30, 1966	Abbottabad	Lt Col Ghulam Hussain
30 FF	30th Bn Frontier Force Regiment	April 10, 1969	Abbottabad	Major Abdul Shakoor Jan (SJ)	Dhulloi Tigers
31 FF	31st Bn Frontier Force Regiment	October 15, 1970	Lahore	Lt Col Jahan Gul	Karrar
32 FF	32nd Bn Frontier Force Regiment	April 1, 1971	Abbottabad	Lt Col Rehmat Ullah Khan	Al Jannisar
33 FF	33rd Bn Frontier Force Regiment	April 8, 1971	Abbottabad	Lt Col Feroz Alam Khan	Chhamb Battalion
34 FF	34th Bn Frontier Force Regiment	April 1, 1971	Abbottabad	Lt Col Khalid Manzoor Khan
35 FF	35th Bn Frontier Force Regiment	April 19, 1971	Abbottabad	Lt Col Muhammad Akram Raja (HJ)	Charging Bulls
36 FF	36th Bn Frontier Force Regiment	April 19, 1971	Abbottabad	Lt Col Murad Khan Nayyar	Volunteers
37 FF	37th Bn Frontier Force Regiment	April 10, 1971	Abbottabad	Lt Col C. K. Shinwari	Al Barq
38 FF	38th Bn Frontier Force Regiment	April 28, 1971	Abbottabad	Lt Col Saeed Ullah Khan	Sangi
39 FF	39th Bn Frontier Force Regiment	October 11, 1971	Abbottabad	Lt Col Ijaz Ahmed
40 FF	40th Bn Frontier Force Regiment	October 11, 1971	Abbottabad	Lt Col Imran Ullah Khan
41 FF	41st Bn Frontier Force Regiment	December 6, 1971	Abbottabad	Lt Col Muhammad Akram
42 FF	42nd Bn Frontier Force Regiment	December 7, 1971	Abbottabad	Lt Col Muhammad Iqbal
43 FF	43rd Bn Frontier Force Regiment	December 9, 1971	Abbottabad	Lt Col Muhammad Ajmal	Allah Hoo
44 FF	44th Bn Frontier Force Regiment	March 1, 1972	Karachi	Lt Col Z. S. Usmani	Fighting Four
45 FF	45th Bn Frontier Force Regiment	February 15, 1983	Havelian	Lt Col Muhammad Mohsin	Saf Shikan
46 FF	46th Bn Frontier Force Regiment	September 1, 1983	Abbottabad	Lt Col Khan Adeeb Ahmed Umarzai
47 FF	47th Bn Frontier Force Regiment	March 9, 1985	Havelian	Lt Col Javed Iqbal Khan	Jeedar
48 FF	48th Bn Frontier Force Regiment	April 11, 1985	Abbottabad	Lt Col Muhammad Arif Bangash	Paish Rau
49 FF	49th Bn Frontier Force Regiment	April 9, 1988	Kohat	Lt Col Abdul Rashid Malik	Farz Shanas
63 FF	53th Bn Frontier Force Regiment	January 10, 1991	Abbottabad	Lt Col Arshad Shah
64 FF	54th Bn Frontier Force Regiment	April 2, 1994	Quetta	Lt Col Rashid Ali Bangash
65 FF	55th Bn Frontier Force Regiment	March 30, 1994	Malakand	Lt Col Inayat Ullah Khan Niazi	Taza Dam

[edit] Armour and Infantry Regiments

These regiments are also administered by the Piffers.

**PIFFER Armour & Artillery Units**
Unit	Raising Day	Place of Raising	Raised by	Motto
Guides Cavalry	December 14, 1846	Peshawar	Lt H. B. Lumsden
11 Cavalry	May 18, 1849	Peshawar	Lt H. D. Daly
12 Cavalry	April 15, 1849	Lahore	Lt S. J. Browne
23 Cavalry	June 4, 1962	Kharian	Lt Col Ghulam Muhammad Khan
24 Cavalry	June 7, 1962	Lahore	Lt Col Muhammad Afzal Khan	Charging 24
41 Horse	October 24, 1982	Kharian	Lt Col Zia ul Ghaffar
25 Cavalry	June 9, 1962	Kharian	Lt Col Nisar Ahmad Khan	Men of Steel
1 SP Arty	December 14, 1846	Peshawar/Bannu	Capt Brougham / Lt Hammond	Pur Azam Ba Waqar

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