Sri Lanka Army

Sri Lanka Army
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Sri Lanka Army Insignia and Flag

October 9, 1949 – Present

Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka Armed Forces

Army

Foreign and Domestic Defense

276,700[1]

Ministry of Defence

Army Headquarters,Colombo

Latin: Pro Patria “For Country”

October 9

World War II 1971 JVP Insurrection 1987–89 JVP Insurrection Sri Lankan Civil War

Lt.Gen. Jagath Jayasuriya

Gen. D.S. Attygalle Gen. Sarath Fonseka Lt. Gen. Denzil Kobbekaduwa Maj. Gen. Vijaya Wimalaratne Maj. Gen. Bertram Heyn Maj. Gen. Anton Muttukumaru

Sri Lanka Army

Components History Equipment Personnel Sri Lanka Army Sri Lanka Army Volunteer Force List of regiments and corps Structure of the Sri Lanka Army History of the Sri Lanka Army Weaponry and equipment Commander of the Army Army Ranks

Background
Origins of the Civil War
Main phases
LTTE
Military of Sri Lanka
Major leaders
Indian involvement
Militant & paramilitary groups
Other

Sri Lankan Civil War (1983–2009)

Sri Lanka · History of Sri Lanka

Origins of the Civil War ·Sri Lankan Tamil nationalism ·Sinhalese Buddhist nationalism ·Riots · Black July

Eelam War I ·Indian intervention ·Eelam War II · Eelam War III ·Eelam War IV

LTTE · Black Tigers · Attacks ·Expulsion of Muslims ·Suicide bombings

Military · Civilian attacks ·Army · Navy · Air Force ·Police · Home Guards · LRRP ·STF

M. Rajapaksa · V. Prabhakaran ·C. Kumaratunga ·A. Balasingham ·J. R. Jayewardene · Karuna

Operation Poomalai ·Indo-Sri Lanka Accord ·Indian Peace Keeping Force ·Operation Pawan ·Rajiv Gandhi · RAW

Tamil militant groups (List) ·ENDLF · ENLF · EPDP · EPRLF ·EROS · PLOTE · TELO · TMVP

Battles · Casualties ·War crimes · LLRC ·State terror · Human rights ·Disappearances · Child soldiers · Assassinations · Protests(Canada)

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The Sri Lanka Army is the oldest and largest of the Sri Lanka Armed Forces and is responsible for land-based military and humanitarian operations. Established as theCeylon Army in 1949, it was renamed when Sri Lanka became a republic in 1972. As of the year 2010, the Army has believed to have approximately 200,000 regular and reserve personnel approximately between 20,000-40,000 and 18,000 National Guardsmen[2][3] and comprises 13 operational divisions, one air-mobile brigade, onecommando brigade, one special forces brigade, one independent armored brigade, three mechanized infantry brigades and over 40 infantry brigades.[4] From the 1980s to 2009 the army was engaged in the Sri Lankan civil war.