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The Sri Lanka Army is the oldest and largest of Sri Lanka's three armed services. Established as the Royal Ceylon Army in 1949, it was renamed when Sri Lanka became a republic in 1972. The Army of approximately 255,000 regular and reserve personnel including 90,000 National Guardsmen and is responsible for overseeing land-based military and ...
The army was officially established as the Ceylon Army in 1949, though the army traces it's roots back in 1881 when Ceylon Light Infantry Volunteers was created; the army was renamed as the 'Sri Lanka Army' when Sri Lanka became a republic in 1972. In 2024, the Army had approximately 150,000 personnel.
Notable Military personnel of Sri Lanka. Sarath Fonseka. John Kotelawala. Jagath Jayasuriya. Shavendra Silva. Denzil Kobbekaduwa. Rohan Daluwatte. Gamini Kularatne. Lalith Jayasinghe.
Commander of the Army. Chief of Staff. Deputy Chief of Staff. Army ranks. v. t. e. The Commander of the Army ( Sinhala: ශ්රී ලංකාවේ යුද්ධ හමුදාපති, romanized: śrī laṁkāvē yuddha hamudāpati) is the title of the professional head of the Sri Lanka Army. The current Commander of the Army is Lt ...
Chief of Staff of the Sri Lanka Army; Chief of Staff of the Sri Lanka Navy; Commandant of the Volunteer Force; Commander of the Air Force (Sri Lanka) Commander of the Army (Sri Lanka) Commander of the Navy (Sri Lanka)
The Sri Lanka Armoured Corps (SLAC) provides the armour capability of the Sri Lanka Army, with vehicles such as the T-55AM2, and type 80/88 main battle tanks; the BMP infantry fighting vehicle; and the BTR-80, and WZ551 armoured personnel carriers. It comprises five regular armoured regiments, a volunteer regiment, and a regimental band.
16 June 2014. Sri Lanka Engineers. Later Major General Crishantha de Silva was appointed as 21st Commander of the Army and promoted to Lieutenant General. In June 2017 he was promoted to General and appointed as Chief of Defence Staff. 45. Major General Prasad Samarasinghe. 17 May 2014. 6 May 2015.
Category: Sri Lankan military personnel. ... Sri Lanka Navy personnel (5 C, 1 P) O. Sri Lankan military officers (5 C, 1 P) P. Sri Lankan prisoners of war (1 ...