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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. [2]
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 Sri Lanka Military Academy (Sinhala: ශ්රී ලංකා යුද්ධ හමුදා විද්යාපීඨය, romanized: śrī laṁkā yuddha hamudā vidyāpīṭhaya) (SLMA or SLMA Diyatalawa), commonly known simply as Diyatalawa, is the oldest military academy in Sri Lanka, and trains commissioned officers for the Sri Lanka Army.
The Army War College (AWC) is a defence service training institution of the Sri Lanka Army located in Buttala, Monaragala District, Uva Province.The AWC provids command and staff courses for mid career commissioned officers of Sri Lanka Army as well as to limited number of officers from Sri Lanka Navy, Sri Lanka Air Force and officers of various allied forces.
651 Brigade, based in Mulankavil. 652 Brigade, based in Naddankandal. 653 Brigade, based in Thachchana Maradamadu. Security Forces Headquarters - East (SFHQ-E) 22 Division, based in Trincomalee [4] 221 Brigade, based in Plantain Point. 222 Brigade, based in Jayanthigama. 223 Brigade, based in Kaddaparichchan.
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.
The institutions under the Army Training Command that train officers and other ranks of the Sri Lanka Army are: Sri Lanka Military Academy (SLMA) ( Sinhala: ශ්රී ලංකා යුද්ධ හමුදා විද්යාපීඨය) [1] - The Sri Lanka Military Academy, Diyatalawa provides initial training for all regular ...
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 ...