Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Sri Lanka Light Infantry soldiers (2 P) Pages in category "Sri Lanka Light Infantry" The following 2 pages are in this category, out of 2 total.
The SLAVF traces its origins to the Ceylon Light Infantry Volunteers which was formed in 1881 as a Volunteer Force and evolved into the Ceylon Defense Force. With the formation of the Ceylon Army under the Army Act of 1949, the Ceylon Volunteer Force was established to function as the reserve force of the newly formed Ceylon Army. It consisted ...
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.
The army was officially established as the Ceylon Army in 1949, though the army traces its 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.
Sri Lanka Light Infantry Panagoda Cantonment is a cantonment located in the Western Province of Sri Lanka . It serves as the regimental headquarters of many regiments of the Sri Lanka Army and is an arsenal .
Sri Lanka Light Infantry: 61: Major General Channa Weerasuriya: 29 November 2022: 14 July 2023: Sri Lanka Light Infantry: 62: Major General Sanjaya Wanasinghe: 15 July 2023: 13 October 2023: Sri Lanka Artillery: He is the eldest son of 11th commander of Sri Lanka Army, General Hamilton Wanasinghe. 63: Major General W.H.K.S Peiris: 16 December ...
The 13th battalion, Sikh Light Infantry was deployed during Operation Pawan in Sri Lanka as part of the Indian Peace Keeping Force in 1987. Troops from 13 Sikh LI were involved in the Jaffna University Helidrop , an operation that aimed to capture the LTTE leadership at their tactical headquarters in Jaffna University .
Sri Lanka Light Infantry: 18: General Sarath Fonseka RWP, RSP, VSV, USP (born 1950) 6 December 2005: 15 July 2009: 3 years, 221 days: Sri Lanka Sinha Regiment: 19