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Sri Lanka, [a] historically known as Ceylon and officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is an island country in South Asia. It lies in the Indian Ocean, southwest of the Bay of Bengal, separated from the Indian peninsula by the Gulf of Mannar and the Palk Strait. It shares a maritime border with the Maldives in the southwest ...
Deputy Chief of Staff. Army ranks. v. t. e. Field marshal (FM) is the five-star rank of the Sri Lanka Army and ranks immediately above general. the rank has been awarded only once, to Sarath Fonseka as an honorary rank. [1] It is equivalent to admiral of the fleet and marshal of the Sri Lanka Air Force.
Defence Services Command and Staff College : The Defence Services Command and Staff College (DSCSC) (Sinhala: ආරක්ෂක සේවා අණ හා මාණ්ඩලික විද්යාලය), Makola , established on 1 January 1997 as the Sri Lanka Army Command and Staff College serves as the principle staff college for the ...
The Sri Lanka Army Medical Corps (SLAMC) ( Sinhala: ශ්රී ලංකා යුද හමුදා වෛද්ය බලකාය Shri Lanka Yuddha Hamuda Vayidya Balakaya) is a specialist corps in the Sri Lanka Army which specializes in military medicine and provides medical services to all army personnel and their families in war ...
Lt Gen Parami Kulatunga. The Gemunu Watch (GW) ("King Dutugemunu's Own") is a infantry regiment of the Sri Lanka Army, formed with troops from the Ceylon Light Infantry and the Ceylon Sinha Regiment in 1962. It has been deployed in many major operations against the LTTE. It is made up of 14 regular units and 9 volunteer units.
UniCOB simply written as Unicob is a Sri Lankan 4x4 Mine-Resistant Ambush Protected (MRAP) Infantry mobility vehicle produced by the Sri Lanka Electrical and Mechanical Engineers. History. Unicob began manufacturing in 2021 and was first publicly unveiled in February 2022 during Independence Day celebrations.
The Sri Lanka Portal. Sri Lanka ( UK: / sri ˈlæŋkə, ʃriː -/, US: /- ˈlɑːŋkə / ⓘ; Sinhala: ශ්රී ලංකා, romanized: Śrī Laṅkā ( IPA: [ʃriː laŋkaː] ); Tamil: இலங்கை, romanized: Ilaṅkai ( IPA: [ilaŋɡaj] )), historically known as Ceylon and officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri ...
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.