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Royal Cambodian Army

The Royal Cambodian Army (, ; ) is a part of the Royal Cambodian Armed Forces. It has ground forces which numbered 85,000 divided into eleven divisions of infantry, with integrated armour and artillery support. The Royal Army is under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of National Defence.

Military organisation

Under the current military plan and divisions, every military region has a full division size. Each division will be supplemented by a mobile reinforcement division in Phnom Penh. The country is divided into six, until recently five, military regions, each comprising three or four provinces. There are garrisons in major cities and major army bases.

Lieutenant General Mao Sophan is the commander of the Royal Cambodian Army.

The forces are deployed as required across the country and in operations, with bases as follows:

Every military region is under the command of a major general, assisted by a chief of staff with a rank of a brigadier general. In every province, there is a military base called a military operation zone under the command of a colonel.

Airborne special forces

Equipment

Peacekeeping operations

The RCAF has sent RCAF personnel to various hotspots as part of the Kingdom of Cambodia's role as a member of the United Nations. Mostly engineers and logistical units, a total of 6,822 soldiers, of them 369 are women, have been so far sent to 10 peacekeeping missions in nine countries such as:

Army ranks and insignia

Commissioned officer ranks

The rank insignia of commissioned officers.

Other ranks

The rank insignia of non-commissioned officers and enlisted personnel.

See also

References

  • http://www.manager.co.th/IndoChina/ViewNews.aspx?NewsID=9520000121559

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