Kampuchean Revolutionary Army

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The Kampuchean Revolutionary Army was the military force of Democratic Kampuchea under the Khmer Rouge regime, known for its role in both internal repression and conflicts such as the Cambodian–Vietnamese War.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf army
military organization
activeIn Cambodia
allegiance Communist Party of Kampuchea
alsoKnownAs RAK
Kampuchean Revolutionary Army
surface form: Revolutionary Army of Kampuchea
associatedWith Cambodian genocide
surface form: Khmer Rouge genocide
commandStructure under control of the Communist Party of Kampuchea
conflict Cambodian Civil War
Cambodian–Vietnamese War
Vietnam War spillover in Cambodia
country Democratic Kampuchea
dissolved 1979
established 1975
followedBy Kampuchean People's Revolutionary Armed Forces
governingRegime Democratic Kampuchea
Khmer Rouge
surface form: Khmer Rouge regime
headquarters Phnom Penh
humanRightsRecord widespread atrocities against civilians
ideology Khmer Rouge ideology
Maoism
agrarian socialism
languageOfCommand Khmer
loyalTo Pol Pot
notableLeader Pol Pot
surface form: Pol Pot (as overall Khmer Rouge leader)

Son Sen
Ta Mok
notableOperation border attacks on Vietnam
evacuation of Phnom Penh in April 1975
opponent Khmer Republic
Republic of Vietnam
Viet Nam
surface form: Socialist Republic of Vietnam

People's Army of Vietnam
surface form: Vietnam People's Army

forces of the Khmer Republic government
partOf Khmer Rouge
precededBy Kampuchean Revolutionary Army self-linksurface differs
surface form: National Army of Democratic Kampuchea (Khmer Rouge guerrilla forces during civil war)
recruitment forced conscription
mobilization of peasantry
role enforcement of Khmer Rouge policies
internal repression in Democratic Kampuchea
status defunct
supportedBy China
surface form: People's Republic of China
symbolicColor red
timePeriod 1975–1979
type ground forces
usedEquipmentFrom China
Soviet Union
surface form: Soviet Union (captured or supplied via allies)

United States (captured from Khmer Republic stocks)

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Cambodian–Vietnamese War belligerent Kampuchean Revolutionary Army
Khmer Rouge armedWing Kampuchean Revolutionary Army
this entity surface form: Revolutionary Army of Kampuchea
Coalition Government of Democratic Kampuchea militaryWing Kampuchean Revolutionary Army
this entity surface form: National Army of Democratic Kampuchea
Kampuchean Revolutionary Army alsoKnownAs Kampuchean Revolutionary Army
this entity surface form: Revolutionary Army of Kampuchea
Kampuchean Revolutionary Army precededBy Kampuchean Revolutionary Army self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: National Army of Democratic Kampuchea (Khmer Rouge guerrilla forces during civil war)
Khmer National Armed Forces (FANK) replacedBy Kampuchean Revolutionary Army
subject surface form: Khmer National Armed Forces
this entity surface form: Revolutionary Army of Kampuchea
SS Mayaguez seizedBy Kampuchean Revolutionary Army
this entity surface form: Cambodian communist forces
Battle of Koh Tang belligerent Kampuchean Revolutionary Army
this entity surface form: Democratic Kampuchea forces