Sri Lanka Army

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army land forces

The Sri Lanka Army is the land-based military branch of Sri Lanka responsible for ground warfare, national defense, and internal security operations.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Sri Lanka Army canonical	12
Ceylon Army	2
Vijayabahu Infantry Regiment	1
இலங்கை இராணுவம்	1

Statements (78)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	army ⓘ land forces ⓘ
abbreviation	SLA ⓘ
allies	China ⓘ India ⓘ Pakistan ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
branchColor	rifle green ⓘ
ceremonialChief	President of Sri Lanka ⓘ
commander	Commander of the Army (Sri Lanka) ⓘ
commanderInChief	President of Sri Lanka ⓘ
cooperatesWith	South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation ⓘ surface form: SAARC member states United Nations ⓘ
country	Sri Lanka ⓘ
engagedIn	1971 JVP insurrection ⓘ 1987–1989 JVP insurrection ⓘ Sri Lankan Civil War ⓘ United Nations peace operations ⓘ surface form: United Nations peacekeeping operations
formationDate	1949-10-10 ⓘ
foundedBy	Government of Ceylon ⓘ
garrison	Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte ⓘ
hasComponent	regular force ⓘ reserve force ⓘ volunteer force ⓘ
hasTrainingInstitution	Army Command and Staff College ⓘ Army School of Logistics ⓘ Army War College (Sri Lanka) ⓘ Commando Regiment Training School ⓘ Infantry Training Centre, Minneriya ⓘ Special Forces Training School ⓘ Sri Lanka Military Academy ⓘ
hasUnit	Commando Regiment (Sri Lanka) ⓘ Gajaba Regiment ⓘ Sinha Regiment ⓘ Special Forces Regiment (Sri Lanka) ⓘ Sri Lanka Armoured Corps ⓘ Sri Lanka Army Corps of Military Police ⓘ Sri Lanka Army Service Corps ⓘ surface form: Sri Lanka Army General Service Corps Sri Lanka Army Medical Corps ⓘ Sri Lanka Army Ordnance Corps ⓘ Sri Lanka Army Volunteer Force ⓘ surface form: Sri Lanka Army Reserve Sri Lanka Army Service Corps ⓘ Special Forces Regiment (Sri Lanka) ⓘ surface form: Sri Lanka Army Special Operations Forces Sri Lanka Army Volunteer Force ⓘ Sri Lanka Army Women’s Corps ⓘ Sri Lanka Artillery ⓘ Sri Lanka Engineers ⓘ Sri Lanka Light Infantry ⓘ Sri Lanka Signals Corps ⓘ Sri Lanka Army self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Vijayabahu Infantry Regiment
headquarters	Army Headquarters, Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte ⓘ
identificationSymbol	Sri Lanka Army emblem ⓘ
language	English ⓘ Sinhala ⓘ Tamil ⓘ
legalBasis	Army Act No. 17 of 1949 ⓘ
march	The Army March ⓘ
militaryBranchType	land-based military branch ⓘ
motto	Duty, Honour, Country ⓘ
nativeName	Sri Lanka Army self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: இலங்கை இராணுவம் ශ්‍රී ලංකා යුද්ධ හමුදාව ⓘ
partOf	Sri Lanka Armed Forces ⓘ
precededBy	Ceylon Defence Force ⓘ
primaryMission	defense of the territorial integrity of Sri Lanka ⓘ
primaryOpponent	Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam ⓘ
responsibleFor	ground warfare ⓘ internal security operations ⓘ national defense ⓘ
role	conventional warfare ⓘ counterinsurgency ⓘ counterterrorism ⓘ disaster relief ⓘ peacekeeping ⓘ
secondaryMission	assistance in disaster management ⓘ support to civil authorities in internal security ⓘ
serviceBranchOf	Ministry of Defence of Sri Lanka ⓘ surface form: Ministry of Defence (Sri Lanka)
website	https://www.army.lk/ ⓘ

Referenced by (16)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Fort Frederick → usedBy → Sri Lanka Army ⓘ

Fort Frederick → controlledBy → Sri Lanka Army ⓘ

Fort Frederick → militaryBranchOccupant → Sri Lanka Army ⓘ

Jaffna Fort → controlledBy → Sri Lanka Army ⓘ

Jaffna Fort → garrisonedBy → Sri Lanka Army ⓘ

Ceylon Defence Force → successor → Sri Lanka Army ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ceylon Army

Ceylon Defence Force → disbandedInto → Sri Lanka Army ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ceylon Army

FV432 armoured personnel carrier → operator → Sri Lanka Army ⓘ

subject surface form: FV432

Government of Sri Lanka → armedForces → Sri Lanka Army ⓘ

Major-General → usedIn → Sri Lanka Army ⓘ

Black July → hasParticipant → Sri Lanka Army ⓘ

Eelam War II → hasParticipant → Sri Lanka Army ⓘ

Sri Lanka Army → nativeName → Sri Lanka Army self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: இலங்கை இராணுவம்

Sri Lanka Army → hasUnit → Sri Lanka Army self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Vijayabahu Infantry Regiment

Eelam War III → belligerent → Sri Lanka Army ⓘ

Eelam War IV → belligerent → Sri Lanka Army ⓘ