Sri Lanka Army

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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

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