Myanmar Army

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The Myanmar Army is the land warfare branch and dominant component of Myanmar's armed forces, long central to the country's military rule and political power.

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Observed surface forms (4)

Surface form Occurrences
Burmese Army 2
Burmese army 1
Burmese forces 1

Statements (53)

Predicate Object
instanceOf army
military organization
allegedToHaveCommitted human rights abuses
war crimes in ethnic minority areas
alsoKnownAs Myanmar Land Forces NERFINISHED
Tatmadaw Kyi NERFINISHED
commanderInChief Min Aung Hlaing NERFINISHED
controlledBy State Administration Council NERFINISHED
country Myanmar
dateOfEvent 2021 Myanmar coup d'état: 1 February 2021
dominantComponentOf Myanmar Armed Forces NERFINISHED
engagedIn 2021 Myanmar coup d'état
Myanmar civil wars NERFINISHED
ethnic conflicts in Myanmar
estimatedSize hundreds of thousands of personnel
foundingPeriod post-independence Burma
governsThrough military juntas in Myanmar
hasBranch armored corps
artillery corps
engineer corps NERFINISHED
light infantry
logistics units
signals corps NERFINISHED
special operations forces
hasMajorRoleIn counterinsurgency operations in Myanmar
internal security in Myanmar
military rule in Myanmar
hasRankStructure Myanmar military ranks NERFINISHED
headquartersLocation Naypyidaw NERFINISHED
historicalPrecursor Burma Independence Army NERFINISHED
Burma National Army NERFINISHED
influences Myanmar politics
involvedIn 1962 Burmese coup d'état NERFINISHED
1988 military takeover in Myanmar
crackdown on 2007 Saffron Revolution
suppression of 1988 pro-democracy protests
operatesIn Chin State NERFINISHED
Kachin State NERFINISHED
Karen State NERFINISHED
Rakhine State NERFINISHED
Sagaing Region NERFINISHED
Shan State NERFINISHED
partOf Tatmadaw NERFINISHED
precededBy Burma Army NERFINISHED
previousHeadquartersLocation Yangon NERFINISHED
recruitment conscription and voluntary service
role land warfare
usesEquipment air defense systems
armored fighting vehicles
artillery
main battle tanks
multiple rocket launchers
small arms

Referenced by (10)

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

Battle of Danubyu armedForceInvolved Myanmar Army
this entity surface form: Burmese Army
Battle of Danubyu combatant Myanmar Army
this entity surface form: Royal Burmese Army
Pegu campaign combatant Myanmar Army
this entity surface form: Burmese forces
Tatmadaw controls Myanmar Army
Ayutthaya, Thailand destroyedBy Myanmar Army
this entity surface form: Burmese army
Tatmadaw (Myanmar Armed Forces) hasBranch Myanmar Army
subject surface form: Tatmadaw
Tatmadaw hasBranch Myanmar Army
Maung Aye militaryBranch Myanmar Army
Ne Win militaryBranch Myanmar Army
this entity surface form: Burmese Army
Than Shwe militaryBranch Myanmar Army