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| កងទ័ពជើងគោក Kâng Toăp Cheung Koŭk | |
Emblem of the Royal Cambodian Army
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| Founded | 9 November 1953; 70 years ago (1953-11-09) |
| Country |  Cambodia |
| Allegiance |  King of Cambodia |
| Type | Army |
| Role | Land warfare |
| Size | 85,000[1] |
| Part of | Royal Cambodian Armed Forces |
| Garrison/HQ | Phnom Penh, Cambodia |
| Motto(s) | "ការពារព្រះរាជាណាចក្រកម្ពុជា" (Khmer) ("Defend the Kingdom of Cambodia") "វានឹងមិនបញ្ចប់លុះត្រាតែយើងឈ្នះ" (Khmer) ("It won’t end unless we win") |
| Colours | Red, Blue |
| Anniversaries | 9 November |
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| Current commander | Lieutenant general Mao Sophan[2] |
| Notable commanders | General Meas Sophea General Tea Seiha General Srey Doek General Hing Bun Hieng |
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The Royal Cambodian Army (Khmer: កងទ័ពជើងគោក, Kâng Toăp Cheung Koŭk; lit. 'Land 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.
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.
General Hun Manet is the commander of the Royal Cambodian Army. He is also the Deputy Commander in Chief of the Royal Cambodian Armed Forces.
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 Military Operation Zone under the command of a Colonel.
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:[3]
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| នាយឧត្ដមសេនីយ៍ផុតលេខ Néay ŭtdâmôséniy phŏt lékh |
នាយឧត្ដមសេនីយ៍ Néay ŭtdâmôséniy |
ឧត្ដមសេនីយ៍ឯក Ŭtdâmôséniy êk |
ឧត្តមសេនីយ៍ទោ Ŭtdâmôséniy toŭ |
ឧត្តមសេនីយ៍ត្រី Ŭtdâmôséniy trei |
វរសេនីយ៍ឯក Vôrôséniy êk |
វរសេនីយ៍ទោ Vôrôséniy toŭ |
វរសេនីយ៍ត្រី Vôrôséniy trei |
អនុសេនីយ៍ឯក Ânŭséniy êk |
អនុសេនីយ៍ទោ Ânŭséniy toŭ |
អនុសេនីយ៍ត្រី Ânŭséniy trei |
នាយចំណង់ Néay châmnáng | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| ព្រឹន្ទបាលឯក Prœ̆ntôbal êk |
ព្រឹន្ទបាលទោ Prœ̆ntôbal toŭ |
ពលបាលឯក Pôlôbal êk |
ពលបាលទោ Pôlôbal toŭ |
ពលបាលត្រី Pôlôbal trei |
នាយឯក Néay êk |
នាយទោ Néay toŭ |
ពលឯក Pôl êk |
ពលទោ Pôl toŭ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Warrant Officer | Command Sergeant Major | Master Sergeant | Staff Sergeant | Sergeant | Corporal | Lance corporal | Private 1st Class | Private | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
